Conversation About How to be Funny in Egyptian Arabic - Review

Learn how to be funny

Lesson Transcript

Okay, now it's your turn.

Do you remember what the joke was? “Why is the math book sad? Because it has so many problems.”

ليه كتاب الحساب شكله حيران؟ عشان فيه أسئلة كتير.

(līh ketāb el-ḥesāb šakloh ḥayrān? ʿašān fīh ʾasʾelah ketīr.)

Imagine you think it was awesome. Do you remember how to say "awesome?"

جامد, جامد

(gāmed, gāmed)

Say “You're so awesome.”

إنت جامد أوي.

(ʾenta gāmed ʾawī.)

Now react to the joke saying the other person is awesome.

ليه كتاب الحساب شكله حيران؟ عشان فيه أسئلة كتير.

(līh ketāb el-ḥesāb šakloh ḥayrān? ʿašān fīh ʾasʾelah ketīr.)

إنت جامد أوي.

(ʾenta gāmed ʾawī.)

Now imagine you think it was boring. Do you remember how to say “boring?”

ممل, ممل

(momel, momel)

Say “You're so boring.”

إنت ممل اوي.

(ʾenta momel awī.)

Now react to the joke saying the other person is boring.

ليه كتاب الحساب شكله حيران؟ عشان فيه أسئلة كتير.

(līh ketāb el-ḥesāb šakloh ḥayrān? ʿašān fīh ʾasʾelah ketīr.)

إنت ممل اوي.

(ʾenta momel awī.)

Now imagine you think it was strange. Do you remember how to say “strange?”

غريب, غريب

(ġarīb, ġarīb)

Say “You're so strange.”

إنت غريب أوي.

(ʾenta ġarīb ʾawī.)

Now react to the joke saying the other person is strange.

ليه كتاب الحساب شكله حيران؟ عشان فيه أسئلة كتير.

(līh ketāb el-ḥesāb šakloh ḥayrān? ʿašān fīh ʾasʾelah ketīr.)

إنت غريب أوي.

(ʾenta ġarīb ʾawī.)

In this lesson, you learned new vocabulary and phrases you can use in your everyday life to compliment or criticize anyone on their sense of humor.