Word
البلد دي بعيدة.
Meaning
This country is far away.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about البلد دي بعيدة.
Why is دي placed after البلد instead of before it?
In Egyptian Arabic, the demonstrative this usually comes after the noun.
So:
- البلد دي = this البلد
That is the normal Egyptian pattern:
- البنت دي = this girl
- العربية دي = this car
- الراجل ده = this man
This is different from English, where this comes before the noun.
Why is it دي and not ده?
Because دي is the feminine singular form of this in Egyptian Arabic.
- ده = this (masculine)
- دي = this (feminine)
The noun بلد is grammatically feminine, so it takes دي.
Compare:
- البيت ده = this house/this home (بيت is masculine)
- البلد دي = this country/town/place (بلد is feminine)
Why is بعيدة feminine?
Because adjectives in Arabic agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.
Since البلد is feminine, the adjective is also feminine: