شايْ — "tea" in Egyptian Arabic
شايْ
šāy
tea
- Franco / chat
- shay
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
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.
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.'
نور اقترحت: "نجيب شاي وكيك؟".
Nour eqtara7et: "Nigeeb shay we cake?"
Nour suggested: "Should we bring tea and cake?"
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.
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