دراعي بيوجعني.

A rough pronunciation is:

di-rā-ʿi biy-wagaʿ-ni

A slightly more natural Egyptian-style flow might sound like:

dirāʿi biywagaʿni

A few tips:

• دراعي = di-rā-ʿi
• بيوجعني = biy-wagaʿ-ni
• The ع sound is a deep throat sound that English doesn’t really have.
• The vowels may sound a little different depending on the speaker and region.

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away, but try not to skip the ع completely.

دراعي is made of:

• دراع = arm
• -ي = my

So دراعي literally means my arm.

This -ي ending is a very common way to show possession in Arabic:

• كتابي = my book
• بيتي = my house
• دراعي = my arm

بيوجعني can be broken into three parts:

• بـ = present-tense marker in Egyptian Arabic
• يوجع = hurts
• ـني = me

So the whole word literally means something like:

it hurts me / it is hurting me

In this sentence, the it is my arm.

This is a very common pattern in Arabic.

Egyptian Arabic often expresses this idea as:

my arm hurts me

So the body part is the thing doing the hurting, and the person affected is shown with ـني = me.

That is why the sentence includes both:

• دراعي = my arm
• ـني = me

Even though English often leaves out me, Arabic commonly keeps it.

Because دراع is grammatically masculine singular in Egyptian Arabic.

So the verb agrees with it as he/it hurts:

• هو بيوجع = it/he hurts

If the subject were feminine singular, you would normally expect بتـ... instead.

So here:

• دراع = masculine
• therefore: بيوجعني

In Egyptian Arabic, بـ often marks the present or habitual form of the verb.

So:

• يوجعني = hurt me / hurt me in a more basic verb form
• بيوجعني = hurts me / is hurting me

In everyday Egyptian, this بـ is extremely common in present-tense sentences.

So if you are learning Egyptian Arabic, it is important not to ignore it.

Because Arabic does not need one here.

The idea of my is already inside دراعي, and the idea of me is already inside بيوجعني.

So the sentence already contains the person information twice:

• دراعي = my arm
• بيوجعني = hurts me

You could add أنا for emphasis in some contexts, but it is not necessary:

• أنا دراعي بيوجعني = as for me, my arm hurts

That sounds more emphatic, not more basic.

Yes, but there is some flexibility.

دراعي بيوجعني is a very natural way to say it in Egyptian Arabic. It starts with the topic/body part:

• دراعي = my arm
• بيوجعني = hurts me

This is a very normal conversational order.

You may hear other arrangements in speech, but this version is simple and natural for learners to use.

This sentence is clearly Egyptian Arabic.

Clues include:

• دراع as the everyday Egyptian word for arm
• the present marker بـ
• the overall colloquial style

In Standard Arabic, you would usually say something different, such as:

• ذراعي يؤلمني

So if your goal is everyday spoken Egyptian, دراعي بيوجعني is the kind of sentence you want.

The letter ع appears in both:

• دراعي
• بيوجعني

It is one of the sounds English speakers often find difficult. It is produced deep in the throat, not with the lips or tongue in the usual English way.

A practical beginner tip:

• First, notice where it is.
• Then try to give it some throat tension instead of skipping it completely.

Even an approximate ع is better than pretending it is not there. Native speakers are used to foreign accents, but this sound is worth practicing early.

Yes. In everyday Egyptian, pain can be expressed in more than one natural way.

For example, you may also hear structures using words like واجعني in speech. But دراعي بيوجعني is a perfectly good, clear colloquial sentence and a useful pattern to learn.

The important pattern here is:

[body part] + [present verb meaning hurt] + [person affected]

Once you know this pattern, you can build similar sentences easily.