Colloquial Arabic of Egypt Unit 3
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- shay
- black tea
- áhwa
- coffee, coffee shop
- Háaga sá9a
- soft drink
- kárkaday
- hibiscus tea
- ba'láwa
- filo pastry and nuts
- lú'mit il-'áadi
- round fried dough balls
- basbúusa
- semolina cake
- shukrán
- thank you
- Tába'
- plate, bowl, dish
- bilíila
- sweet porridge with milk and grain
- Táyyib, Tab
- ok, well
- u'9úd
- sit down
- tiHíbb, tiHibbi...
- would you like...
- tíshrab, tishrábi
- would you like...to drink
- tákul, tákli
- would you like...to eat
- áywa, min fáDlak, min fáDlik
- Yes, please
- ána amúut fi...
- I adore...(lit I die in)
- la', shukrán
- no, thank you
- líssa sháarib, líssa shárba
- I just had a drink (just drinking)
- líssa wáakil, líssa wákla
- I just ate (just eating)
- tishráb eh, tishrábi eh
- what would you like to drink
- Tába´il-yohm
- dish of the day
- 9andína
- we have
- háatli, haatíli
- bring me...
- máyya
- water
- 9aSíir
- juice
- kóhla
- cola
- bíira
- beer
- nibíit
- wine
- lában
- milk
- kabáab
- kebab
- wára' 9ínab
- stuffed vine leaves
- kófta
- minced meat in kebab or meat balls
- fuul
- fava beans baked in sauce
- Ta9míyya
- falafel
- faláafil
- falafel
- omlíit
- omlette
- sabáanikh
- spinach
- bámya
- okra
- sálaTa
- salad
- sandawítsh
- sandwich
- ruzz
- rice
- 9aysh
- bread
- 9ándi
- I have (lit with me)
- 9ándak
- you m have
- 9ándik
- you f have
- 9ándu
- he has
- 9andáhaa
- she has
- 9andúku
- yall have
- 9andúhum
- they have
- 9aSíir liimúun
- juice of lemon
- sandawítsh Ta9míyya
- sandwich of falafel
- feminine a changes to...when in 1st position in a construct phrase
- it
- sálaTit sabáanikh
- salad of spinach
- in construct phrase, il is added to
- second word
- Tába' il-bilíila
- the bowl of porridge
- sálaTit is-sabáanikh
- the salad of spinach
- ráqam
- number
- izáaza
- bottle
- kubbáaya
- glass
- bi-tishtághal eh?, bi-tishtághali eh?
- what do you do (lit you work what)
- kímya
- chemistry
- mish hína
- not here
- faránsa
- France
- áanisa
- miss for young unmarried woman
- maSr liT-Tayaráan
- Egypt Air
- mudárris, mudarrísa
- teacher
- duktúur, duktúura
- doctor
- muDíif, muDíifa
- flight attendant
- muHásssib, muHásba
- accountant
- muhándis, muhandísa
- engineer
- mumássil, mumassíla
- actor
- muHáami, muHaamáya
- lawyer
- Táalib, Taalíba
- student
- mudarrísit kímya
- chemistry teacher
- mish
- not
- húwwa mish máSri
- he is not Egyptian
- di mish úmmi
- that is not my mother
- ana mish duktúur
- I am not a doctor
- mish SáaHi
- not awake
- íin
- plural for nouns referring to people
- mudarrisíin
- teachers
- aat
- plural for some f or m nouns, esp long ones or ones of foreign origin
- tilifóhn
- telephone
- tilifohnáat
- telephones
- tarabáyzáat
- tables
- sg with final long vowel + aat or iin
- pl with final short vowel+aat or iin
- maTáar
- airport
- maTaráat
- airports
- sawwáa'
- driver
- sawwa'ií
- drivers
- ending in vowel + aat or iin
- add y or yy
- maSriyyíin
- Egyptians
- mustashfayáat
- hospitals