حاكم is one way to express 'because / since' in Egyptian Arabic. See also عشان ,لاحسن and اكمن. The most common way to express 'because' is with عشان, but you may occasionally hear حاكم. This conjunction is used when giving a reason justifying the preceding thought and could inelegantly be translated as 'it is because' with 'it' referring to the last thing said.
Example 1
وخدهم على اي محل كشري عشّيهم ليقولوا اهل العروسة ماعشّوناش في الفرح حاكم أنا عارفهم |
| ...and take them to any kosheri restaurant and feed them dinner so they don't say "the family of the bride didn't feed us dinner at the wedding reception." because I know them (and this is what they would do if you don't do what I say) (اين قلبي) |
Example 2
يالا الحق انزل له وخليك ناشف كده معاه في الكلام حاكم أنا عارفاك |
| hurry before its too late, go see him and be firm with him when you talk to him because I know you (and you are usually too nice and cave in) (الفرح) |
Example 3
والله يا حفيظة قعدت ساعة بحالها أنقي وأختار لحد ما رسيت على دول حاكم عنده بقى شعارات من دي كتير قوي |
| I swear, Hafiza, I was therefor a whole hour selecting and choosing until I settled on these because he has a bunch of slogans like these ones. (احنا بتوع الاتوبيس) |
Example 4
ايه يا جلجل تتكلم انت ولا أتكلم أنا حاكم شبان الايام دي عينيهم مفتحة قوي |
| (to his son) What Gilgil, are you going to speak or should I....(to the other adults) because youth these days their eyes are open very wide**. (ام العروسة) |
Example 5
بمناسبة الديكور والله وما ليكو عليا حلفان لولاش بس إن أنا واعية وماسكة ذلل على اجوزات صاحباتي مكانش زماني قادرة أجدد وأصرف حاكم دلوقتي الحالة الاقتصادية بقت صعبة خالص |
| While we are on the subject of the decor, I swear if not for the fact that I know what's going on and have dirt on my friends' spouses, I would not have been able to update (the decor) and spend money because the economic condition right now has become really bad. (أبلة فاهيتا) |
Example 6
ميمي: قول لي بقى هو انت مكنتش عاوز تقوم معايا ليه |
| Mimi:Hey, why didn't you want to stand up with me? Habiisha: So that my mom and your mom don't notice because women don't care about any thing except for this stuff. (ابن حلال) |
Example 7
محامي: لندن |
| Lawyer:London? Jaasir: Yes...we have a meeting there with our brothers who work with the stock market and I need you with me because between me and you, my English is not great and I don't like when conversations are happening around me and I have no idea what is going on. (الدالي) |
Example 8
انجي: عايزاك بقى تعرف لي اذا كان شغلها معاه صدفة ولا |
| Enji:I want you to find out for me whether her working with him is a coincidence or..... Khalid: Or what! because you (always) have these things that you are feeling Enji: But they turn out to be true don't they. (ابن موت) |
Example 9
أنا الحقيقة ماعرفشي نظام رحاته ايه بالظبط عشان أقدر أدبر لك موعد تلتقوا فيه حاكم احنا بنلتقي مباشرة وش قصاد وش |
| Actually, I don't know exactly when he has time off so that I can arrange a time for y'all to meet because we meet directly, face to face. (الجماعة الجزء الثاني) |
Example 10
مليانة يعني لامؤاخذة يعني حامل حاكم القطة متهبشّ الهبشة دي في الدكر إلا اذا كانت معبية ومنقورة قبل كده |
| Full means, excuse me for having to use this word, pregnant...because a female cat does not scratch a male cat with such a scratch unless she has been loaded and pecked previously. (يوميات الزوجة المفروسة) |