English→Egyptian Arabic

Translate English to Egyptian Arabic like a local.

Masri, the Arabic of Cairo: the dialect the whole Arab world understands from film, written the way Egyptians write it.

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474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

How are you?

إزيك؟

“Izzayyak” is unmistakably Egyptian; Modern Standard Arabic “kayfa ḥāluka” belongs in a news broadcast, not a chat.

This is great!

ده جامد أوي!

“Gamed awi” is Cairo street praise; the standard word “ra’i’” reads formal.

How much is this?

ده بكام؟

بكام is the Egyptian colloquial way to ask a price, rather than the more formal كم.

Where's the metro?

المترو فين؟

فين is the everyday Egyptian word for where and signals casual spoken Cairo Arabic.

I'd like a piece of chicken.

ممكن حتة فراخ؟

حتة فراخ is a distinctly Egyptian way to say a piece of chicken, with حتة meaning piece and فراخ meaning chicken.

It's freezing today.

الدنيا ساقعة أوي النهارده.

الدنيا frames the weather as the surrounding conditions, while أوي is the Egyptian intensifier meaning very.

I feel like watching a movie.

نفسي أتفرج على فيلم.

نفسي + verb is a common Egyptian construction for expressing a current desire or craving.

Do you have anything planned tonight?

عندك حاجة الليلة؟

عندك حاجة is a casual Egyptian way to ask whether someone has plans or is occupied.

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How Egyptian Arabic differs

Egyptian Arabic (Masri) for conversational registers — izzayyak, khalas, ma'lesh, kida, awi for very; g for ج. Keep MSA structure only for clearly formal documents; otherwise write the way Cairo actually texts and talks.

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