ميكانيكي — "mechanic" in Egyptian Arabic

ميكانيكي

mikaniiki

mechanic

Topic
work and money
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3 of our stories

ميكانيكي 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.

عمر عنده تلاتين سنة وبيشتغل ميكانيكي في الدقي، وهو دايما جعان.

Omar ando talateen sana wa biyishtaghal meekaneekee fee El Dokki, wa howa dayman gaaan.

Omar is thirty years old and works as a mechanic in Dokki, and he is always hungry.

from Omar the Mechanic's Breakfast

قالتلي ان عمها ميكانيكي شاطر وممكن يصلحها

'Aletli en 3ammaha mīkānīki shāṭer w momken yeṣlaḥha.

She told me that her paternal uncle is a skilled mechanic and could fix it.

from The Washing Machine Problem

خالي، عماد، كان بيشرب قهوة مظبوط وبيتفرج علينا وهو بيقول "يا ابني، دي عايزة ميكانيكي شاطر مش مهندس."

Khali, Emad, kan biyeshrab ahwa mazboot we biyetfarraj 'aleina we howa bi'ool "Ya ebni, di 'ayza mekaniki shater mesh mohandes."

My uncle, Emad, was drinking mazboot coffee and watching us, saying, "My son, this needs a skilled mechanic, not an architect."

from The Family Fan Problem

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