انا مابحبش الفوضى.

I do not like chaos.

Breakdown of انا مابحبش الفوضى.

• انا: I
• يحب: to like
• فوضى: chaos; disorder

Questions & Answers about انا مابحبش الفوضى.

What does مابحبش mean exactly?

It means I don’t like.

In Egyptian Arabic, this is made with:

• ما ... ش = the common spoken negation pattern
• بحب = I like / I love

So:

• ما بحبش = I don’t like

You can think of it as the verb being wrapped by negation:

• ما + بحب + ش

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Why is the negation split into ما and ش?

That split negation is very common in Egyptian Arabic.

With many verbs, Egyptian says not by putting:

• ما before the verb
• ش after the verb

So:

• بحب = I like
• ما بحبش = I don’t like

This is a major feature of Egyptian Arabic and one of the things that makes it different from Modern Standard Arabic.

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Why is there a ب in بحب?