How to say “museum” in Egyptian Arabic

The word is mat7af (مَتْحَف). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.

مَتْحَف

museum

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In a sentence

الْمَتْحَف الْمَصْرِي؟

The Egyptian Museum?

الْمَسْرَح قُدَّام الْمَتْحَف.

The theatre is opposite the museum.

الْمَتْحَف جَنْب الْجِنِينَة.

The museum is next to the garden.

خُشِّي يِمِين. الْمَحَطَّة قُدَّام الْمَتْحَف.

Turn right. The station is opposite the museum. (to a woman)

هِيَّ مُرْشِدَة سِيَاحِيَّة فِي الْمَتْحَف.

She's a tour guide at the museum.

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