يِمين — "right" in Egyptian Arabic

يِمين

yimīn

right

Topic
cars and other transportation
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6 of our stories

يِمين 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.

قال امشي على طول وبعدين يمين

aal emshi ala tool wa baadeen yemeen

He said walk straight ahead and then right.

from The Wrong Station

اهي هناك على طول يمين

Ahi henak 'ala tool yemin.

It's right there, straight ahead, then right.

from Lost and Asking for Directions

هو قالي امشي طوالي وبعدين خش يمين

Howwa 'ali emshi tawali w ba'dein khosh yemin.

He told me to walk straight and then turn right.

from Lost and Asking for Directions

الراجل قالي روح يمين وبعدين على طول

El ragel 'aly rooh yemeen w ba'deen ala tool

The man told me 'go right and then straight ahead'.

from The Lost Adventure

هو قال لي امشي طوالي وبعدين يمين

Howwa 'al li emshi tawali w ba'deen yemeen.

He told me to walk straight and then right.

from I Got Lost and Asked for Directions

هو قال امشي على طول وبعدين يمين انا قلت شكرا جزيلا

Howa 'al: emshi 'ala tool w ba'dein yemin. Ana olt: shokran gazilan.

He said: Walk straight ahead then right. I said: Thank you very much.

from Lost and Asking for Directions

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