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1. المحل ده مفتوح اربعة وعشرين ساعة؟

   Il-maḥall da maftūḥ arbaʿa wi-ʿishrīn sāʿa?

   Is this corner shop open around the clock?

   Usage

   After twenty-four the noun is singular.

   Grammar Note

   Numbers go units + wi- + tens. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

2. عندك مية ساقعة؟

   ʿAndak mayya sāʾʿa?

   Do you have any cold water?

   Usage

   sāʾʿa means "cold".

   Grammar Note

   mayya takes feminine agreement. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

3. ممكن كيس لو سمحت؟

   Mumkin kīs law samaḥt?

   I'd like a bag, please.

   Usage

   To a woman: law samaḥti.

   Grammar Note

   mumkin can be followed by a noun alone. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

4. عندك فكة للورقة دي؟

   ʿAndak fakka lil-warʾa di?

   Do you have change for this note?

   Usage

   warʾa means a sheet of paper and also a banknote.

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun takes di. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

5. عندك عيش طازة؟

   ʿAndak ʿēsh ṭāza?

   Do you have fresh bread?

   Usage

   In Egypt عيش is the round flatbread.

   Grammar Note

   ʿēsh means bread here, not "life". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

6. نص كيلو بس لو سمحت

   Nuṣṣ kīlu bass law samaḥt

   Just half a kilo, please.

   Usage

   At a shop that sells by weight.

   Grammar Note

   bass means "only". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

7. ممكن توصلوا الطلب للبيت؟

   Mumkin tiwaṣṣalū iṭ-ṭalab lil-bēt?

   Do you deliver orders to the house?

   Usage

   Small Egyptian shops often take phone orders and deliver.

   Grammar Note

   The plural "you" ends in -ū. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

8. صلاحية ده بتخلص امتى؟

   Ṣalāḥiyyit da bi-tikhlaṣ imta?

   When does this expire?

   Usage

   Asks about a food expiry date.

   Grammar Note

   ṣalāḥiyya is feminine, so the verb is bi-tikhlaṣ. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

9. بتقفلوا وقت الصلاة؟

   Bi-tiʾfilū waʾt iṣ-ṣalāh?

   Do you close during prayer time?

   Usage

   Many shops close during the Friday midday prayer.

   Grammar Note

   The plural "you" ends in -ū. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

10. حاجة تانية؟

    Ḥāga tānya?

    Anything else?

    Usage

    A shopkeeper's usual question.

    Grammar Note

    tānya agrees with feminine ḥāga. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

11. معنديش فكة، معاك ورقة اصغر؟

    Maʿandīsh fakka, maʿāk warʾa aṣghar?

    I have no change. Do you have a smaller note?

    Usage

    maʿāk means "you have (on you)".

    Grammar Note

    ma-…-sh expresses "not have". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

12. الشبكة مش شغالة، كاش بس

    Ish-shabaka mish shaghghāla, kāsh bass

    The network is down, cash only.

    Usage

    What a shop would say.

    Grammar Note

    mish negates the adjective. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

13. بنقفل نص ساعة وقت الصلاة

    Bi-niʾfil nuṣṣ sāʿa waʾt iṣ-ṣalāh

    We close for half an hour at prayer time.

    Usage

    What a shop would say.

    Grammar Note

    bi- + n- means "we (regularly) …". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

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