Learn 10 must-know words to party in Egypt
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| Hi, everyone! I’m Peryhan and this is Arabic Top Words. Today’s topic is going to be about 10 Must-know Words to Party in Egypt. So let’s get started! |
| 1. |
| حفلة |
| (ḥaflah) "party" |
| The first word is, |
| حفلة |
| (ḥaflah) "party" |
| For example, you can say, |
| رايحين حفلة النهاردة. |
| (rāyḥīn ḥaflah el-nahārdah.) |
| Or, |
| إحنا رايحين حفلة النهارده. |
| (ʾeḥnā rāyḥīn ḥaflah el-nahārdah.) |
| "We're going to a party today." |
| Usually, you’d use the word |
| حفلة |
| (ḥaflah), when you want to party out with your friends. Just really general, or for example, a birthday party. |
| For example, you can say, |
| رايحين حفلة عيد ميلاد أختي. |
| (rāyḥīn ḥaflet ʿīd mīlād ʾoḫtī.) |
| “We’re going to my sister’s birthday party.” |
| 2. |
| يرقص |
| (yorʾoṣ) "dance" |
| The next one is |
| يرقص |
| (yorʾoṣ) "dance" |
| For example, you can say, |
| رقصوا كنتير امبارح. |
| (raʾaṣū kentīr embāreḥ.) "They danced a lot yesterday." |
| For example, you can say, |
| بحب أرقص على الموسيقى الشعبية. |
| (baḥeb ʾarʾoṣ ʿalā el-mūsīʾā el-šaʿbeyyah.) |
| “I like dancing to folk music.” |
| 3. |
| نادي |
| (nādī) "club" |
| The next one is |
| نادي |
| (nādī) "club" |
| For example, |
| الحفلة في النادي. |
| ( el-ḥaflah fī el-nādī.) "The party is at the club." |
| For example, you can say, |
| من أشهر نوادي مصر نادي الرماية في المهندسين. |
| (men ʾašhar nawaādī maṣr nādī el-remāyah fī el-mohandesīn.) |
| “One of Egypt’s most famous clubs is the Remayah club in the Mohandeseen district.” |
| 4. |
| موسيقى |
| (mūsīqā) "music" |
| The next one is |
| موسيقى |
| (mūsīqā) "music" |
| And mostly, with the young people, we say |
| مزيكا |
| (mazzīkā), which also means “music.” |
| For example, you can say, |
| الموسيقى عالية أوي. |
| ( el-mūsīqā ʿālyah ʾawī.) "The music is so loud." |
| Or you can say, |
| المزيكا دي عالية جداً. |
| (el-mazzīkā dī ʿel-yah geddan.) |
| “This music is also so loud.” |
| Or you can say, |
| المزيكا دي مش ستايلي. |
| (el-mazzīkā dī meš stāylī.) |
| “This music is not my style.” |
| 5. |
| مهرجان |
| (mahragān) "festival" |
| The next one is |
| مهرجان |
| (mahragān) "festival" |
| For example, you can say, |
| الحفل الختامي للمهرجان الساعة 9. |
| ( el-ḥafl el-ḫetāmī lelmahragān el-sāʿah 9.) |
| "The festival's closing ceremony is at 9 o'clock." |
| Or we can say, |
| هنروح نتعشى برة بعد المهرجان. |
| (hanrūḥ netʿaššā barrah baʿd el-mahragān.) |
| “We are going to dine out after the festival.” |
| 6. |
| بوفيه |
| (būfeīh) "buffet" |
| Oh! The next one is my favorite, |
| بوفيه |
| (būfeīh) "buffet" |
| Ok, you can say, |
| البوفيه حلو. |
| ( el-būfeīh ḥelw.) "The buffet is good." |
| Or you can say, |
| أكل البوفيه خلص بسرعة. |
| (ʾakl el-būfīh ḫeleṣ besorʿah.) |
| “The buffet's food ended so fast.” |
| One more thing you can say, |
| حط على قدك في الطبق من البوفيه. |
| (ḥoṭ ʿalā ʾaddak fī el-ṭabaʾ men el-būfīh.) |
| “Put only what you need in your plate from the buffet.” |
| 7. |
| فرقة |
| (ferʾah) "band" |
| The next one is |
| فرقة |
| (ferʾah) "band" |
| For example, you can say, |
| الفرقة دي مشهورة جدا. |
| ( el-ferʾah dī mašhūrah geddan.) "This band is very famous." |
| Another sentence you can say, |
| أنا بحب فرقة مسار إجباري جداً. |
| (ʾanā baḥeb ferʾet masār ʾegbārī geddan.) |
| “I really like the band Masar Egbary.” |
| 8. |
| أغاني |
| (ʾaġānī) "songs" |
| The next one is |
| أغاني |
| (ʾaġānī) "songs" |
| For example, |
| الأغاني الهادية بتعجبني أكتر. |
| ( el-ʾaġānī el-hādyah beteʿgebnī ʾaktar.) "I like soft songs more." |
| Usually, in Egypt, we don’t distinguish between |
| أغاني |
| (ʾaġānī), which is "songs" and “music,” which is |
| موسيقى |
| (mūsīqā) or |
| مزيكا |
| (mazzīkā). So for example, you can say, |
| أنا بحب أغاني محمد حماقي. |
| (ʾanā baḥeb ʾaġānī mḥammad ḥamāʾī.) |
| “I like Mohamed Hamaki's songs.” Or, |
| أنا بحب مزيكة محمد حماقي. |
| (ʾanā baḥeb mazzīket mḥammad ḥamāʾī.) |
| “I like Mohamed Hamaki's music/style/songs.” |
| So there’s not much of a distinction. |
| 9. |
| مغني |
| (moġannī) "singer" |
| The next one is |
| مغني |
| (moġannī) "singer" |
| For example, you can say, |
| جايبين مغني في الفرح، ولّا دي جي بس؟ |
| (gāybīn moġannī fī el-faraḥ, wallā dī ǧeī bass?) |
| "Are you getting a singer or a DJ for the wedding party?" |
| In Egypt, usually we have huge wedding parties on the Nile, which includes more than maybe 300 guests or more. And usually a family would like to invite DJ, singers, famous musician and so on, so it’s very natural that you would ask “who’s gonna come to the wedding, is it gonna be some sort of singer, is it gonna be a belly dancer, or just a DJ?” |
| So if you’re invited to a wedding in Egypt, make sure that you know who’s gonna come sing in that wedding. |
| 10. |
| شو |
| (šoū) "show" |
| The next one is |
| شو |
| (šoū) which means "show" |
| الشو هيبدأ بعد دقايق. |
| (el-šoū hayebdaʾ baʿd daʾāyeʾ.) "The show will start in a few minutes." |
| There are famous actors would have their own theatres in downtown Cairo where you can go attend the show and watch them perform live. For example, belly dancing. There are also so many belly dancing shows all around Cairo where you can also go there and enjoy the show. |
| Thank you so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed the video. Why don’t you tell me in the comments below about your favorite party activity? Bye-bye! |
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