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Hi everyone, my name is Peryhan and this is Arabic top words. Today’s topic is going to be about Top 10 Most Common Tourist Vocabulary. So let’s get started.
1.
تذكرة
(tazkarah) "ticket"
For example,
حجزت تذكرة لشرم.
(ḥagazt tazkarah lešarm.)
"I have booked a ticket to Sharm."
2.
سياحة
(seyāḥah) "tourism"
أنا جي مصر سياحة.
(ʾanā gayy maṣr seyāḥah.)
"I'm in Egypt for tourism."
3.
متحف
(matḥaf) "museum"
هنروح المتحف بكرة.
(hanrūḥ el-matḥaf bokrah.)
"We're going to the museum tomorrow."
4.
أتوبيس
(ʾotūbīs) "bus"
For example,
الأتوبيس وصل.
(el-ʾotūbīs waṣal.)
"The bus has arrived."
Also, in Egypt, you’ll also hear the word,
ميكروباص
(miikrubas), which means “a minibus.”
Or also you can hear, if you go to Alexandra, you might hear the word
مشروع
(mashrue). It literally means “a project,” but it also refers to a bus or a microbus.
5.
معبد
(maʿbad) "temple"
زرت معبد حتشبسوت.
(zort maʿbad ḥatšebsūt.)
"I have visited Hatshepsut's temple."
6.
مسجد
(masged) "mosque"
مسجد محمد علي موجود جوة القلعة.
(masged maḥammad ʿalī mawgūd gowwah el-ʾalʿah.)
"Muhammad Ali Mosque is located inside the citadel."
7.
كنيسة
(kenīsah) "church"
قابلني عند الكنيسة.
(ʾābelnī ʿand el-kenīsah.)
"Meet me at the church."
8.
فندق
(fondoʾ) "hotel"
Or sometimes you would hear the word
أوتيل
(otel) "hotel"
الفندق قدام الأهرامات.
(el-fondoʾ ʾoddām el-ʾahrāmāt.)
"The hotel is in front of the Pyramids."
That’s a very fancy and expensive hotel.
9.
جولة
(gawlah) "tour"
And sometimes in Egypt, you would hear
لفة
(laffah), it means “to go around.”
So for example, you can say
هناخد جولة في المدينة الساعة ستّة.
(hanāḫod gawlah fī el-madīnah el-sāʿah settah.)
Or,
هناخد لفة في المدينة الساعة ستّة.
(hanāḫod laffah fī el-madīnah el-sāʿah settah.)
Which means, "We'll take a city tour at 6 o'clock."
10.
مرشد سياحي
(moršed seyāḥī) "tour guide"
For example, you can say,
أخويا مرشد سياحي.
(ʾaḫūyā moršed seyāḥī.)
"My brother is a tourist guide."
That’s it for today, I hope you enjoyed the video. Why don’t you tell us in the comment below the words you use the most as a tourist? Bye-bye.

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