Word
القطة بتطلع فوق السرير لما الكلب بييجي.
Meaning
The cat climbs onto the bed when the dog comes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Questions & Answers about القطة بتطلع فوق السرير لما الكلب بييجي.
How do I pronounce القطة بتطلع فوق السرير لما الكلب بييجي?
A common Egyptian Arabic pronunciation is:
el-ʔoṭṭa بتطلع فوق السرير لما el-kalb biyīgi
or more fully in transliteration:
el-ʔoṭṭa btiṭlaʿ foʔ es-sarīr lamma el-kalb biyīgi
A few helpful notes:
- القطة is usually pronounced el-ʔoṭṭa in Egyptian, because ق is often a glottal stop ʔ.
- بتطلع = btiṭlaʿ
- فوق = foʔ
- السرير is pronounced es-sarīr, not el-sarīr, because س is a sun letter.
- بييجي = biyīgi
So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:
el-ʔoṭṭa btiṭlaʿ foʔ es-sarīr lamma el-kalb biyīgi
What does بتطلع mean exactly?
بتطلع comes from the verb طلع, which often has the basic idea of going up, coming up, climbing, or rising.
In this sentence, بتطلع فوق السرير means something like:
- goes up onto the bed
- climbs onto the bed
- gets up on the bed
So it is not just a generic goes. It specifically has an upward movement sense.
Why do both verbs start with بـ in بتطلع and بييجي?