مشْغول — "busy" in Egyptian Arabic
مشْغول
mašɣūl
busy
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مشْغول 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.
لأ، انا مشغول بكرة عشان هاعمل رياضة.
La, ana mashghool bokra ashan haamel reyada.
No, I am busy tomorrow because I will do sports.
هو رد قال الحمد لله كويس بس كنت مشغول شوية
howwa radd al el-hamdulillah kwayyes bas kont mashghool shwayya
He replied, "Praise be to God, good, but I was a little busy."
from A Morning Call
بابا مشغول في الشغل دلوقتي
Baba mashghoul fi el-shoghl delwa'ti.
Dad is busy at work now.
هو قال انا كويس بس انا مشغول في الشغل
Howa 'al: Ana kwayyis bas ana mashghool fel-shoghl.
He said "I am fine, but I am busy with work."
from A Chance Encounter
عندي شغل كتير والصباح ده مشغول
'Andy shoghl kiteer wal sabah da mashghoul.
I have a lot of work and this morning is busy.
from A Busy Morning
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