صغير — "young " in Egyptian Arabic
صغير
Suġayyar
young
- Franco / chat
- soghayar
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
صغير 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.
أحمد كان شاب صغير وكان عايز يبقى فنان مشهور.
Ahmed kan shabb soghayyar we kan ayiz yib-a fannan mash-hoor.
Ahmed was a young man and he wanted to become a famous artist.
بس اخويا الصغير زعلان
bas akhouya elsoghayer zaalan
But my young brother is upset.
from A Rainy Day at Home
علي كان ولد صغير بس هو ماكانش بيعرف يطبخ.
Ali kan walad soghayar bas huwa makansh biyaaraf yitbukh.
Ali was a young boy, but he did not know how to cook.
from The Little Chef
بس ولدي الصغير كان بيضحك وعايز ياخد صورة هو كمان
Bas waladi el soghayyar kan beyed7ak we 3ayez ya5od soura howa kaman
But my young son was laughing and wanted to take a picture too
from The Family Feast
الجد الكبير والولد الصغير بيتفرجوا على ماتش كورة
El ged el kibeer wel walad el sagheer beitfaraggu 'ala match kora
The old grandfather and the young boy are watching a football match.
from The Football Match
تيتا كبيرة في السن وانا صغير
Tita kebira fel sinn wana saghir.
Tita is old in age and I am young.
from A Visit to Tita