محلّ — "shop" in Egyptian Arabic
محلّ
maHall
shop
- Franco / chat
- mahal
- Topic
- city and transportation
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
محلّ 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.
هو شاف أصحابه علي ومنى جنب محل الفاكهة.
Howa shaf ashabo Ali w Mona gamb mahl el faka.
He saw his friends Ali and Mona next to the fruit shop.
from A Day at the Market
شفت راجل بيشتغل في محل وقلت له السلام عليكم
Shoft ragel biyeshtaghal fe mahal we olteloh as salamu alaykum
I saw a man who works in a shop and I said to him peace be upon you.
احمد راح المحل عشان يشتري هدوم
ahmed raah el mahal ashan yeshtery hedoom
Ahmed went to the shop to buy clothes.
from Shopping for clothes
انا شفت حاجة حلوة اوي في المحل
ana shoft haga helwa awy fi el mahal
I saw a very nice thing in the shop.
انا رحت المحل وشفت الراجل اللي بيشتغل هناك
ana roht el mahal we shoft el ragel elly biyeshtaghal henak
I went to the shop and saw the man who works there.
from Returning a Thing
احمد راح المحل عشان يرجع القميص
Ahmed raah el mahal ashan yeraggaa el amees
Ahmed went to the shop to return the shirt.
from The Wrong Shirt
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