كرسي — "chair" in Egyptian Arabic

كرسي

kursi

chair

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vocabulary from around the house
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كرسي 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.

بص الكرسي مكسور في الحتة دي

boss el korsi maksour fi el hitta di

Look, the chair is broken in this part

from The Broken Chair

انا بقعد على الكرسي وبستنى صاحبي

ana baaod ala el korsi wa bastana sahby

I sit on the chair and wait for my friend.

from Coffee Time

جدي قاعد على الكرسي وبيشرب شاي

gedi aed ala elkorsi webyeshrab shay

Grandpa is sitting on the chair and drinking tea.

from A Rainy Day at Home

الكرسي في الصالة مريح قوي

elkorsi fi elsala morih awi

The chair in the living room is very comfortable.

from Visiting My Aunt

فيه ترابيزة فاضية هناك وفي كرسي

Fee tarabeeza fadya henak w fee korsi.

There is an empty table there, and a chair.

from At the Café

انا باقعد على كرسي جمب الترابيزة

Ana ba'od 'ala kursi gamb el tarabeeza.

I sit on a chair next to the table.

from Waiting at the Cafe

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