Egyptian Adjectives

Welcome to the second Egyptian lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Egyptian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

black إسْود [eswed]

grey رُصاصِي [rusasi]

white أبـْيـَض [abyad]

blue أزْرَق [aza']

green أخـْضـَر [akhdar]

yellow أصـْفـَر [asfar]

red أحْمَر [ahmar]

brown بُني [bunni]

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Egyptian + Pronunciation
my house is white [noun + adjective] بيتي أبْيَض [beeti abyad]
your country is big [noun + adjective] بَلَدَك كِبير [baladak kebir]
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] الكُتُب الجِديدَة غالية [elkutub elgedida ghalia]
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] إحْنا مَبْسُوطين هِنا [ehna mabsoteen hena]
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] هِيَّا عَندَها تَلات كِلاب صُغَيَّرة [hiya 'andaha talat kelab sughayara]
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] اللُغَة دي سَهْلة جِدًا [ellugha di sahla geddan]
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] عَندي بِيت أخْضَر صُغَيَّر [andy beet akhdar sughayar]

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold برد [bard]

hot حر [har]

cloudy مِغيِّم [meghayem]

rainy بِتمَطَّر [betmattar]

snowy بتمطر تلج [betmattar talg]

sunny مشمس [meshames]

windy هَوا [hawa]

warm دافئ [dafee]

Conversation in Egyptian

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Egyptian - Pronunciation
hi أهْلا [ahlan]
how are you? إزَيَّك؟ [ezayak?]
I'm good, thank you أنا كويِّس، شُكرًا [ana kwayes, shukran]
and you? وإنتَ؟ [we enta?]
what is your name? إسمَك إيه؟ [esmak eeh?]
my name is Maya إسمِي مايا [esmi maya]
nice to meet you سَعيد بِمُقابِلتك [sa'eed bemuablitak]

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