محلّ — "shop" in Egyptian Arabic

محلّ

maHall

shop

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mahal
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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.

from Getting Lost in the Street

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.

from Buying Clothes with My Grandfather

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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