خمْسين — "fifty" in Egyptian Arabic
خمْسين
xamsīn
fifty
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خمْسين 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.
هي كانت معاها خمسين جنيه بس، يعني مش كفاية لكل القماش ده.
Heyya kanet ma3aha khamsin gineih bas, ya3ny mish kefaya le koll el-oumash dah.
She only had fifty pounds with her, meaning it wasn't enough for all this fabric.
منى كان معاها خمسين جنيه بس في شنطتها؛ يعني ده سعر كويس، بس هي كانت قلقانة.
Mona kan ma'aha khamseen geneh bas fi shantetha; ya'ni dah se'r kwayyes, bas heya kanet 'alqana.
Mona only had fifty pounds in her bag; meaning, this was a good price, but she was worried.
معاها خمسين جنيه بس.
Ma3aha khamsiin geneh bas.
She had only fifty pounds.
سارة وصلت بعد ربع ساعة ومعاها خمسين جنيه.
Sara waSalt ba'd rob' sa'a w ma'aha khamseen geneh.
Sara arrived after fifteen minutes, with fifty pounds.
البياع ابتسم وقال خمسين جنيه هو سعر القهوة يا فندم
El-bayya' ebtasam w a'al khamsin geneh howa sa'r el-ahwa ya fandem.
The salesman smiled and said, "Fifty pounds is the price of the coffee, sir."
سيد كان معاه بس خمسين جنيه.
Sayed kan ma3ah bas 5amseen geneh.
Sayed only had fifty pounds.
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