انا كمان عايز شاي.

A common Egyptian Arabic pronunciation is ana kamān ʿāyez shāy.

Roughly:

• ana = AH-na
• kamān = ka-MAAN
• ʿāyez = starts with the Arabic letter ع, which has no exact English equivalent
• shāy = sounds like shy, but with a slightly longer vowel

So the whole sentence is approximately AH-na ka-MAAN ʿAA-yez shaay.

Word by word:

• انا = I
• كمان = also / too / as well
• عايز = wanting / want
• شاي = tea

So the structure is very close to:

• I also want tea
• or I want tea too

In Egyptian Arabic, as in Arabic generally, the present-tense to be is usually not said in sentences like this.

So English I am wanting tea or more naturally I want tea becomes:

• أنا عايز شاي

There is no separate word for am here. This is completely normal.

In Egyptian Arabic, عايز is the normal everyday way to say want for a male speaker.

Literally, it comes from a form that originally means something like wanting or desiring, but in real usage it simply means want:

• أنا عايز شاي = I want tea

This is much more natural in Egyptian Arabic than using a formal Modern Standard Arabic verb like أريد.

Because عايز agrees with the speaker’s gender.

• Male speaker: أنا كمان عايز شاي
• Female speaker: أنا كمان عايزة شاي

So if a woman is speaking, she would normally say عايزة.

كمان usually means also, too, or as well in Egyptian Arabic.

In this sentence, أنا كمان عايز شاي, it means:

• I also want tea
• I want tea too
• sometimes even Me too, I want tea

It is a very common everyday word in spoken Egyptian Arabic.

Putting كمان after أنا gives the sense of I too or me too:

• أنا كمان عايز شاي = I also want tea

This placement emphasizes the speaker as part of a group. For example, if someone else already asked for tea, this sentence can mean I want tea too.

You may also hear:

• أنا عايز شاي كمان

That is also possible, but it can shift the emphasis slightly toward tea too / additionally rather than I too.

Because شاي here is indefinite. It means tea in a general sense, often like some tea or a tea depending on context.

• شاي = tea / some tea
• الشاي = the tea

So:

• أنا كمان عايز شاي = I want tea too
• أنا كمان عايز الشاي = I want the tea too

It is clearly Egyptian Arabic.

The main clue is عايز, which is colloquial Egyptian. In Modern Standard Arabic, a more formal version would be something like:

• أنا أيضًا أريد شايًا

But in real everyday conversation in Egypt, أنا كمان عايز شاي is much more natural.

In careful spelling, it is often written أنا. But in everyday typing, especially in chats and informal writing, people very often write انا without the hamza.

So:

• أنا = careful/standard spelling
• انا = very common informal spelling

Both represent the same word here.

Sometimes yes, if the context already makes the subject clear.

For example:

• كمان عايز شاي
• عايز شاي كمان

In conversation, this can still mean I want tea too, depending on the situation.

But أنا كمان عايز شاي is clearer for learners, and it is very natural when you want to stress I too.

You may also hear عاوز instead of عايز in Egyptian Arabic.

So both are common:

• أنا كمان عايز شاي
• أنا كمان عاوز شاي

They both mean the same thing: I also want tea.

Which one you hear depends on region, speaker, and personal habit. عايز is extremely common and perfectly natural.

You can add a polite expression such as لو سمحت or من فضلك.

For example:

• أنا كمان عايز شاي، لو سمحت
• أنا كمان عايز شاي، من فضلك

That means I’d like tea too, please or I also want tea, please.

Yes. In the right context, أنا كمان can sound very much like me too.

For example:

• Someone says they want tea.
• You say: أنا كمان عايز شاي

That naturally means Me too, I want tea or simply I want tea too.

A simple way to understand it is:

• أنا = subject
• كمان = adverb meaning also / too
• عايز = predicate meaning want
• شاي = object

So the pattern is basically:

I + also + want + tea

Even though Arabic grammar works differently from English under the surface, that is a very useful learner-friendly way to read this sentence.