Egyptian Words

Post by **Chocolatey** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:09 am

Apart from 'La' and 'Shokran' - what was the first Egyptian word you started to say.....

Post by **Hurghada Lady** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:10 am

Momtaz................. remember Choccie lol.

Post by **Horus** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:16 am

I think mine was 'Minfadlak/Minfadlik'

Post by **Goddess** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:17 am

Pretty sure my first word was Aywa, obviously that's where it all went wrong - should have started with La!

Post by **Chocolatey** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:10 pm

Hurghada Lady wrote:Momtaz................. remember Choccie lol.

yes - and a certain relative of yours still uses it often lol

Post by **Chocolatey** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:11 pm

Goddess wrote:Pretty sure my first word was Aywa, obviously that's where it all went wrong - should have started with La!

ha ha ha

I have started to use the word 'muflissa' alot....... meaning 'broke'

Post by **Karenh** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:14 pm

Fil Mish Mish ~ that was the first thing I learnt after the usual, as salamalikon, Shukann, la Shukran, Ez Zayyaak etc~ Very handy phrase in Luxor and does raise a smile or two!

Post by **Pauline** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:20 pm

my first word after the usual, was imshee,lol

Post by **Kiya** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:28 pm

After the usual ..........Sabeh-elkheir.................Good morning

Post by **BBLUX** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:47 pm

We kind of like "mumkin"...has so many uses

Post by **Christine** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:23 am

All of the above but cant remember in which order, probably la shookran and la imshee, but then we started to learn numbers wahed itnien talata etc oh and shiy(tea) my hubby is a great tea drinker.
Remeber getting my foota's and fellooses mixed up for a while but we got there in the end!!

Post by **Susue** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:25 pm

The words I probably used the most were
"Mafeesh felouz" !!!!
My boss didn't pay me very often!

Post by **Hurghadapat** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:22 pm

Ana 'aysha hina maashi!!.......very useful when arguing over the prices.