Page 92 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

elobra
dialogue
how much do you want for where are you going? (to
this? (to man) aayiz tebeea man) inta rīeh fayn?
el wahda bekām?
(to woman) aīza tebeaee el (to woman) inti rīha fayn?
wahda bekām?
English ➜ Arabic
I’ll give it to you for five where does this bus go?
pounds (to man/woman) fayn rīeh el otobees da?
haddeelak/ haddeelik
elwahda bekhamsa let’s go! yalla nimshee!
genayh
she’s gone (left) hayya
give back ragaa meshet

glass (material) ezāz where has he gone? fayn
rah howa?
(tumbler) kobbāya
I went there last week
(wine glass) kās ana roht hināk el esbōa el-
lee fāt
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a glass of water kās mīya

glasses naddāra go away emshee min hena

go rah go away! emshee!

we’d like to go to the Opera go back (return) ragaa
House aīzeen nerooh le dār

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