Module 1

Question 1

What is your (M) name?

Answer 1

اِنْتَ اِسْمَكْ اِيه؟ Inta ismak eyh?

Question 2

My name is Hany.

Answer 2

اَنَا اِسْمِي هَانِي. Anā ismī Hānī.

Question 3

And what is your (F) name?

Answer 3

وَاِنْتِ، اِسْمِكْ اِيه؟ Wa inti, ismik eyh?

Question 4

Where are you (M) from?

Answer 4

اِنْتَ مِنِينْ؟ Inta mineyn?

Question 5

I’m from America.

Answer 5

اَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِيكَا. Anā min Amrīkā.

Question 6

And where are you (F) from?

Answer 6

وَاِنْتِ، مِنِينْ؟ Wa inti, mineyn

Question 7

I’m from Cairo.

Answer 7

اَنَا مِنْ اِلْقَاهِرَةْ. Anā min il-Qāhira.

Question 8

Pleased to meet you!

Answer 8

فُرْصَةْ سَعِيدَةْ! Furṣa sa’īda!

Question 9

Pleased to meet you, too!

Answer 9

اَنَا اَسْعَد! Anā as‘ad!

Question 10

Good morning

Answer 10

صَبَاحْ اِلْخِيرْ ṣabāḥ il-kheyr

Question 11

No problem

Answer 11

مِشْ مُشْكِلَةْ mish mushkila

Question 12

There is no problem.

Answer 12

مَا فِيشْ مُشْكِلَةْ ma fīsh mushkila

Question 13

Do you (M) speak Arabic?

Answer 13

اِنْتَ بِتِتْكَلِّمْ عَرَبِي؟ Inta bititkallim ‘Arabī?

Question 14

I speak a little Arabic, but not much.

Answer 14

اَنَا بَتْكَلِّمْ عَرَبِي شُوَيَّةْ، بَسْ مِشْ كِثِير. Anā batkallim ‘Arabī shuwayya, bas mish kitīr.

Question 15

How long have you been studying Arabic?

Answer 15

بَقَالَكْ قَدْ اِيه بِتِدْرِسْ عَرَبِي؟ Ba’ālak add eyh bitidris ‘Arabī?

Question 16

Please, (speak (F)) slowly.

Answer 16

مِنْ فَضْلِكْ، شوَيَّةْ شوَيَّةْ. Min faḍlik, shiwayyah shiwayyah.

Question 17

I don’t understand.

Answer 17

اَنَا مِشْ فَاهِم. Ana mish fāhim.

Question 18

I have been studying Arabic for a month.

Answer 18

اَنَا بَقَالِي شَهْرْ بَدْرِسْ عَرَبِي. Ana ba’ālī shahr badris ‘Arabī.

Question 19

You (M) speak Arabic well.

Answer 19

اِنْتَ بِتِتْكَلِّمْ عَرَبِي كُوَيِّس. Inta bititkallim ‘Arabī kuwayyis.

Question 20

Good afternoon/evening

Answer 20

مَسَاء اِلْخِيرْ masā’ il-kheyr

Question 21

Do you (F) speak Arabic?

Answer 21

اِنْتِ بِتِتْكَلِّمِي عَرَبِي؟ Inti bititkallimī ‘Arabī?

Question 22

How long have you (F) been studying Arabic?

Answer 22

بَقَالِكْ قَدْ اِيه بِتِدْرِسِي عَرَبِي؟ Ba’ālik add eyh bitidrisī ‘Arabī?

Question 23

How are you (F)?

Answer 23

اِزَّيِّكْ؟ Izzayyik?

Question 24

a day

Answer 24

يُومْ yūm

Question 25

a week

Answer 25

اِسْبُوعْ isbū‘

Question 26

a year

Answer 26

سَنَةْ sana

Question 27

Would you (M) like anything to drink?

Answer 27

Ḥadritak tiḥibb tishrab ḥāga? حَضْرِتَكْ تِحِبّ تِشْرَبْ حَاجَةْ؟

Question 28

Yes please (F). I want a coffee.

Answer 28

Aywa min faḍlik. ‘Āyiz ’ahwa. اَيْوَهْ مِنْ فَضْلِكْ. عَايِزْ قَهْوَةْ.

Question 29

Would you like Turkish or American coffee?

Answer 29

Āyiz ’ahwa Turkī wallā ’ahwa Amirikī? عَايِزْ قَهْوَةْ تُرْكِي وَلَّا قَهْوَةْ اَمِرِكِي؟

Question 30

May I know what Turkish coffee is?

Answer 30

Mumkin a‘raf ya‘nī eyh ’ahwa Turkī? مُمْكِنْ اَعْرَفْ يَعْنِي اِيه قَهْوَةْ تُرْكِي؟

Question 31

Coffee in a small cup, which may be plain (no sugar), or medium, or extra sugar.

Answer 31

’Ahwa fī fingān ṣughayyar, mumkin tikūn sāda, aw mazbūṭ, aw sukkar ziyāda. قَهْوَةْ فِي فِنْجَانْ صُغَيَّرْ، مُمْكِنْ تِكُونْ سَادَةْ، اَوْ مَزْبُوطْ، اَوْ سُكَّرْ زِيَادَةْ.

Question 32

No, I want an American coffee in a big mug, with milk please.

Answer 32

La’, anā ‘āyiz ’ahwa Amrīkī fī fingān kibīr, bi-laban law samaḥti. لَأ، اَنَا عَايِزْ قَهْوَة اَمْرِيكِي فِي فِنْجَانْ كِبِيرْ، بِلَبَنْ لَوْ سَمَحْتِ.

Question 33

At your service sir!

Answer 33

Taḥt amrak yā fandim! تَحْتْ اَمْرَكْ يَا فَنْدِمْ!

Question 34

It will be with you (M) immediately.

Answer 34

Ḥālan hatkūn ‘andak. حَالًا هَتْكُون عَنْدَك.

Question 35

You (F) (formal)

Answer 35

ḥaḍritik حَضْرِتِكْ

Question 36

Would you (F) like to drink something?

Answer 36

Ḥadritik tiḥibbī tishrabī ḥāga? حَضْرِتِكْ تِحِبِّي تِشْرَبِي حَاجَةْ؟

Question 37

(Would you (M) like to) drink something?

Answer 37

Tishrab ḥāga? تِشْرَبْ حَاجَةْ؟

Question 38

(Would you (F) like to) drink something?

Answer 38

Tishrabī ḥāga? تِشْرَبِي حَاجَةْ؟

Question 39

Yes, please (F).

Answer 39

Aywa, min faḍlak. اَيْوَهْ، مِنْ فَضْلَكْ.

Question 40

I (F) want coffee.

Answer 40

Ana ‘āyiza ’ahwa. اَنَا عَايِزَةْ قَهْوَةْ.

Question 41

(Do you have) another question?

Answer 41

Su’āl tānī? سُؤَالْ ثَانِي؟

Question 42

right / correct

Answer 42

ṣaḥ صَحْ

Question 43

(If you (M)) please

Answer 43

law samaḥt لَوْ سَمَحْتْ

Question 44

Do you (M) like Egyptian food?

Answer 44

Bitḥibb il-akl il-Maṣrī? بِتْحِبّ اِلْاَكْل اِلْمَصْرِي؟