شاي (shaay) — "tea" in Modern Standard Arabic

شاي

šaay

tea

Topic
food
Seen in
6 of our stories

"tea" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

شاي

shay

Levantine Arabic

شاي

šāy

شاي 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.

نشرب الشاي الحار معا ونتكلم بسعادة تحت النجوم

nashrabu ash-shay al-harr maan wa-natakallamu bisaada tahta an-nujum.

We drink hot tea together and talk happily under the stars.

from Encounter in the Market

نشرب شاي ساخن مع البائع

nashrab shaay saakhin ma'a albaa'i'

We drink hot tea with the seller.

from Clothes Shopping

نجلس في غرفة الجلوس ونشرب الشاي

najlisu fi ghurfat al julus wa nashrabu al shay

We sit in the living room and drink tea.

from A Visit to My Grandfather's House

انا اشرب كوب شاي الان

Ana ashrab koob shay al-aan.

I drink a cup of tea now.

from A Rainy Afternoon at Home

انا اشاهد التلفاز واشرب الشاي

Ana ushahid al-tilfaz wa ashrab ash-shay.

I am watching TV and drinking tea.

from A Rainy Evening at Home

عرض علي كوبا من الشاي الساخن كعادة اهل السوق

'Arada 'alayya kooban min ash-shaayi as-saakhin ka-'aadati ahli as-sooq

He offered me a cup of hot tea, as is the custom of the market people

from A Visit to the Local Market

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