How to say “nine” in Egyptian Arabic

The word is tes3a (تِسْعَة). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.

تِسْعَة

num

nine

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In a sentence

تِسْعَة وِعَشَرَة.

Nine and ten.

عَشَرَة؟ لَأ، تِسْعَة.

Ten? No, nine.

السَّاعَة حَوَالِي تِسْعَة.

It's about nine.

تَلَاتَة وِسِتَّة يِبْقُوا تِسْعَة.

Three and six make nine.

نِمْرِتِي خَمْسَة، تَلَاتَة، سَبْعَة، تِسْعَة.

My number is five, three, seven, nine.

نِمْرِتِي سَبْعَة، تِسْعَة، وَاحِد، خَمْسَة.

My number is seven, nine, one, five.

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