دقائق — "minutes" in Egyptian Arabic
دقائق
da'aaya
minutes
- Franco / chat
- da'aye
- Topic
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دقائق 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.
قلوبنا كانت بتدق بسرعة في آخر دقايق من الماتش.
Oloobna kanet betde' be sor'a fi akher da'ayeq mel matsh.
Our hearts were beating fast in the last minutes of the match.
مش معقول كمية الكلام اللي بيقولها في خمس دقايق بس
Mish ma'oul kammiyya el-kalam elli biy'oolha fi khams da'ayeq bas.
It's unbelievable the amount of talking he does in just five minutes.
انا مستني بقالي عشر دقايق
Ana mestanny ba2aly 3ashar da2aye2.
I have been waiting for ten minutes.
from Waiting at the Cafe
عندي يا دوب عشر دقايق عشان اجهز
Andi ya doob ashar da'aye' ashan agehaz.
I have barely ten minutes to get ready.
from A Problem at Home
الفريق بتاعنا جاب جولين في اول عشر دقايق
El-faree' beta'na gab goleen fi awwal 'ashar da'aye'
Our team scored two goals in the first ten minutes
صاحبي وصل يا دوب بعد خمس دقايق
Saḥbi waṣal ya doob ba'd khamas da'aye'
My friend arrived after barely five minutes
from Waiting at the Cafe
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