هو من مصر.

In Arabic, sentences like He is from Egypt usually do not use a present-tense verb for to be.

So:

• هو = he
• من = from
• مصر = Egypt

Arabic simply puts these parts together: هو من مصر

This is very normal in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.
If you wanted a past or future meaning, then Arabic would use a verb:

• كان من مصر = He was from Egypt
• هيكون من مصر in Egyptian = He will be from Egypt

But for the present, no is is needed.

هو means he.

In Standard Arabic, it is often pronounced roughly huwa.
In Egyptian Arabic, it is commonly pronounced more like huwwa.

So in Egyptian speech, هو من مصر is often said as:

• huwwa min MaSr

You may also hear slight variation depending on speed and speaker, but huwwa is the usual Egyptian pronunciation.

Sometimes, but it depends on context.

As a full sentence, هو من مصر is the normal way to say He is from Egypt.

But if the subject is already understood, من مصر can work as a short answer:

• هو منين؟ = Where is he from?
• من مصر = From Egypt

So:

• هو من مصر = full sentence
• من مصر = natural short answer when the subject is obvious

Here, من means from.

It is a very common preposition in Arabic and often corresponds to from in English:

• أنا من أمريكا = I am from America
• هي من القاهرة = She is from Cairo

But like many prepositions, من can have other uses too depending on context, so it does not always match English from perfectly in every sentence. In this sentence, though, from is exactly the right idea.

مصر is pronounced MaSr in Egyptian Arabic, often written as Masr in transliteration.

A few pronunciation notes:

• The م is m
• The ص is an emphatic s, stronger and deeper than a regular s
• The ر is a rolled or tapped r

So it is not pronounced like Misr in everyday Egyptian speech as often as in some more formal or Standard contexts. In Egyptian Arabic, Masr is the usual pronunciation.

Arabic writing usually does not show short vowels in normal everyday text.

So مصر is written with the consonants, and the reader already knows how to supply the vowels from experience.

This is very common in Arabic. For learners, it can feel strange at first, because English writing usually shows vowels more clearly. But Arabic readers are used to this system.

So although you see مصر, you learn from usage that in Egyptian Arabic it is pronounced Masr.

It works in both.

• In Standard Arabic, the sentence هو من مصر is correct.
• In Egyptian Arabic, the same words are also natural.

The main difference is usually in pronunciation, not in the basic wording:

• Standard-style pronunciation: huwa min MiSr or similar
• Egyptian pronunciation: huwwa min MaSr

So this is a nice example of a sentence that looks the same in writing across both varieties, even though people may say it differently.

The word order is:

• هو = subject
• من مصر = prepositional phrase describing him

So the structure is basically:

• He + from Egypt

Compared with English, the main difference is that Arabic leaves out the present-tense is.

English:

• He is from Egypt

Arabic:

• هو من مصر

So the order is actually quite easy for English speakers once you get used to the missing is.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• هو من مصر = He is from Egypt
• هو مصري = He is Egyptian

In many situations, the two sentences may refer to the same person, but grammatically they are different:

• من مصر uses a preposition and gives place of origin
• مصري is an adjective or nationality word meaning Egyptian

Both are very common and useful.

You change the pronoun:

• هي من مصر

In Egyptian Arabic, هي is often pronounced heyya.

So:

• هو من مصر = He is from Egypt
• هي من مصر = She is from Egypt

The rest of the sentence stays the same.

You use the same structure and just change the pronoun:

• أنا من مصر = I am from Egypt
• إحنا من مصر = We are from Egypt

This is a very useful pattern in Egyptian Arabic:

• أنا من... = I am from...
• إنت من... = You are from...
• هو من... = He is from...
• هي من... = She is from...
• إحنا من... = We are from...

So once you know هو من مصر, you can make many similar sentences.

In modern usage, مصر normally means Egypt, the country.

For Cairo, people usually say:

• القاهرة

However, in some historical, literary, or older usages, مصر could refer to a major city or specifically Cairo in certain contexts. For everyday modern Egyptian Arabic, though, learners should understand مصر here simply as Egypt.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:

• huwwa min MaSr

A few pronunciation details:

• هو becomes huwwa
• من is usually min
• مصر is MaSr, with an emphatic S

So if you want to sound more Egyptian, that pronunciation is a good model.