بلد — "country" in Egyptian Arabic
بلد
balad
country
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- balad
- Topic
- geography
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- 3 of our stories
بلد 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.
قعدنا نتكلم شوية كتير عن اخبار العيلة والبلد
Qaʿadnā netkallem shwaya kitīr ʿan akhbār el-ʿēla wel-balad
We sat and talked a lot about family news and the country
from A Visit to My Aunt
مهم نختار رئيس الجمهورية اللي يقود البلد كويس
Mohimm nekhtār raʾīs el-gomhūrīya elli yaʾūd el-balad kwayyis.
It's important to choose the President of the Republic who will lead the country well.
بس زمان كان فيه احساس تاني بالحكم وان البلد دي بتاعتنا كلنا مش مجرد احزاب وخلاص
Bas zamān kān fīh eḥsās tānī bel-ḥokm w en el-balad dī betaʿetna kollena mesh mogarrad aḥzāb w khalas.
But back then there was a different feeling about governance, and that this country was all ours, not just parties and that's it.
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