سنين — "years" in Egyptian Arabic
سنين
siniin
years
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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.
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