سنين — "years" in Egyptian Arabic

سنين

siniin

years

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senin
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6 of our stories

سنين 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.

المشكلة دي ليها تاريخ طويل من سنين كتيرة.

El-moshkila di liha tarikh tawil min sinin ketira.

This problem has a long history from many years ago.

from War News on the Day of Eid

حتى بعد السنين دي كلها احساسنا بقي كاننا ما بعدناش

hatta baad el seneen de kolaha ehsasna baea kaenena ma baadnash

Even after all these years our feeling remained as if we had not parted.

from A Sweet Coincidence

أنا كنت مبسوط أوي لما شوفته بعد سنين

Ana kont mabsoot awi lama shoftoh ba'd sneen

I was very happy when I saw him after years.

from A Chance Encounter

ده كان صاحبي القديم احمد اللي مشفتهوش من سنين

Da kan sa7bi el qadeem Ahmed elli ma shoftehosh men sneen

This was my old friend Ahmed whom I haven't seen for years

from A Chance Encounter

كان معاه ابنه الصغير عنده خمس سنين

Kan ma'ah ebno elsoghayar 'ando khamas saneen.

He had his small son with him, five years old.

from A Chance Encounter

قربت عشان اسلم عليه وطلع صاحبي احمد اللي مشفتهوش من سنين

Arrabet 'ashan asallem 'aleih we tala' saahby Ahmed elle ma shuftuhush men sneen

I approached to greet him, and it turned out to be my friend Ahmed, whom I hadn't seen in years

from An Unexpected Encounter

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