باب — "door" in Egyptian Arabic
باب
baab
door
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باب 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.
دقوا الباب بهدوء.
Da22o el bab be hedoo2.
They knocked on the door quietly.
الظهر، أصحابي خبطوا على الباب وطلبوا مني أخرج.
el dohr, ashabiy khabato ala el bab wa talabo meny akhrog.
In the afternoon, my friends knocked on the door and asked me to go out.
احمد قدام البيت والباب مقفول
ahmed oddam el beit wa el baab makfool
Ahmed is in front of the house and the door is closed.
from The Lost Key
هو كان بيشرب قهوة قدام الباب
howa kan beyishrab ahwa oddam elbab
He was drinking coffee in front of the door.
from My Neighbor Ahmed
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