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momkin shwīyit mīya?

can I have some water? sore: it’s sore betewgaa
sore throat wagaa fee ez-zōr
somebody, someone had
sorry: I’m sorry (said by man/
something haga woman) ana āsif/āsfa

English ➜ Arabic
something to eat haga sorry? (didn’t understand/hear)
tettākil afanddim?

sometimes ahyānan sort: what sort of ...? aī nōa
min ...?
somewhere fee hitta
moaayana soup shorba

son ibn sour (taste) hāmid

song oghnaya south ganoob

son-in-law neseeb in the south fil ganoob

soon hālan South Africa ganoob afreqya
ABCDEFGHIJKLSo

I’ll be back soon hargaa South African: I’m South
besoraa African (said by man/woman)
ana ganoob afreeqee/
as soon as possible be’asraa afreqaya
ma yomkin
southeast el ganoob

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