Animals in Egyptian Arabic

Learn Arabic vocabulary by topic with Arabic script, phonemic transcription (pronunciation), English translation, and audio.

Egyptian Spiderman

Has Spiderman moved to Cairo? How is he inspiring Egyptians without speaking a word?

Top 10 Imperatives in Spoken Arabic

Welcome! Today, we will learn the most important imperative verbs in Egyptian Arabic. It is imperative that you know all of them! ? The first one is…

Culture

Only in Egypt

Esraa shares with us some things she thinks are unique to Egypt and teaches us some useful vocabulary in the process.

Key Egyptian Arabic Expression: كِده kida

كِده is likely the most quintessentially Egyptian word there is. Not only is it very high frequency in everyday speech, but it is unique to the Egyptian Arabic dialect. كِده is related to the Modern Standard Arabic word هكذا like this but takes on a range of idiomatic meanings on its own and in phrases.