“Baking” (present) in Egyptian Arabic

In Egyptian Arabic, “Baking” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) (m) B5bz

(I) (f) B5bz

(You) (m) Bt5bz

(You) (f) Bt5bzy

(You, plural) Bt5bzo

(He) By5bz

(She) Bt5bz

(We) Bn5bz

(They) By5bzo

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بخبز (m) (I)

بخبز (f) (I)

بتخبز (m) (You)

بتخبزي (f) (You)

بتخبزوا (You, plural)

بيخبز (He)

بتخبز (She)

بنخبز (We)

بيخبزوا (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’m baking a cake for my sister’s birthday.

Ana b5bz keka 3shan 3ed melad o5ty.

.انا بخبز كيكة عشان عيد ميلاد اختي

 
I’m not baking. I’m toasting bread for breakfast.

Ana mb5bzsh. Ana b7ms 3esh 3shan el ftar.

.انا مخبزتش. انا بحمّص عيش عشان الفطار

 
What are you baking?

(m) Enta bt5bz eh?

(f) Enty bt5bzy eh?

 انت بتخبز ايه ؟ (m)

انتي بتخبزي ايه ؟ (f)

 
Are you two baking cookies?

Ento bt5bzo cookies?

انتوا بتخبزوا كوكيز ؟

 
He’s baking something for us.

Hwa by5bzlna 7aga.

.هو بيخبزلنا حاجة

 
She’s in the kitchen baking brownies.

Hya fel mtb5 bt5bz brownies.

.هي في المطبخ بتخبز براونيز

 
We’re baking something for the kids.

E7na bn5bz 7aga 3shan el 3yal.

.احنا بنخبز حاجة عشان العيال

 
They’re baking right now.

Homa by5bzo dlw2ty.

.هم بيخبزوا دلوقتي

 

Related words in Egyptian Arabic

“Baked” (adjective) in Egyptian Arabic

“Bakes” (third-person) in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Baking” (present) in Lebanese Arabic

“Baking” (present) in Tunisian Arabic
 

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