Teach yourself Arabic language in an Egyptian accent using this simple
English-Arabic Dictionary
Here you will find the english language commonlly used phrases and their arabic equivelent, also you will find out how to say each of these phrases in Arabic using the Egyptian accent. You will find this really simple and easy. if you are going to visit egypt someday, make sure to study this page very well, you will find it very helpfull.
you will always need to use phrases like
How much is this ?
Where can i find Sheraton hotel ?
Thank you.
Now go on and teach yourself noting that this dictionary is catagorized according to the subject not like others that are catagorized alphbetically.
i'll update this page regurally so new words will be added usually. hope you enjoy it. if so, please email me at bathabet@iti-idsc.net.eg or you can subscribe to LearningArabic mailing list.
| English phrase (sentence or question) | Arabic equevelent phrase | description or comment |
lets start with numbers |
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| one 1 | wahead | |
| two 2 | eight-nain | try to say it as one word. the first part is pronounced (saied) as if you are saying the number 8 in english. the second part (nain) is said in the same way you say the word "nail" in english. |
| three 3 | ta-la-ta | the "ta" is said as if you are saying "tab" or saying "taxi" and the "la" part is said as you are saying the "lake" english word |
| four 4 | are-ba-ah | |
Bying |
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| mony | felouse | |
| this | dee | |
| how much is this ? | bee cam dee | the "cam" part is said as if you are saying camera. while you are asking this question, you should always point to the thing that you are asking about its price. |
| pound | gainaih | as if you are saying "gain" |
| one pound | gainaih wahead | |
| two pounds | eight-nain gainaih | |
| three pounds | ta-la-ta gainaih | |
| four pounds | are-ba-ah gainaih | |
| half (1/2) | nos | |
| half of a pound | nos gainaih | |
Transportation |
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| taxi | taxi | |
| bus | auto-bees | |
| train | atr | as if you are saying cutter |
| micro bus | micro bus | sometimes it is sayid as "macro bus" but it means "micro bus" |
| underground metro | metro | |
| by taxi | bill taxi | |
| by train | bill atr | |
| by car | bill arabia | |
Food |
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| food | akl | as if you are saying "tackle" |
| water | may-ya | the "ma" part is said as if you are saying "mark" |
| juice | ahseer | |
| fruits | fak-ha | the "fak" part is said as if you are saing "fact" and the "ha" part is said like "hand" |
| cup | fin gan | |
| big cup | kob baya | |
| mug | mug | |
| big mug | kooz | |
| dish | ta-bak | |
| bowel | sol-tanaia | |
| cake | caika | |
| soup | shorba | |
| salad | sa-la-ta | |
| bean | fool | |
| potato | ba-ta-tis | |
| tomato | ta-ma-tim | |
| chocolate | shoko-la-ta | sometimes said "shoka-la-ta" |
Misslanouse |
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| big | kebeer | |
| very | awee | |
| very big | kebeer awee | |
| tall | taweel | |
| short | ou-sayar | |
| may be | yem-kin | |
| yes | ah | |
| yes | ay-wa | |
| no | la-ah | |
| thank you | shokran | |
Housing |
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| room | ouda | |
| bed | see-reer | |
| chair | korsee | |
| table | tarabaiza | |
| carpet | siggada | |
| key | mof-tah | |
| button | zoraar | |
| telephone | telephoon | |
| radio | rad-you | |
| book | keetab | |
| pin | a-la-m | |
| picture | soura | |
| window | shobbak | people living in upper Egypt say "shobbak" while other people also say "shibbak" |