ميّة — "water" in Egyptian Arabic
ميّة
máyya
water
- Franco / chat
- mayya
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 5 of our stories
ميّة 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.
التلاجة مش شغالة و المية في كل حتة
El tallaga mesh shaghala wa el mayya fi kol hetta.
The fridge is not working and the water is everywhere.
انا بدخل المطبخ الصبح وبلاقي ميه كتير على الارض
ana badkhol el matbakh el sobh we balaqi mayya keteer ala el ard
I enter the kitchen in the morning and find a lot of water on the floor.
بابا بيسأل مين عايز مية
Baba biyis'al "Meen 3ayiz mayya?"
Dad asks, "Who wants water?"
from Family Gathering
انت حط شوية ميه هنا لو سمحت
Enta hott shwayet mayya hena law samaht.
You put a little water here please.
from A New Dish
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