تاكْسي — "taxi" in Egyptian Arabic
تاكْسي
táksi
taxi
- Topic
- cars and other transportation
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
تاكْسي 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.
فين التاكسي مفيش تاكسي هنا خالص
Feen el taksi mafeesh taksi hena khalas
Where's the taxi There's no taxi here at all
from A Busy Morning
قالت لنفسها: "لا، مفيش وقت ضايع، أنا لازم أروح هلا وأجيب الكتاب قبل ما القطر يمشي، حتى لو هركب تاكسي بـ 50 جنيه".
Qalet le-nafseha: "La, mafish wa't daye', ana laazem arooh halla we-ageeb el-ketaab qabl ma el-qatr yemshee, hatta law harkab taksy b-50 geneh."
She said to herself: "No, there's no time to waste, I must go now and get the book before the train leaves, even if I take a taxi for 50 pounds."
from Mona's Journey
دلوقتي هأركب تاكسي يحود بسرعة للبيت.
Delwa'ti harkab taksy yehood besor'a lelbet.
Now I will take a taxi that turns quickly to the house.
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