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and you? (to man/woman)
what’s that? ay da?

winta/winti?
what should I do? a’amil ay?
well-done (meat) matbookha English ➜ Arabic
kwayis what a view! manzar
gameel!
Welsh welzee
what bus do I take? ākhod
I’m Welsh (said by man/ aī otobees?
woman) ana welzee/
welzaya wheel aagala

were*: we were konna wheelchair korsee lil aagaza

you were kont when? imta?

they were kāno when we get back lamma
nergaa ABCDEFGHIJKLWh
west gharb
when’s the train/the ferry?
in the west fil gharb imta el atr/el ‘launch’?

Western (from Europe, US)
afrangee where? fayn?

wet mablool I don’t know where it is mish
aārif hiya fayn
what? ay?

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