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13 April 2017
GGrammar

The word ما (ma) does not always mean “what” or “not” – in Egyptian Arabic

  • byGerald Drissner
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Some expressions in Egyptian Arabic can be very tricky. They are all connected by the word ما
05 March 2017
EExpression

The word lissa in Egyptian Arabic

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When I started learning Egyptian Arabic, there was one word which gave me a headache: lissa -لِسّه; sometimes also written لِسَّى or لِسّة. Let’s see why.
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