Friday 19 February 2021

Egyptian Arabic

Lesson 1: Greetings

1. Vocabulary and Expressions 

2. Listening Comprehension Resources 

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following phrases/ expressions in Egyptian: 

  1. How are you, Samy?
  2. I am fine, thanks to God.
  3. How are you (masc.)?
  4. How are you (fem.)?
  5. Have a good night, Samia.
  6. Good morning, Ahmed.
  7. Goodbye! (response)
  8. Hi everyone!
  9. Good evening!
  10. Hi! Come join us! (response)

Lesson 2: Introductions

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Greetings | تشرّفنا يا محمد
Question Words
Greetings_and_Acquaintance | إزيّك؟
Subject Pronouns
Asking about jobs
Verb to Live: Present Tense
Verb to Speak: Present Tense
Verb to work: Present Tense
Verb to Study: Present Tense

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following phrases/ expressions in Egyptian: 
  1. Yes. My name is Lamiaa Khalil.
  2. I am a student at the University of Alexandria.
  3. Nice to meet you. Come in.
  4. Do you live here?
  5. I am Mahmoud Salama, a computer engineer. I live in this apartment.
  6. Good morning. Nice to meet you.
  7. Oh, another time in shaa Allah. Thanks.
  8. OK. Nice to meet you. Bye.
  9. Nice to meet you too.

Lesson 3: Family

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Family Kinship Terms 1
Family Kinship Terms 2

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following phrases/ expressions In Egyptian: 
  1. Is this your sister?
  2. This is not my sister. This is my cousin, Meriam.
  3. Is this your brother?
  4. This is my brother, Yaser.
  5. This is my daughter, Farida.
  6. Who is this? (F.)
  7. This is my mother.
  8. This is my aunt, Maria, she lives in Alexandria.
  9. This is my grandmother.
  10. This is my sister-in-law.

Lesson 4: Hobbies

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Expressing Likes and Dislikes

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following expressions and phrases in Egyptian Arabic?

  1. What are your hobbies?
  2. What do you like to do in your free time?
  3. I like to spend time with my family.
  4. My hobbies are reading, dancing, and cooking.
  5. I like to play soccer in my free time.
  6. I like to play Xbox with my friends.
  7. I like to spend time with my friends.
  8. My favorite hobbies are reading and spending time with my friends.
  9. In my free time I like to play soccer.

Lesson 5: Telling Time and Daily Schedule 

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Daily Routine

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

Activity 1: Telling Time 

Record your answers to the following questions. Use Fusha for the words you don’t know in Egyptian. For adverbs of time, you must use Egyptian Arabic. 

  1. When is your birthday? 

  2. What year were you born? 

  3. What time do you have Egyptian class? 

  4. When do you wake up on Monday? 

  5. When do you go to bed everyday? 

  6. When do you go to the university on Wednesday? 

  7. On Friday, when do you eat breakfast? 

  8. What month were your parents born?

  9. When did you eat breakfast and lunch yesterday? 

  10. What do you do on Sunday evening?

Activity 2: Daily Schedule

How would you say the following sentences in Egyptian Arabic. 

  1. My brother, Ahmed, wakes up at 6:30 am and eats breakfast at 7:00 am. 
  2. My sister, Fadia, goes to the university at 8:00 am and spends her whole day there. 
  3. My (maternal) cousin, Dawud, spends a lot of time with his friends on Friday. 
  4. Dawud goes to bed around 11 pm and does not wake up early.
  5. During the weekend I like to spend time with my family and watch TV. 
  6. My (maternal) uncle wakes up early everyday and sleeps late. 
  7. During the weekend, I don’t go to bed early and I don’t wake up until 11 am.
  8. My (paternal) uncle comes home from work at 5 pm; then he meets his friends around 6:30. 
  9. On Monday evening, my sister goes to work around 7:45 pm, and comes back late.
  10. On Sunday, I eat lunch with my family around 2:05 pm, then I watch soccer with my friends.

Lesson 6: Eating at Home and Cooking

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Food Expressions
Kitchen Utensils

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

  1. To your health! (response) m.
  2. Come and eat with us! f.
  3. No, I'm full, thank you. m.
  4. I'm really full. f.
  5. Very sweet; very beautiful.
  6. Thank you for the meal!
  7. Taste some! m.
  8. I'm full. [Thanks be to God] f.
  9. Please give me a plate, knife, and fork.
  10. I have a napkin.  

Lesson 8: Ordering Food

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Active Participle: اسم الفاعل في العاميّة المصريّة
Money expressions
Ordering Food Expressions 

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following sentences in Egyptian Arabic:

  1. What would you like to drink, madam?

  2. Please, a glass of water.

  3. I would like fried shrimp.

  4. Please, bring me an orange juice. 

  5. I want a Falafel sandwich.

  6. Please, give me a tuna sandwich.

  7. Please, bring me chicken Shawarma.

  8. Do you have lemonade?

  9. Excuse me, what is the WiFi password.

  10. How much is the chicken Kabab?

Lesson 9: At the Store

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Grocery: عند البقّال
Verb to Want (Present Tense)

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following sentences in Egyptian Arabic:
  1. Do you have milk?
  2. Please, I’d like a bottle of water.
  3. Please, give me one loaf of bread and two pieces of cheese.
  4. No, thanks, I just want bread.
  5. Do you have change for 200 Dirhams?
  6. Please give me a half-liter of milk.
  7.  Please give me the change.
  8.  How much is the total?
  9.  How much is the bread and cheese?

Lesson 10: At the Market

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

  1. I want a kilogram of bananas and a half kilo of oranges.
  2. Please give me a half-kilogram of apples and two kilos of strawberries.
  3. How much are onions? 
  4. Please give me a kilo of tomatoes, two kilos of potatoes, and half a kilo of carrots.
  5. How much is the total?


Lesson 11: Modern and Traditional Clothing 

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

Clothes: الهدوم - الملابس
Bargaining Describing and Buying
2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following expressions in Egyptian Arabic: 


  1. I want red pants and a black belt. 

  2. How much are these shoes? 

  3. I want a short sleeved shirt. 

  4. How much is this purple dress?

  5. I need black shoes and brown socks.

  6. This shirt is big on me.

  7. These shoes fit me, (literally, are my size).

  8. How much is this suit?

  9. No, no way! It cost me $100!

  10. I only have $70!

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following expressions in Egyptian Arabic: 
  1. Where is the metro station?
  2. Go straight ahead!
  3. Next to the hospital
  4. Facing the metro station
  5. In front of the green grocer
  6. Behind the post office
  7. Where is the fruit grocer?
  8. Where are you (fem.) going?
  9. I am going (fem.) to the market.
  10. Go straight, and then turn left.

Lesson 13: Transportation 

1. Vocabulary and Expressions

2. Listening Comprehension

3. Speaking Practice

How would you say the following expressions in Egyptian Arabic: 
  1. Taxi, taxi, are you free ya usta?
  2. Where do you want (masc.) to go in the Tahrir?
  3. Going to downtown .... to Tahrir Square.
  4. Isn't that (a little) too much?
  5. I am wondering.. what is the name of this bridge?
  6. Here are five pounds more. Is this OK?
  7. Downtown ya usta?
  8. How much do you want (masc.) to pay?
  9. Cairo is crowded in general.... particularly downtown.
  10. It will be twenty pounds.

                Lesson 14: Body Parts and Describing People

                1. Vocabulary and Expressions

                Body Parts: The Body
                Body Parts The Face
                Adjectives and Opposites
                Describing People1: Physical Attributes
                Describing People 2: Personality

                2. Listening Comprehension

                3. Speaking Practice

                1. My older brother Ghali is tall and has long hair.
                2. My little brother Kamal is short and has a big nose.
                3. My sister has blond hair and green eyes.
                4. My niece has black hair and brown eyes.
                5. My friend Jalil is very nice. He is a good person (literally, his heart is white).
                6. My cousin Sayed is handsome but he is a cold person.
                7. My uncle is affectionate and has a long grey beard.
                8. My nephew is thin and athletic.
                9. My friend Kawthar is cute, smart, and nice.
                10. My friend’s sister is well off but is an unpleasant person.
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