الكلمة دي غلط، والكلمة التانية هي الصح.

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Breakdown of الكلمة دي غلط، والكلمة التانية هي الصح.

• دي: this
• و: and
• تاني: other

Questions & Answers about الكلمة دي غلط، والكلمة التانية هي الصح.

Why is it دي and not ده?

Because الكلمة is grammatically feminine in Arabic. In Egyptian Arabic:

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

So:

• الكتاب ده = this book
• الكلمة دي = this word

A lot of nouns ending in ـة are feminine, and كلمة is one of them.

Why does دي come after الكلمة?

In Egyptian Arabic, demonstratives like ده and دي usually come after the noun, not before it.

So English says:

• this word

But Egyptian Arabic says:

• الكلمة دي
• literally: the word this

That word order is normal and very common in speech.

What does التانية mean here exactly?

Here التانية means the other one or the second one.

In everyday Egyptian Arabic, التاني / التانية can mean either:

• second
• other

The context decides which meaning is intended. In this sentence, since two words are being compared, الكلمة التانية is naturally understood as the other word.

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