Learn top 10 most common tourist vocabulary
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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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