هو عايز يتسلق.

he

Breakdown of هو عايز يتسلق.

• عايز: to want
• يتسلق: to climb

Questions & Answers about هو عايز يتسلق.

How is هو عايز يتسلق pronounced in Egyptian Arabic?

A common pronunciation is:

huwwa ʿāyez yitsallaʾ

You may also hear howwa for هو, and ʿāyiz / ʿāyez for عايز depending on accent and transliteration style.

A few helpful notes:

• هو is usually pronounced huwwa/howwa, not just hu
• عايز starts with ع, a sound English does not have
• يتسلق is often pronounced yitsallaʾ in Egyptian, because the final ق is commonly pronounced as a glottal stop in Cairo speech

Why is هو included? Isn’t the rest of the sentence enough?

هو means he, and it is often used in Egyptian Arabic for clarity.

In many cases, Arabic can drop subject pronouns, but here هو helps make the subject explicit.

Also, عايز by itself can sometimes be ambiguous in conversation, because the form عايز can mean:

• I want (if the speaker is male)
• he wants

So adding هو makes it very clear that the subject is he.

What kind of word is عايز?

عايز is the very common Egyptian Arabic way to say wanting / wanting to / wants.