دي فرصة كويسة.

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Breakdown of دي فرصة كويسة.

• كويس: good
• فرصة: chance; opportunity

Questions & Answers about دي فرصة كويسة.

How do I pronounce دي فرصة كويسة?

A common pronunciation is:

di furSa kwayyisa

A few notes:

• دي = di
• فرصة = furSa
  
  • the S here is a heavy/emphatic ص
• كويسة = kwayyisa or sometimes close to kuwayyisa, depending on the speaker

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

di furSa kwayyisa

What does دي mean here?

دي means this for a feminine noun in Egyptian Arabic.

In this sentence, فرصة is a feminine noun, so you use دي:

• دي فرصة = this is an opportunity / this opportunity

If the noun were masculine, you would usually use ده instead:

• ده كتاب = this is a book

Why is it دي and not ده?

Because فرصة is grammatically feminine.

In Egyptian Arabic:

• ده = this with masculine nouns
• دي = with feminine nouns