شايْ — "tea" in Egyptian Arabic

شايْ

šāy

tea

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shay
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food and drink
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شايْ 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.

إحنا بنشرب شاي بعد الأكل.

E7na benshrab shay ba3d el 2akl.

We drink tea after eating.

from An Egyptian Cooking Day in Our Home

بقول لهم: 'يا جماعة، تشربوا إيه؟ عندي ثلاث كوبايات شاي حلوين.'

Ba2ul lehom: 'Ya gama3a, teshrabo eh? 3andy talat kobbayat shay 7elween.'

I tell them: 'Guys, what do you want to drink? I have three nice cups of tea.'

from Friends Visiting My Apartment

نور اقترحت: "نجيب شاي وكيك؟".

Nour eqtara7et: "Nigeeb shay we cake?"

Nour suggested: "Should we bring tea and cake?"

from A Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood

شربنا شاي سخن وأكلنا شوية حلويات مع جيراننا.

Sherebna shay sokhn wa akalna shwayet halawiyat ma'a geranna.

We drank hot tea and ate some sweets with our neighbors.

from Football and Friends Gathering

الحمد لله انا كويس وبشرب شاي الصبح

elhamdullelah ana kwayes wa bashrab shay el sobh

Thank God I am good and drinking tea in the morning.

from A Day at the House

انا بشرب شاي الصبح في البيت

Ana bashrab shay el sobh fel beit

I drink tea in the morning in the house

from Morning at Home

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