شجرة — "tree" in Egyptian Arabic
شجرة
šagara
tree
- Topic
- nature and weather
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
شجرة 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.
الكورة كانت قريبة من شجرة صغيرة
El kora kanet 'arayyeba min shagara soghayyara.
The ball was close to a small tree.
شايف شجرة كبيرة برا وناس كتير بتتكلم
Shayef shagara kebeera barra we nas kiteer betetkallem.
I see a big tree outside and many people talking.
from At the Cafe
سال جدته ايه الشجرة الكبيرة دي
Sa'al geddetoh eih el shagara el kebeera di?
He asked his grandma, 'What is that big tree?'
from The Curious Child