الاجتماع يوم الخميس.

A common Egyptian pronunciation is:

el-egtimāʿ yōm el-xamīs

A few sound notes:

• ج in Egyptian Arabic is usually a hard g sound, so اجتماع starts more like eg- than ij-.
• خ in الخميس is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• ع at the end of اجتماع has no exact English equivalent. If you are a beginner, it is fine to approximate it lightly at first.
• الـ is usually pronounced el- in Egyptian Arabic.

Because Arabic normally leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So Arabic says, literally:

The meeting Thursday.

But the natural English meaning is:

The meeting is on Thursday.

This is very normal in both Egyptian Arabic and Standard Arabic.

يوم literally means day.

In this sentence, يوم الخميس means on Thursday or simply Thursday.
So يوم helps express time.

This is a very common pattern:

• يوم الأحد = on Sunday
• يوم الاتنين = on Monday
• يوم الخميس = on Thursday

Arabic often uses a time expression directly, without a separate preposition.

So English says:

• on Thursday

But Arabic can simply say:

• يوم الخميس

That whole phrase already works as a time expression, so no extra word for on is needed.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

• الاجتماع = the meeting
• الخميس = Thursday

Days of the week are very often said with الـ in Arabic, so الخميس is the normal form for Thursday.

In Egyptian pronunciation:

• الاجتماع → el-egtimāʿ
• الخميس → el-xamīs

For a learner, الاجتماع يوم الخميس is the safest and most natural choice.

Without يوم, the sentence may sound less clear or less natural in many contexts. Native speakers may shorten things in fast speech, but يوم الخميس is a very common and clear way to say on Thursday.

So if you are learning, use:

• الاجتماع يوم الخميس

The written sentence works well in both.

It looks quite neutral and standard in writing, but it is also completely understandable in Egypt. What changes most in Egyptian Arabic is the pronunciation:

• Standard-style pronunciation: al-ijtimāʿ yawm al-khamīs
• Egyptian-style pronunciation: el-egtimāʿ yōm el-xamīs

So this is a useful sentence because it fits both formal and everyday contexts.

Arabic often starts with the topic and then gives information about it.

Here:

• الاجتماع = the topic
• يوم الخميس = information about when it happens

So the structure is basically:

The meeting — on Thursday.

That is why the Arabic order feels very natural.

Not in Egyptian Arabic.

In everyday Egyptian speech, you do not pronounce formal case endings. So you just say:

el-egtimāʿ yōm el-xamīs

If you study very formal Standard Arabic grammar, you may learn about case, but for Egyptian Arabic conversation, you can ignore it here.

You can say:

الاجتماع مش يوم الخميس

That means:

The meeting isn’t on Thursday.

Here, مش is the common Egyptian way to negate this kind of sentence.

A good breakdown is:

• الاجتماع = the meeting
• يوم = day / on
• الخميس = Thursday

So a useful pattern to remember is:

[event] + يوم + [day of the week]

For example:

• الدرس يوم الأحد = The lesson is on Sunday.
• الامتحان يوم التلات = The exam is on Tuesday.
• الاجتماع يوم الخميس = The meeting is on Thursday.