"بوب مِن إِنْجِلْتِرا."

Translation: Bob is from England.

[hectorlqr]

Do people actually pronounce it like Ingiltira instead of Injiltira?

[SamirShaker]

Yes, it's pronounced with a G sound, as in great. As far as I know (I'm from Lebanon, exposed to many Arabic dialects, but I could have missed some), someone would only pronounce it with a J sound to make it sound funny using a literal pronunciation. It's a common joke to pronounce foreign words written in Arabic literally. They sound funny to us that way :-)

[kozzlow]

As far as I know in Egyptian dialect this letter everytime pronounced as G

[DanielWill440084]

Wait. What makes the (i don't know the names of the letters) J sounding character make a G sound? I read it in my head as '2injiltiraa' but then it had a hard G sound.

[Nuss688860]

In this case it is just pronounced as a "g" because its the name of a country, like a proper noun. In most other words, the "ج" is pronounced as a "j"

[benton.1]

I can't even make out the word for England in this recording. Update: I have no problem making out the word now. Either the recording has be updated or my ability to hear the sounds has improved.

[Ken632527]

Why not "Bob comes from England" ?

[Abbykj145]

I said "Bob comes from England" instead of "Bob is from England" and I feel like the difference in meaning is so neglible in English that it should have been accepted.

[Mocha5637]

"Bob comes from England" may mean that Bob came from England to another place, and "Bob is from England" means that Bob's citizenship was from england.

[Mr.KhaledS]

Come from and is from are the same, he is from England & he comes from England have the same meaning.