Hello Friends of Learning Words, in this article we will continue with expressions in the dialects of the Arabic language, today we will learn colloquial expressions of the Egyptian dialect, and learn to communicate with someone who comes from the beautiful, historical and mysterious Egypt.
Expressions:
| Portuguese | (Egyptian Arabic) ألعامية ألعرية ألمصرية | |
| You welcome | (Ahlan wa sahlan) أهلا و سهلا | |
| Hello | (is salām 'alaykum) ألسّلام عليكم Answer - (wa 'alaykum is salām) وعليكم السّلام |
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| How are you? | mas - (izayyak) إزّيّك؟ fem- (izayyik) إزّيّك؟ pl - (izayyuku) إزّيّك؟ |
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| I'm fine Thanks to God and you? | كويّس، الحمد لله. وأنت؟ men - (kwayyis, al hamdulillah. wa inta) كويّس، الحمد لله. وأنت؟ fem - (kwayyisa, al hamdulillah. wa inti) |
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| What's your name? | m - (Ismak ey?) إسمك إيه؟ f - (Ismik ey?) إسمك إيه؟ |
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| My name is … | (ismee…) اسمي… | |
| Where you are from? | m - (Inta minayn?) إنت منين؟ f - (Inti minayn?) إنت منين؟ |
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| I'm from … | (ana min…) أنا من… | |
| Nice to meet you | (sa'ida fursa) فرصة سعيدة answer - (ana al'asad) أنا الأسعد |
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| Good Morning! | (ṣabā il kẖayr) صباح الخير answer - (ṣabā in noor) صباح النّور |
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| good night | (misa 'il khayr) مساء الخير
Respos - (misa 'in noor) مساء النّور |
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| good night |
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| bye | (Ma'is Salama) مع السّلامة | |
| Have a nice day. | (Sa'eed youm) يوم سعيد | |
| Bon Appetit / have a good meal |
bil hana wish shifa '!) بالهنا و الشفاء! rsp m - (allah yihanneek) الله يهنّيك rsp mf - (allah yihanneeki) الله يهنّيك |
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| Good trip | (ReHla sa3īda) رحلة سعيدة | |
| I get it | m - (ana faahim) أنا فاهم f - (ana fahma) أنا فاهم |
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| I dont understand | (lā afaham) لا أفهم m - (ana miš faahim) أنا مش فاهم f - (ana miš fahma) أنا مش فاهم |
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| I do not know | (Ma'arafsh) معرفش | |
| Please speak more slowly | (mumkin titkallim bilrrāha) ممكن تتكلّم بالرّاحة | |
| Could you please repeat? | m - (mumkin ti'ool taani?) ممكن تقول ثاني؟ f - (mumkin ti'oolee taani?) ممكن تقول ثاني؟ |
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| Please write | m - (mumkin tiktibuh?) ممكن تكتبه؟ f - (mumkin tiktibeeh?) ممكن تكتبه؟ |
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| You speak Arabic? | m - (bititkallim 'arabi?) بتتكلّم عربي f - (bititkallimee 'arabi?) بتتكلّم عربي |
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| How do you say ... in Arabic? | (izzay a 'ool…?) إزّاي أقول…؟ | |
| Excuse | m - ('an iznak) عن إزنك! f - ('an iznik) عن إزنك! pl - ('an izniku) عن إزنك! |
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| How much ? | (bikam da?) بكم ده؟ | |
| excuse | m - (aasif) آسف! f - (aasifa) آسف! |
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| Please | (min faDlak) من فضلك
(low samaht - Used to get someone's attention like a waiter) لو سمحت |
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| Thank you | (Shukran) شكرا (shukran jazēlan) شكرا جزيلا | |
| You're welcome | ('Afwan) عفوا | |
| Where is the bathroom? | (el-ḥammām fain?) الحمام فين؟ | |
| I love you | men - (ana baħibbak) ٲنا بحبك femn - (ana baħibbik) ٲنا بحبك |
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| Help! | (IlHa'ni!) Aalhakna! | |
| Welcome to Egypt | (Nawwart maSr) نوّرت مصر | |
| Answer: “Egypt is enlightened by you” | (maSr menawwara bīk) مصر منوّرة بيك |
To hear the sound of this language, let's leave this video of a native teaching this beautiful language:
That's it for today, but stay tuned here, this series isn't over yet.