في السوبرماركت فيه ساندوتشات وبيض.

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Breakdown of في السوبرماركت فيه ساندوتشات وبيض.

• في: in
• و: and
• فيه: there is

Questions & Answers about في السوبرماركت فيه ساندوتشات وبيض.

What does the first في mean?

The first في means in or at.

So في السوبرماركت means in the supermarket or at the supermarket, depending on context. In Egyptian Arabic, في is a very common preposition for location.

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What does فيه mean here?

Here, فيه means there is or there are.

In Egyptian Arabic, فيه is often used as an existential expression: it tells you that something exists somewhere.

So the pattern is:

في + place + فيه + thing(s)
= In/at + place, there is/are + thing(s)

Even though فيه can literally mean in it in other contexts, that is not how it works here.

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Why are both في and فيه used in the same sentence?

Because they do two different jobs:

• في السوبرماركت = gives the location
• فيه = says that something exists there

So the sentence structure is basically:

In the supermarket, there are ...

This is completely normal in Egyptian Arabic.

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Why isn’t there a verb like is/are in the sentence?