Questions & Answers about لما استلم المرتب، هاحط شوية فلوس في حساب التوفير.
Is this sentence specifically Egyptian Arabic, or could it be Modern Standard Arabic too?
It is clearly Egyptian Arabic.
A few clues:
- هاحط = I’ll put. The ها- future marker is very Egyptian.
- مرتب is the everyday Egyptian word for salary/pay.
- فلوس is a very common colloquial word for money.
A more formal MSA version would be:
عندما أستلم الراتب، سأضع بعض المال في حساب التوفير.
What does لما mean here?
Here لما means when or once.
It introduces a time clause:
- لما استلم المرتب = when I receive the salary / once I get paid
In Egyptian speech, لما is very common and natural. It often corresponds to more formal عندما in MSA.
Why is the first verb written استلم? Is it past tense, and why isn’t it بستلم?