شقة — "apartment" in Egyptian Arabic
شقة
ša''a
apartment
- Topic
- city and transportation
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
شقة in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
مشمش كانت مستنياهم عند باب الشقة.
Meshmesh kanet mestanyahom 3and bab el sha2qa.
Meshmesh was waiting for them at the apartment door.
أنا بفتح الباب وهما بيدخلوا؛ الشقة بتاعتي صغيرة بس حلوة.
Ana bafta7 el bab w homa byedkholo; el sha22a beta3ty soghayyara bas 7elwa.
I open the door and they enter; my apartment is small but nice.
بس فين شقة جديدة للعرسان
Bas feen sha'a gedeeda lel-ersaan?
But where is a new apartment for the newlyweds?
from The Wedding Plan
سارة قالت أنا هروق الشقة وأجهز الغدا بدري عشان عندي مشوار مهم
Sara qalet ana ha-rawwaq el-shaqqa w aghahhez el-ghada badri ashan andi meshwar mohem.
Sara said: I will tidy the apartment and prepare lunch early because I have an important errand.
احنا عايزين شقة جديدة
Ehna aayzeen sha'a gedeeda.
We want a new apartment.
from Wedding Preparations
ريحة اكل حلوة قوي طلعت من شقة اميرة
rīḥet akl ḥelwa qawiṭ ṭalaʿet men shaʾʾet Amīra.
A very nice food smell came out of Amira's apartment.
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