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Good morning

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صباح الخير
ssabaah(ehh) ellhiear

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Good evening

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مسا الخير
Medes ellhiear

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How are you?

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كيف حالَِك

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What’s your name?

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شو اسمَِك

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My name is…

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اسمي…

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Thank you

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شكراً

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You’re welcome

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عفواً

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Welcome!

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أهلاًً وسهلاً
Aa(aah)lan wasahlan

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Response to welcome, or hello

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أهلين

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Hello (x3)

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مرحبا
Mer-hab-ah

سلام
السلام عليكم

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Of course

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طبعاً
Taba(aaa)an

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And you?

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وانتَِ
ooenta/i
Note that MSA is ‘waa’

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And you? [polite]

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وحضرِتَِك

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What do you do for work?

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شو بتِشتغك/ي
shoo btishtraal/ee

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I work as…

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أنا بشتغل

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What do you study?

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شو بتُدرس/ي
shoo btdrosee

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I study…

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أنا بدرس…

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Where do you live? [country]

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وين عايِش/شة
when eye-ish/eeh

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I live in… [country]

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أبا عايش/شة في/ب

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Where do you live? [city]

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وين ساكْن/نة؟
when saaken/eh

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I live in… [city]

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أنا ساكن/نة في/ب

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How old are you?

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كم عُمرَِك؟
kum umrek

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I am…years old.

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أنا عمري…سنة

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Is everything clear?

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كل شي واضح

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I have… I don’t have…
عندي ما عندي
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And
و
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Or
أَوْ
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But
بس bus
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Clear
واضح
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Sound/Voices
صوت Interesting plural case. This is M but we do F plural صوتات
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Good morning (response)
صباح النّور
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Good evening (response)
مسا النّور
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Okay
تمام Tm-am
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Please
لو سمحت لو سمحتي Llow-sam(h)at Llow-sam(h)at-ii Use gender of the person you are addressing لو سمحتو
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Excuse me
عفوًا
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Sorry
آسف آسفة Aa-sif Aasf-eh Use YOUR gender
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Bye
مع السّلامة Maa-salam-eh
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Weather
جو
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Here you go (response)
تْفَضّل تفضلي Tfa-ddal Tfa-ddallie
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Discount
خصِم
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Price
سِعِر ser-err Referring to the price of ‘it’: سعره/سعرها أسعار
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Only
بس
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What’s going on?
شو في
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Maybe
يِمكن
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With (x2)
مع You can use ب for small objects. For example, coffee with sugar NB: that when something is made definite, you don’t need to add ال to the object you’re describing ‘with’. For example, القهوة نسكر NOTE ‘with’ can be conjugated
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Around… (to approximate)
شي… Or تقريبا taareebbaann
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Where? Where are you?
وين وينك [Review ‘Grammar’; suffixes]
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Maybe
يِمكن
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Thing
شي
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Every
كل
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Here
هون
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[Over] there
هناك Hoonaak
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Without
من دون min doon بِدون bidoon
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What else?
شو كمان
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Why?
ليه لتش
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Favourite
مُفضّل Muf-add-ul(eh)
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More than
أكتر من Used between nouns to compare Nouns must use ال
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At all For example, I don’t like ___ at all
من مرّة OR بالمرة If you are saying you don’t like something at all, you use this phrase BEFORE mentioning the noun Can also be used after if it is not the focus of your sentence
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For example… Example
مثلاً meth-Alan مثال
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Any/Which
أي :Positive Negative: ولا
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Some (NB: use in a sentence)
شوية Pronounce tamah buttah as ت
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Correct
صح
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Wrong
غلط Raalat
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Really/seriously?
عنجدّ Anj-tt Informally, can also be written جدّ
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I understand
فهمِت
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When (x2) Note about use in sentences
لمّا used in sentences متى used in questions NB: more native-sounding when using لما in sentences, to put PRONOUN first e.g., أنا لما أكلت الأكل
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From
من
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Still
لِسّ
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No problem
مش مشكلة ما في مشكلة
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I forgot
نسيت Nseet
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Now (x3)
هلّئ هلق هلّأ
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Always As always
دايمًا زَي دايمًا Diamon
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Rarely
نادراً Naderran
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Me too
وأنا كمان Oo-ana Kman
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Us too
وإحنا كمان Oo-ekhna kmann
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Sure (adjective) Sure (noun)
متاكّد أكيد Mit-akkid Akkid
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Late
متأخِّر Mittakhr
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How nice (as question or statement)
شو حلو(؟)
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Honestly
بصراحة Bis-arah-hah
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Also
كمان
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What happened?
شو مال(suffix to denote who you’re referring to)
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By the way
على فكرة
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I hate you
بكر هَِك
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I love you
بحبك
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News
خبَر أخبار
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Message/Letter
رسالة رسائل
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Names
أسماء
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Ages
أعمار
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Height
طول أطوال
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Weight
وَزِن أوزان
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Somebody Nobody
حدا ما حدا or ولا حدا
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Alone
لحال Can add pronoun suffixes to this word
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How much is the temperature? How much is the ___’s temperature?
كم درجة الحرارة Temperature: درجة (pronounced ‘t’) ‘Of the heat’: الحرارة How much is the ___’s temperature? كم درجة حرارة الجو Weather has ال since this is the possessive
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Who x2
Question form: مين Sentence form: اللي (see Grammar ‘Whose’)
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What happened?
شو صار؟
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Why did this happen?
ليش هيك صار
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How much?
كم قديش Uses are different: Verb goes LAST, noun is SINGULAR in كم e.g. كم امتحان عندي Verb goes NEXT, noun is PLURAL in قديش e.g. قديش عندي امتحانات
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Nothing Anything
ولاشي أي شي
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That
1) Used as a connector. For example, ‘I told you THAT I forgot’ إني إنك إنكم إنه … 2) Used to denote. For example, ‘I told you THAT’ هك
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About
عن Can be conjugated
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From, of
من Can be conjugated
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Tell me
MALE قلي FEMALE قوليلي
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Then
بعدين
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Generally
بِشكِل عام
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Never been
ولا عُمري ولا بعري
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It is well known
معلوم
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Abstract use of على
Can be used to denote burden ON someone: What do I have to do today? شو عليّ اليوم
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Together
مع بعض - سَوا
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Even
حَتّى
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By one self
ALONE: لحالي BY SELF: لو حدي أنا لحالي/لو حدي أنت لحالك/لو حدك انتو لحالكم/لو حدكم هو لحاله/لو حده هي لحالها/لو حدها هم لحالهم/لو حدهم إحنا لحالنا/لو حدنا
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Impossible
مُستحيل/مش معقول
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Exactly
بالضبط
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Same Same thing
نفس نفس الشي
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Love NB about tone
حبيبي—حبيبتي The tone is important. It can mean ‘my dear’, ‘my love’ or to threaten someone/be mad at someone
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Note about use of عشان
Has several meanings: - For benefit: عشان - Because of: عشان - That’s why: عشان هيك
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Enough
كفاية
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SUMMARY: Time
Time (non-discrete): وَقِت Time (interval): مرّة This time: هده المرّة Twice: مرتين Three times: تلات مرّات I have time: معي وقت Sometimes: أحيانًأ/مرّات Another time: كمان مرّة
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Other (or another) The other Others
Other/another: تاني (NB: this is the same as ‘second’) The other: التاني The others: التانيين
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Anyway
على أي حال
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Seeking opinion (x2)
(1) More generic: بالنسبة إلي For example: ‘What’s more important for you?’ شو أهم بالنسبة إلك؟ (2) Opinion: رأي For example, ‘In your opinion…’ برأيك…
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Life
حياة
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So far
لحد الآن
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Unfortunately
مع الأسف
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Just
Meaning ONLY بس Meaning EXACTLY بالزَّبط (used as an adverb)
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As if
كأنه
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Mistake
خطأ
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Although
مع إنه
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Real
حقيقي
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Have to/should
لازم
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Unbelievable
مش معقول
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How is ___ going?
كيف ___ معك؟
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Not at all
لا ابدٍا
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Reason
سبب
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Mood
مزاج
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There’s no need
ما في داعي
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Because of (when attributing reason)
بسبب Can conjugate with ‘you’, ‘he’, ‘she’… Note similarity to ‘Reason’ سبب