اِتْنيْن — "two" in Egyptian Arabic
اِتْنيْن
itnēn
two
- Franco / chat
- etnin
- Topic
- numbers
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
اِتْنيْن 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.
امبارح، اتنين من أصحابي، أحمد ومنى، وصلوا بيتي الصغير.
Embare7, etneen men as7abi, Ahmed w Mona, wasalo beity el soghayyar.
Yesterday, two of my friends, Ahmed and Mona, arrived at my small house.
هناك، الراجل بيبيع خضار طازة وبيقول: 'كام كيلو عايزة يا ست الكل؟' وأنا بقول له: 'عايزة كيلو بطاطس و اتنين كيلو طماطم من عندك'.
Honak, el ragel byebaaʾ khoḍar taza w byeqool: 'Kam kilo ʾayza ya sitt el kol?' W ana baqoolloh: 'ʾAyza kilo batates w etnein kilo tamatem men ʾandak'.
There, the man sells fresh vegetables and says: 'How many kilos do you want, madam?' And I tell him: 'I want one kilo of potatoes and two kilos of tomatoes from you.'
أحمد قال أنا عايز اتنين كيلو تفاح أحمر لو سمحت.
Ahmed al ana ayez etnin kilo toffah ahmar law samaht.
Ahmed said, I want two kilos of red apples, please.
from A Day at the Market
أنا وصلت نيويورك مع أخواتي الاتنين الأسبوع اللي فات عشان نزور ابن عمنا.
Ana wasalt New York ma'a akhwati el etneen el osbou'a elly fat ashan nezoor ebn ammena.
I arrived in New York with my two brothers last week to visit our cousin.
قلت له ده سعر حلو واشتريت اتنين كيلو
olt loh da sear helw wa eshtaret etnen kilo
I told him this is a good price and bought two kilos.
from At the Market
قلت له اديني اتنين كيلو لو سمحت
olt loh edini etnen kilo law samaht
I said to him give me two kilos please
from At the Market
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