كُوَيِّس — "well" in Egyptian Arabic
كُوَيِّس
kuwáyyis
well
- Franco / chat
- kwayyes
- Topic
- adverbs
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
كُوَيِّس 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.
بابا قاله: "يلا يا أحمد، فريقنا هيلعب كويس في المغرب."
Baba 2al lo: "Yalla ya Ahmad, fari2na hayla3ab kwayes fi el Maghreb."
Dad told him: "Let's go, Ahmed, our team will play well in Morocco."
كل واحد في الحتة كان حاسس بفرحة كبيرة عشان الفريق كان بيلعب كويس.
Kol wahed fel hetta kan hases be farha kebira ashan el fariq kan beyelab kways.
Every person in the area was feeling a great joy because the team was playing well.
انت عندك حق، الدنيا مش ماشية كويس لما مش بننام.
Enta andak hak, el donia mesh mashya kewayyes lamma mesh benenam.
You are right, the world is not going well when we do not sleep.
هو بص كويس وعرف انها اخت صاحبه
howa bas kwayes we araf enaha okht sahbo.
He looked well and knew that she is his friend's sister.
from A Lost Traveler
انا كنت فاكر انه مصري عشان بيتكلم عربي كويس
Ana kont faker inno masry ashan beyetkallem araby kwayyes.
I thought he was Egyptian because he speaks Arabic well.
from The Football Match
حاولت أتابع الوصفة كويس بس مش عارف إيه اللي حصل
Hawwalt atabe' el wasfa kwayyes bas mesh aref eih elli hasal.
I tried to follow the recipe well but I don't know what happened.
from A New Dish