| Hi everyone, my name is Peryhan and this is Arabic top words. Today’s lesson is going to be about Top 10 Questions You Should Know. |
| 1. |
| اسمك إيه؟ |
| (esmak ʾeīh?) “What's your name?” |
| اسمك إيه؟ |
| Can you guess it? It’s “What’s your name?” |
| If you meet someone and you say, |
| اسمك إيه؟ |
| (esmak ʾeīh?) |
| And the guy or the girl will respond with their name and they will say for example, |
| اسمي بريهان. |
| (esmī perīhān.) “My name is Peryhan.” |
| 2. |
| إزيك؟ |
| (ʾezzayak?) “How are you?” |
| After this person will say, |
| اسمك إيه؟ |
| They will probably say, |
| إزيك؟ |
| Which means, “How are you?” |
| And you would answer, |
| أنا كويسة. |
| (ʾanā kwayyesah.) is for female and |
| أنا كويس. |
| (ʾanā kwayyes.) is for male. |
| And you can also say, |
| أنا كويسة, الحمد لله. |
| (ʾanā kwayyesah, el-ḥamdu lellah.) |
| Which means, “Thank God.” |
| So you can say, |
| أنا كويس. |
| (ʾanā kwayyes.) |
| When someone asks you, |
| إزيك؟ |
| (ʾezzayak?) |
| 3. |
| انت منين؟ |
| (enta meneīn?) “Where are you from?” |
| The third question someone might ask you is, |
| انت منين؟ |
| Which means, “Where are you from?” |
| And here you can say where are you from, your country or your city. |
| So for example, someone will ask him, |
| انت منين؟ |
| (enta meneīn?) |
| And they will answer, |
| أنا من مصر. |
| (ʾanā men maṣr.) “I am from Egypt.” |
| Or |
| أنا من القاهرة. |
| (ʾanā men el-qāherah.) “I am from Cairo.” |
| 4. |
| عيد ميلادك إمتى؟ |
| (ʿīd mīlādak ʾemtā?) “When is your birthday?” |
| The fourth question someone might ask you is, |
| عيد ميلادك إمتى؟ |
| “When is your birthday?” |
| For example, someone will ask me. I am a female. |
| So they will ask me, |
| عيد ميلادك إمتى؟ |
| And I will answer, |
| عيد ميلادي في يونيو. |
| (ʿīd mīlādī fī yūnyū.) |
| “My birthday is in June.” |
| 5. |
| ساكن فين؟ |
| (sāken feīn?) “Where do you live?” |
| Another question someone might ask you is, |
| عيد ميلادك إمتى؟ |
| “Where do you live?” |
| And you might answer specifically your street name or the city where you live. |
| So for example, you can say, |
| أنا ساكن في المهندسين. |
| (ʾanā sāken fī el-muhandesīn.) |
| “I live in Mohandeseen” which is a district in Egypt, in Cairo. |
| 6. |
| بتشتغل فين؟ |
| (beteštaġal feīn?) “Where do you work?” |
| Another question someone will ask you is, |
| بتشتغل فين؟ |
| “Where do you work?” |
| And here, you can say your workplace, your company’s name and so on. |
| So for example, I will say, |
| بشتغل في شركة أدوية. |
| (baštaġal fī šerket ʾadweyah.) |
| “I work for a drug company.” |
| 7. |
| تليفونك كام؟ |
| (telīfūnak kām?) “What's your phone number?” |
| Another question is, |
| تليفونك كام؟ |
| (telīfūnak kām?) |
| Which means, “What’s your phone number?” |
| And here you can just say your phone number |
| نمرتي.... |
| (nemretī....) is 123456… |
| 8. |
| اتعلمت عربي فين؟ |
| (etʿallemt ʿarabī feīn?) “Where did you learn Arabic?” |
| People might be amazed or probably will be amazed at how good you speak Arabic. |
| So probably they will ask you, |
| اتعلمت عربي فين؟ |
| “Where did you learn Arabic?” |
| And here you should say, |
| اتعلمت عربي مع أرابيك بود 101 دوت كوم. |
| ( etʿallemt ʿarabī maʿ ArabicPod101.com.) |
| “I learned Arabic with arabicpod101.com” |
| Don’t forget it! |
| 9. |
| بتحب الأكل المصري؟ |
| (betḥebb el-ʾakl el-maṣrī?) “Do you like Egyptian food?” |
| Probably people will be curious if you like Egyptian food and they will ask you, |
| بتحب الأكل المصري؟ |
| “Do you like Egyptian food?” |
| And be honest, Egyptian food is quite delicious. |
| So you will say, |
| أيوة, بحب الأكل المصري. |
| (ʾaywah, baḥeb el-ʾakl el-maṣrī.) |
| “Yes, I like Egyptian food” |
| Or maybe you would say, |
| مش أوي. |
| (meš ʾawī.) “Not really.” |
| 10. |
| رحت مصر قبل كدة؟ |
| (roḥt maṣr ʾabl kedah?) “Have you been to Egypt?” |
| The next question is, |
| رحت مصر قبل كدة؟ |
| “Have you ever been to Egypt?” |
| And here you can say, |
| أيوة |
| (aywa) “Yes” |
| or |
| لأ |
| (laʾa) “No” |
| So that’s it for today. Tell us in the comments below which question do you get asked the most and which question would you like to know or learn and bye-bye. |
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