مين هي؟

she

Breakdown of مين هي؟

• مين: who

Questions & Answers about مين هي؟

How do you pronounce مين هي؟

A common Egyptian pronunciation is miin heyya?

• مين = miin (with a long ee sound)
• هي = heyya or sometimes closer to hiyya, depending on the speaker

So the whole thing sounds roughly like miin heyya?

What does مين mean?

مين means who in Egyptian Arabic.

It is the normal everyday Egyptian word for asking about a person’s identity:

• مين ده؟ = Who is this? (masculine)
• مين دي؟ = Who is this? (feminine)
• مين هي؟ = Who is she?

What does هي mean here?

Here, هي means she.

So the structure is basically:

• مين = who
• هي = she

Very literally, it is something like who she?

Arabic often leaves out the present-tense verb to be, so you do not need a separate word for is.

Why is there no word for is?

In Arabic, the verb is usually omitted in the present tense.