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neither ... nor ... la ... wala ...

garayid

nephew (brother’s son) ibn akh newspaper kiosk koshk
New Year essana eggedeeda English ➜ Arabic
(sister’s son) ibn okht
Happy New Year! aam
Netherlands holandda gedeed saaeed!

never abadan New Year’s Eve laylit rās
es-sana

dialogue New Zealand nyoozeelanda

have you ever been to New Zealander: I’m a New
Alexandria? (to man/woman) Zealander (said by man/woman)
marohtish/marohteesh ana nyoozeelanddee/
liskinderaya abadan? nyoozeelanddaya
no, never, I’ve never been ABCDEFGHIJKLNe
there la’, marohtish henāk
abadan next ellay baad

new gedeed the next street on the left
esh-shārea eggīa aala
news (radio, TV etc) akhbār (f) eshimāl

newsagent’s bayyāa garayid
at the next stop el-mahatta
newspaper gornāl eggīa

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