How to say “i don't know” in Egyptian Arabic

The word is ma3rafsh (مَاعْرَفْش). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.

مَاعْرَفْش

phrase

I don't know

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In a sentence

مَحَطِّةْ قَطْر؟ مَاعْرَفْش.

A train station? I don't know.

فِين الْفُرْن؟ آسِف، مَاعْرَفْش.

Where's the bakery? Sorry, I don't know. (said by a man)

مَاعْرَفْش، أَنَا مِش مِن هِنَا.

I don't know, I'm not from here.

مَاعْرَفْش اسْمُه. بَسّ هُوَّ جَنْب الْجِنِينَة.

I don't know its name. But it's next to the garden.

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