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busy majghool


                                        bye maassalāma
                   I’m busy tomorrow (said by     by Thursday yōm el khamees
                  man/woman) ana majghool/
                  majghoola bokra
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              English ➜ Arabic
                 but lākin              cabin (on ship) kabeena

                 butcher’s gazzār       café ahwa

                 butter zebda           Cairo el qahira

                 button zorār             Old Cairo masr el adeema

                 buy ishtara            cake shop halawanee

                   where can I buy ...? fayn   call (verb) nadah
                  a’adar ashteree ...?
                                          (to phone) ettasal
                 by: by bus bil otobees
             ABCDEFGHIJKLBu
                                          what’s it called? ismaha ay?
                   by car bil aarabayya
                                          he/she is called ... ismoh/
                   by the window gamb    ismaha ...
                  esh-shebbāk
                                          please call the doctor
                   by the sea gamb el bahr  momkin tetlob el doktōr?


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