محلي (mahalli) — "local" in Modern Standard Arabic

محلي

maHalli

local

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Egyptian Arabic

محلي

maHalli

محلي 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.

ذهبت الى السوق المحلي مساء امس

Dhahabtu ila as-sooq al-mahali masaa ams

I went to the local market yesterday evening

from A Visit to the Local Market

ذهبت اليوم الى السوق المحلي

Dhahabtu al-yawm ilā as-sūq al-maḥallī

Today I went to the local market.

from A Trip to the Local Market

اليوم ذهبت الجدة وحفيدتها الى السوق المحلي

Al-yawma dhahabat al-jaddatu wa-ḥafīdatuhā ilā as-sūqi al-maḥallī.

Today, the grandmother and her granddaughter went to the local market.

from The Market Between Generations

في الصباح ذهبت الى السوق المحلي

Fi as-sabah thahabtu ila as-suq al-mahali.

In the morning, I went to the local market.

from A Trip to the Market

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