حياة — "life" in Egyptian Arabic

حياة

Hayaah

life

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hayah
Topic
mankind and kinship
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3 of our stories

حياة 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.

كل كلمة قالتها أو سمعتها كانت جزء من يومها الطبيعي في القاهرة، بتضيف لجمال وتنوع الحياة اليومية هناك.

Kol kelma 2aletha aw seme3etha kanet goz' men yomha el-ṭabi3i fi el-Qahira, betḍeef le-gamal we tanawwo3 el-ḥaya el-yawmeyya henāk.

Every word she said or heard was a part of her normal day in Cairo, adding to the beauty and diversity of daily life there.

from Mona's Journey in Khan el-Khalili: A Morning Full of Greetings

السوق مكان جميل ومليان حياة وكل الناس بتعمل شوبينج مبسوطة

El soo' makaan gameel we malyaan hayaat we kol el naas beta'mel shopping mabsoota

The market is a beautiful place full of life, and everyone is happily doing their shopping.

from A Trip to the Local Market

جده كان فاهم زمان ان الحياة بسيطة

geddo kān fāhim zamān inn el-ḥayāh basīṭa

His grandfather understood in the past that life was simple.

from The Boy and the Questions

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