شكر — "to thank" in Egyptian Arabic
شكر
šákar [1s3]
to thank
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Conjugate شكر
Past, present, future and imperative, affirmative and negative.
شكر 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.
مفيش اي شكر يلا بينا نخلص المشوار بسرعة
Mafeesh ay shokr, yalla bina nekhalas el meshwar be sor'a.
No need for thanks, let's go finish the errand quickly.
from The Good Neighbor
علي شرح له مشكلته، وعمو محمود رد: "بالظبط! أنا معايا كتاب الدرس اللي أنت عايزه ده، خده. أنا بروح الشغل كل يوم بعد القهوة. أنت لازم تدرس للامتحان كويس جداً." علي رد: "ألف شكر يا عمو! مع السلامة دلوقتي، أنا لازم أروح أذاكر بيه فوراً!"
Aly sharah lu mushkeltu, w ammo Mahmoud radd: "Bel-zabt! Ana ma'aya ketab el-dars elli enta ayezuh da, khoduh. Ana baruh el-shoghl kull yom ba'd el-ahwa. Enta lazim tedrus lel-emtihan kwayyes geddan." Aly radd: "Alf shokr ya ammo! Ma'a el-salama delwa'ty, ana lazim aruh azaker beih fawran!"
Aly explained his problem to him, and Uncle Mahmoud replied: "Exactly! I have the lesson book you want, take it. I go to work every day after the coffeehouse. You must study very well for the exam." Aly responded: "A thousand thanks, Uncle! Goodbye for now, I must go study with it immediately!"
اخدنا هدية تانية اصغر وبابا شكر الراجل
Akhadna hedeya tanya asghar w baba shakar el ragel
We took another smaller gift and Dad thanked the man.
from The December Gift
الف شكر يا فندم
Alf shokr ya fandam
A thousand thanks, sir/madam.
منى ردت بفرحة: "يا الف شكر يا عمو، بجد متشكرة خالص!"
Mona raddet be farHa: "Ya alf shokr ya 3ammo, be gad metshakkera khales!"
Mona replied with joy: "A thousand thanks, uncle, really, I'm very grateful!"
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