فيه ميه في النهر.

There is water in the river.

Breakdown of فيه ميه في النهر.

• ميه: water
• في: in
• فيه: there is
• نهر: river

Questions & Answers about فيه ميه في النهر.

How do I pronounce فيه ميه في النهر?

A common Egyptian pronunciation is:

fīh mayya fin-nahr

A few notes:

• فيه = fīh
  
  • long ee sound
  • the h can be light in fast speech
• ميه = mayya or meyya
  
  • the everyday Egyptian word for water
• في النهر is often pronounced fin-nahr
  
  • the l of ال is not pronounced here because of the ن

So the whole sentence may sound very close to feeh mayya fin-nahr.

What does فيه mean here?

Here, فيه means there is / there are.

It is very common in Egyptian Arabic for talking about existence:

• فيه ميه = there is water
• فيه ناس = there are people

So in this sentence, فيه is not being used as a normal preposition + pronoun combination. It is functioning as an existential expression: there is.

Why is في used twice in the sentence?