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INTRODUCTION
ArabicPod101.com presents Arabic Survival Phrases. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Arabic speaking countries, with particular focus on Morocco. So join us for Arabic Survival phrases. You will be surprised at how far a little Arabic will go.
Now before we jump in, remember to stop by ArabicPod101.com, there you’ll find an accompanying PDF, additional learning tools in the premium learning center, and other great Arabic language learning materials. In addition, you’ll find more information in the post. And if you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.

Lesson focus

In today's lesson, we'll introduce you to a phrase that you'll need on several occasions. We all know you want to see the sights in Morocco and this phrase is very essential to plan your days.
In Arabic, "What time does it open?" is: fuūqāš kāyiḥl? (فوقاش كايحل؟)
fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
Let’s break it down by syllable: fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
The first word, fuūqāš (فوقاش) means "when"
Let's break it down and hear it one more time: fuūqāš
And, fuūqāš
This is followed by kāyiḥl (كايحل), which in Arabic is "does it open."
kāyiḥl
And, kāyiḥl
So to recap here, we have: fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
And literally, this means "When does it open?"
It's also really important to know when places close. The worst thing to encounter is a closed sign hanging in front of a place you wanted to see.
In Arabic, "What time does it close?" is fuūqāš kāyisd? (فوقاش كايسد؟)
fuūqāš kāyisd?
Let’s break it down by syllable: fuūqāš kāyisd?
fuūqāš kāyisd?
The first word, fuūqāš (فوقاش), as we learned earlier, means "when"
Let's hear it again: fuūqāš
fuūqāš
This is followed by kāyisd (كايسد), which in Arabic is "does it close."
kāyisd
kāyisd
So to recap here, we have: fuūqāš kāyisd?
And literally, this means "When does it close?"
Now, if you were at the store, internet café, or museum and you wanted to ask them when they closed, you'd say "when do you close?" right? Same thing in Arabic. Let's see how you say that.
"When do you close?" is fuūqāš kātusdū? (فوقاش كاتسدو؟)
fuūqāš kātusdū?
fuūqāš kātusdū?
fuūqāš is the same word, as we used earlier, to mean “when”
fuūqāš
fuūqāš
It’s followed by kātusdū, which means “do you close.”
kātusdū
kātusdū
Together, fuūqāš kātusdū?
Now, here is how to understand the answer. "At" a particular time is maʿ (مع) a specific time.
maʿ
It literally means “with” but we use it to say “at 4 o’clock” or “at 5 o’clock,” etc.
maʿ
So, "at 12 o'clock" is maʿ tināš (مع تناش)
maʿ tināš
tināš for "twelve."
maʿ tināš
Now, how about “at 12:15,” how do you say that in Arabic? Let’s try.
maʿ tināš wa ḫamastāšar ldqīqah
maʿ tināš wa ḫamastāšar ldqīqah
maʿ means “at”
tināš is "twelve"
wa is “and”
ḫamastāšar s “fifteen”
ldqīqah is “minute”
We learned about time in the previous lesson. We just add maʿ (مع), add to the things we learned before.

Outro

Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so حظ سعيد, that means "good luck" in Arabic.
Ok, here we go!
"When does it open?" - fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
fuūqāš kāyiḥl?
"When does it close?" - fuūqāš kāyisd?
fuūqāš kāyisd?
fuūqāš kāyisd?
"When do you close?" - fuūqāš kātusdū?
fuūqāš kātusdū?
fuūqāš kātusdū?
"At twelve (o’clock)." - maʿ tināš
maʿ tināš
maʿ tināš
All right. This is going to do it for this lesson of Arabic Survival Phrases. Remember to stop by ArabicPod101.com. There you’ll find an accompanying PDF, additional learning tools in the premium learning center, and other great Arabic language learning materials. See you soon, which in Arabic is - ilā al-liqāʾ.

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