سوق — "market" in Egyptian Arabic

سوق

suuq

market

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سوق 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.

بابا قال: إحنا لازم نروح السوق النهاردة يا حلوين.

Baba aal: Ehna lazam narouh el soo2 ennaharda ya helwein.

Dad said: We must go to the market today, my dears.

from Layla's Sweet Day in Egypt

ماما جابت ملوخية خضرا من السوق.

Mama gabt molokheya khadra men el sou2.

Mom brought green molokhia from the market.

from An Egyptian Cooking Day in Our Home

بكرة هنروح أنا وأختي السوق علشان نشتري فاكهة طازة، ممكن نجيب أربع برتقالات كبار.

Bokra hanrooḥ ana we ʾokhty el sooʾ ʾalashan neshtry fakha taza, momken nigeeb ʾarbaʾ bortoqalat kobar.

Tomorrow, my sister and I will go to the market to buy fresh fruit; we might get four big oranges.

from An Egyptian Morning: Coffee, Music, and the Market

أحمد راح السوق الكبير في القاهرة امبارح.

Ahmed rah el sooq el kebir fel Qahera embareh.

Ahmed went to the big market in Cairo yesterday.

from A Day at the Market

هو لقى خمس عربيات جنب السوق واختار الأقوى.

Howa la-aa khamas arabiyat ganb el-souq wa ekhtar el-aqwa.

He found five carts near the market and chose the strongest one.

from Ahmed's Decision and the Bread

انا بروح السوق الكبير النهاردة

ana baroh el soo el kabeer el naharda

I go to the big market today

from A Trip to the Market

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