languages – #TeamMaha https://teammaha.com Poking fun at the language of your favorite chronically lonely Egyptian Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:17:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.32 https://teammaha.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/maha-icon-54e0942bv1_site_icon-32x32.png languages – #TeamMaha https://teammaha.com 32 32 “The world is crowded.” https://teammaha.com/2014/10/the-world-is-crowded/ https://teammaha.com/2014/10/the-world-is-crowded/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:34:00 +0000 http://www.teammaha.com/?p=4 الدُنيا زَحمة

“ad-dunya za7ma“

aka, “It’s really crowded [right now/today].”

A bit of an exaggeration, but at the same time, not really, because Cairo is SO. crowded. all the time.

[الدنيا = world, زحمة = a nice catch-all word for crowded-ness–not just for cars.]

 

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