Ali Hussein video

يناير 15th, 2008

أغنية حزين جداً سعيد

أغنية (ughniya) - song, melody, tune

حزين (hazin) - sad

جداً (jidaan) - very

The word جداً is spelled with a ج (jim). In Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), it is pronounced like the g in “gem”. However, in some dialects including Egyptian Arabic, it is pronounced as a hard “g” as in “gate”. In this song, Ali Hussein pronounced ج with a hard “g”.

I’m not sure what سعيد means here.

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