الاوضة دي وسخة.

A common pronunciation is:

el-ʔōḍa di wiskha

You may also see it written as:

• el-ōda di wiskha
• il-ʔoDa di wiskha
• el-ʔuḍa di wiskha

A few quick notes:

• الـ in Egyptian Arabic is usually pronounced el- or il-, not al-.
• أوضة / اوضة means room in Egyptian Arabic.
• دي is this for feminine nouns.
• وسخة is dirty in the feminine form.

So the rhythm is roughly:

el-ōda di wiskha

Word by word:

• الاوضة = the room
• دي = this
• وسخة = dirty (feminine)

So literally, it is something like:

the room this dirty

But in natural English, it means:

This room is dirty.

In Egyptian Arabic, demonstratives like دي often come after the noun.

So instead of:

• this room

Egyptian Arabic usually says:

• the room this = الاوضة دي

That is the normal pattern in everyday Egyptian speech.

So:

• الاوضة دي = this room
• البنت دي = this girl
• العربية دي = this car

This is one of the biggest word-order differences from English.

In Egyptian Arabic, in the present tense, the verb to be is usually not stated.

So:

• الاوضة دي وسخة literally = this room dirty
• natural English = This room is dirty

This is completely normal.

Compare:

• أنا تعبان = I am tired
• هو طويل = He is tall
• الجو حر = The weather is hot

No separate word for am / is / are is needed in the present tense.

Because اوضة is a feminine noun, the adjective has to match it.

• masculine: وسخ
• feminine: وسخة

Since اوضة is feminine, you say:

• الاوضة دي وسخة

If the noun were masculine, you would use وسخ instead. For example:

• البيت ده وسخ = This house is dirty

So this is adjective agreement: the adjective matches the noun in gender.

A big clue is the ending ـة (taa marbuuTa), which often marks feminine nouns.

So:

• اوضة ends in ـة
• that usually means the noun is feminine
• therefore it takes دي and a feminine adjective like وسخة

This pattern is very common in Arabic, though not every feminine noun ends in ـة, and not every noun ending in ـة behaves exactly the same in every context. But as a learner rule, it is very helpful.

Because دي is the Egyptian Arabic word for this with feminine nouns.

• ده = this for masculine nouns
• دي = this for feminine nouns

Since اوضة is feminine, you say:

• الاوضة دي

Compare:

• الولد ده = this boy
• الاوضة دي = this room

That is just how this structure works in Egyptian Arabic.

With a noun plus a following demonstrative, the noun is usually definite, so it normally appears with الـ:

• الاوضة دي = this room
• البنت دي = this girl
• الكتاب ده = this book

So even though English says only this room, Egyptian Arabic usually says something more like the room this.

Do not translate word for word too mechanically here. Just learn الاسم + ده/دي as the normal everyday pattern.

Because here وسخة is the predicate adjective, not part of the noun phrase.

The sentence is:

• الاوضة دي = this room
• وسخة = dirty

So the meaning is:

• This room is dirty

Since وسخة is saying something about the room, it does not take الـ here.

Compare that with an adjective that is directly describing the noun inside the noun phrase:

• الاوضة الوسخة = the dirty room

Here الوسخة is part of the noun phrase, so it does take الـ to match the noun.

That is an important difference:

• الاوضة دي وسخة = This room is dirty
• الاوضة الوسخة دي = This dirty room

This is Egyptian Arabic.

A few clues:

• اوضة is a very common Egyptian word for room
• دي is the Egyptian feminine this
• the whole structure sounds natural in spoken Egyptian Arabic

In Modern Standard Arabic, you would say something different, such as:

• هذه الغرفة متسخة

So if you are learning Egyptian, الاوضة دي وسخة is a very natural everyday sentence.

No. In Egyptian Arabic, اوضة is very common in everyday speech.

Another word you may know is:

• غرفة

But in casual Egyptian conversation, اوضة is often the more natural choice.

So:

• الاوضة دي sounds very normal in Egyptian speech.

Yes. In informal Arabic writing, especially online, spelling can vary a bit.

You might see:

• الاوضة دي وسخة
• الأوضة دي وسخة

Both represent the same sentence.

The version with the hamza, أوضة, is more careful orthography, but many people omit hamzas in casual writing.

So as a learner, recognize both.

A very useful way to think about it is:

noun + demonstrative + adjective

So:

• الاوضة = the room
• دي = this
• وسخة = dirty

Pattern:

• الاوضة دي وسخة = This room is dirty
• البنت دي جميلة = This girl is pretty
• العربية دي سريعة = This car is fast

This is a very common spoken Egyptian pattern.

Yes, but it means something slightly different in structure.

• الاوضة دي وسخة = This room is dirty
• دي اوضة وسخة = This is a dirty room

So both are correct, but they are not exactly the same sentence.

The first starts with the room / this room as the topic. The second starts with this and then identifies it as a dirty room.

Usually وسخ / وسخة means dirty, often in a literal physical sense:

• a dirty room
• dirty clothes
• a dirty floor

Depending on context, it can also sometimes feel stronger or more negative, like filthy or gross.

So الاوضة دي وسخة often sounds a bit stronger than just not clean. Tone and context matter.

Three key things:

1. Demonstratives come after the noun in Egyptian Arabic

   • الاوضة دي = this room

2. There is no written/spoken present-tense “is”

   • الاوضة دي وسخة = This room is dirty

3. The adjective matches the noun’s gender

   • اوضة is feminine, so: وسخة, not وسخ

If you remember those three points, this sentence becomes a very useful model for many others.