Questions & Answers about اختي وصلت البيت متاخر امبارح وهي لسه تعبانة النهارده.
A rough pronunciation is:
okhti weṣlet el-bēt mota'akhkhar embāreḥ, we heyya lessa ta'bāna en-naharda
A few notes:
- You may also hear slightly different vowels, like ukhti / okhti or embāriḥ / embāreḥ.
- Egyptian Arabic spelling is not fully standardized, so pronunciation guides can vary a little.
A helpful breakdown is:
- اختي = my sister
- وصلت = arrived / got to
- البيت = the house / home
- متاخر = late
- امبارح = yesterday
- وهي = and she / while she
- لسه = still
- تعبانة = tired (feminine)
- النهارده = today
So the overall structure is:
My sister arrived home late yesterday, and she is still tired today.
Because اختي means my sister, which is feminine.
In the past tense, Egyptian Arabic marks she on the verb with -ت:
- وصل = he arrived
- وصلت = she arrived
So اختي وصلت means my sister arrived.