Learn how to access the web at an Egyptian Internet cafe
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In this lesson, we’ll learn about a place crucial to your travels in this modern age: the Internet café! Normally, you find Internet cafés in the big main cities. In hotels and cafés, Wi-Fi is usually part of the service, and you may need a password in order to connect. You could ask “Excuse me, what is the password to use the Internet?” |
| law samaht, eh el password btaʿet el internet? is the question that will help you out. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) law samaht, eh el password btaʿet el internet? |
| Once more: |
| law samaht, eh el password btaʿet el internet? |
| لو سمحت, إيه الباسوورد بتاعِت الإنترنت؟ |
| law samaht is “Excuse me.” |
| eh means “what”. |
| (slow) eh |
| eh |
| Next we have el password, which means “the password” |
| (slow) el password |
| el password |
| The word btaʿet is a very useful one in Arabic. Here, it means “of” or “belonging to”. It’s in the feminine form, because “password” in Arabic is a feminine noun. |
| (slow) btaʿet |
| btaʿet |
| Finally, the word el internet, meaning “the Internet” |
| (slow) el internet |
| el internet |
| ・ |
| If you don’t carry your laptop around, you may like to ask at the reception counter how much the connection costs for one hour. |
| “Excuse me, how much does it cost to use Internet for one hour?” |
| law samaht, el internet bekam fel saʿa? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow)law samaht, el internet bekam fel saʿa? |
| Once more: |
| law samaht, el internet bekam fel saʿa? |
| لو سمحت, الإنترنت بكام في الساعة؟ |
| We already learned what law samaht, el internet means. |
| bekam, as we saw in previous lessons, means “how much”. |
| fel can be broken down into two words, fi and el. Fi means “in”, and el means “the”. |
| Then we have saʿa meaning “hour”. |
| “Excuse me, how much does it cost to use the Internet for one hour?” |
| law samaht, el internet bekam fel saʿa? |
| ・ |
| The answer will probably sound something like this: |
| ḫamsa geneeh fel saʿa. |
| “Five pounds an hour.” |
| (slow) ḫamsa geneeh fel saʿa. |
| ḫamsa geneeh fel saʿa. |
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