Unit 4 · How much is it?
ma3aak: what you've got on you
Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.
ma3a (with) plus an ending says what someone has on them right now: ma3aak fakka? "have you got change?" (to a man), ma3ik (to a woman), ma3aaya (I've got, on me), ma3aah (he's got), ma3aaha (she's got). It's about what's in your pocket or your bag at this moment. The same forms also just mean "with": faaDi teroo7 ma3aaya? "are you free to come with me?"
Hear it in sentences
مَعَاك فُلُوس؟
Have you got any money on you? (to a man)
مَعَايَا نُصّ جِنِيه بَسّ.
I've only got half a pound on me.
اِتْفَضَّل، مِيت جِنِيه. مَعَاك فَكَّة؟
Here you are, a hundred pounds. Have you got change? (to a man)
فَاضِي تِرُوح مَعَايَا السِّينِمَا؟
Are you free to go to the cinema with me? (to a man)