A.Magdy
Professional Teacher
Do you know how to say hi and bye in both MSA and ECA ? In Modern Standard Arabic we say : Hi = ِأهـلاً وسهلاً Bye = مَع السَّلامـَة In Egyptian Colloquial we say : Hi = It's a bit different, like we use other meanings as : يـا برنـس - يا استـاذ - يا جميلة - حبيبي - يا صاحبي Which means : Hey Awesome - Hey Champ - Hey Mr - Hey beauty - Hey dear - Hey friend - hey star ..... etc Bye = سـلام - باي ياي - مع السلامة - يلا سلام which means : Peace - Good bye - Bye Bye - Let's leave in Peace
May 27, 2015 8:33 PM
A.Magdy
Language Skills
Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Gulf), Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Modern Standard), Catalan, English, French, German
Learning Language
Arabic (Gulf), Arabic (Levantine), Catalan, English, French, German