Colloquial Arabic of Egypt Unit 1
Terms
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- SabáaH il-khayr
- Morning of prosperity
- yaa
- used before name in direct address
- Tant
- auntie
- áhlan
- hello
- izzáayak
- how are you (to m.)
- yábni
- my son (from yaa + ibni)
- il-Hámdu lilláah
- thanks be to God
- SaáHi
- awake
- áywa
- yes
- min bádri
- since early on (lit from early)
- SabáaH in-nuur
- Morning of light
- masáa il-khayr
- Afternoon of prosperity
- masáa in-nuur
- Afternoon of light
- áhlan biik, áhlan biiki
- hello to you m, f
- má9a s-salaáma
- goodbye
- alláah yisallímak, yisallímik
- goodbye to you
- izzaayyak, izzaayik
- how are you?
- Dayf
- guest
- ráqam
- number
- ísmak eh?, ísmik eh?
- Whats your name m, f?
- ána ísmi...
- my name is...
- ána min...
- I am from
- wi/w-
- and (before consonant/vowel)
- wáaHid
- 1
- itnáyn
- 2
- taláata
- 3
- arbá9a
- 4
- khámsa
- 5
- maSr
- Egypt, Cairo
- al-qáahira
- Cairo
- ig-giiza
- Giza
- maSr ig-gidíida
- Heliopolis
- iz-zamáalek
- Zamalek
- iskindiríyya
- Alexandria
- buur sa9íid
- Port Said
- is-sways
- Suez
- lú'Sur
- Luxor
- aswáan
- Aswan
- asyúuT
- Asyut
- ána
- I
- ínta, ínti
- you m, f
- húwwa
- he
- híyya
- she
- ána samíira
- I am Samira.
- ána min buur sa9íid
- I am from Port Said
- áhlan wa sáhlan
- welcome
- madáam
- Madam
- ustáaz
- Sir, Mr.
- ism
- name
- HaDrítak, HaDrítik
- polite/formal you m, f
- ingilizíyya
- English (fem.)
- itfáDDal, itfaDDáli
- come this way/here you are/please take this, etc.
- tarabáyza
- table
- in-niil lis-siyáaHa
- Nile Tourism
- ingilíizi, ingilizíyya
- English
- máSri, maSríyya
- Egyptian
- amriikáani, amriikaaníyya
- American
- iskutlándi, iskutlandíyya
- American
- ostoráali, ostoralíyya
- Australian