Page 279 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

Note the following:
fee there is; there are HOW
mafeesh there isn’t; there aren’t
kan fee there was; there were THE
makansh fee there wasn’t; there weren’t
‘To Have’ LAN
form the present tense of ‘to have’:
I have
aandee
The preposition aand is used with the possessive suffixes to GUAGE
aandak you have (m sing)
aandik you have (f sing)
aandoo he has
aandaha she has WORKS
aandina we have
aandokoo you have (pl)
aandohom they have
The future tense of ‘to have’ is formed by adding the word
hīkoon before the present tense forms: ■ Ve r b s
hīkoon aandee I will have
hīkoon aandak you will have etc
The past tense of ‘to have’ is formed by adding the word kan
before the present tense forms:
kan aandee I had
kan aandak you had etc
‘To Want’
The equivalent of the present tense of ‘to want’ (for all singular
conjugations) is aayiz (if the subject is masculine) and aīza (if the
subject is feminine). aīzeen is used for all plural forms.
Negatives are formed by adding mish:
mish aayiz ahwa
I don’t want coffee

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