Page 11 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

(to man/woman) bekhayr,
samahtee
shokran, winta/winti?

don’t … ma ... low samaht/ fine, thanks, and you? BAsIc

thanks, thank you shokran PHRAses
pleased to meet you tshar-
rafna
thank you very much
shokran giddan
excuse me (to get past: to man/
woman) low samaht/
no thanks la’ motshakkir samahtee

don’t mention it el aafw (to get attention) min
fadlak

how do you do? (to man/
woman) aāmil/aāmla ay? (to say sorry: said by man/
woman) ana āsif/āsfa

how are you? (to man/woman)
izzayak/izzayik? I’m sorry (said by man/woman)
ana āsif/āsfa

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