Learn how to ask someone if they can eat Egyptian food and answer the question for yourself
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Alisha: In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Arabic learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
Lesson focus |
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| Alisha: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""Can you eat Egyptian food?"" In Arabic this is |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري؟ |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is |
| Carole: هل |
| Alisha: ""meaning did"" in English. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) هل |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Carole: هل |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Carole: تستطيع |
| Alisha: meaning you can. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) تستطيع |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: تستطيع |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: تناول |
| Alisha: meaning to have, to eat |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) تناول |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: تناول |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: الأكل |
| Alisha: meaning food. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) الأكل |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: الأكل |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: المصري |
| Alisha: meaning Egyptian. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) المصري |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: المصري |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري |
| {pause} |
| ★ Note that this is how you ask “Can you eat Arabic food?” if you are asking a male person. If you are asking a female person, you would say: |
| Carole: هل تستطيعين تناول الأكل المصري؟ |
| Alisha: Please repeat. |
| Carole: هل تستطيعين تناول الأكل المصري؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Can you eat Egyptian food?? |
| Carole: نعم, إنه لذيذ |
| Alisha: ""Yes, it's delicious.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Carole: (Slow) نعم, إنه لذيذ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: To say "no", in a simple way, just say: |
| Carole: عفواَ, لا أستطيع |
| Alisha: Which is like saying “I’m sorry, I can't” in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Carole: (Slowly) عفواَ, لا أستطيع |
| Alisha: And one more time at normal speed: |
| Carole: عفواَ, لا أستطيع |
| Alisha: Let's break the original response down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Carole: نعم |
| Alisha: means yes. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) نعم |
| Alisha: Now repeat |
| Carole: نعم |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: إنه |
| Alisha: meaning it's. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) إنه |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: إنه |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: لذيذ |
| Alisha: meaning delicious. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) لذيذ |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: لذيذ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say, Yes, it's delicious., and then repeat. |
| Carole: نعم, إنه لذيذ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace delicious with not bad. |
| Carole: ليس بسئ |
| Alisha: not bad |
| Carole: (slow) ليس بسئ (regular) ليس بسئ |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with not bad |
| Carole: نعم, إنه ليس بسئ |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace delicious. Say Yes, it's not bad. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: نعم, إنه ليس بسئ |
| Alisha: To use a different phrase, replace not bad with tasty. |
| Carole: شهي |
| Alisha: tasty |
| Carole: (slow) شهي (regular) شهي |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with tasty |
| Carole: نعم, إنه شهي |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace “not bad”. Say Yes, it's tasty. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: نعم, إنه شهي |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace tasty with good. |
| Carole: جيد |
| Alisha: good |
| Carole: (slow) جيد (regular) جيد |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with good |
| Carole: نعم, إنه جيد |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace tasty. Say Yes, it's good. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: نعم, إنه جيد |
| QUIZ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Egypt and someone asks if you can eat Egyptian food. You want to answer that it is delicious. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري؟ (five seconds) نعم, إنه لذيذ |
| Alisha: Now, you want to say that it's not bad Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري؟ (five seconds) نعم, إنه ليس بسئ |
| Alisha: Now, you want to say that it's tasty. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري؟ (five seconds) نعم, إنه شهي |
| Alisha: Now, you want to say that it's good. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري؟ (five seconds) نعم, إنه جيد |
| Alisha: Now you want to ask someone if they can eat Egyptian food. Ask the masculine version of the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Carole: هل تستطيع تناول الأكل المصري؟ |
Outro |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 8 |
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