Page 33 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

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a, an* accurate mazboot
ache wagaa
about: about 20 hawālee English ➜ Arabic
aishreen my back aches dahree
wageani
it’s about 5 o’clock hawālee
es-saaa khamsa across: across the road aabr
esh-shārea
a film about Egypt ‘film’
aan masr address ainwān

above foo’ what’s your address? (to
man/woman) ainwānak/
abroad (go) lil khāreg ainwānik ay?

(live) fil khāreg address book kitāb aanaween
ABCDEFGHIJKLAe
absorbent cotton otn tebbee admission charge rasm
eddokhool
accept mwāfi’
adult (man/woman) bāligh/
accident hadsa balgha

there’s been an accident advance: in advance
kan fee hadsa mo’addam

accommodation sakan aeroplane tīyāra

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