What does “ماليش في” mean in Egyptian Arabic?

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ماليش في (malīsh fī)
Egyptian "not my thing" pattern
“I’m not into it”; literally “I have nothing in it”

Egyptians turn something down with ماليش في (malīsh fī): ماليش في الحاجات دي means “I’m not into that stuff.” It is مالي (“I have not”) plus ش, the Egyptian negative, plus في (“in”). It isn’t rude. It says the thing isn’t your taste, and it works for food, hobbies, sports and music, whatever is offered.

In this scene Shawqi hands chips round the family (خد شيبسي, “take some chips”), and one person brushes it off with بس أنا ماليش في البتاع ده (“it’s just not my thing”). The same frame works with a person: ماليش في فلان is “I’m not a fan of so-and-so.” The everyday counterpart is بحب (baḥebb), “I like.”

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A2 Arabic listening practice video?

81%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Arabic words
Most of the words in this video are common Arabic words.

How common in Arabic

52.4%
Top 1,000
81%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Arabic

84.6%
Top 1,000
100%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A2. Here is what they mean.

اديها
3×
Not in top 5,000
خد
3×
Not in top 5,000
شيبسي
3×
Not in top 5,000
(brand) شيبسي — potato chips
اخويا
2×
Not in top 5,000
اروح
2×
Not in top 5,000

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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