Teach yourself Arabic language using this simple
English-Arabic Vocabulary
Here you will find the english language commonly used phrases and their Arabic equivalent, also you will find out how to say each of these phrases in Arabic using the Egyptian accent. You will find this really simple and easy. if you are going to visit Arabic countries someday, make sure to study this page very well, you will find it very useful information and words to use it in your tripe.
you will always need to use phrases like
How much is this ?
Where can i find Sheraton hotel ?
Thank you.
Please Take a Note and write the phrases that you think it will help you.
| English phrase (sentence or question) | Arabic equivalent phrase | description or comment |
lets start with numbers | ||
| one 1 | wahead | |
| two 2 | eight-nain | try to say it as one word. the first part is pronounced (saied) as if you are saying the number 8 in english. the second part (nain) is said in the same way you say the word "nail" in english. |
| three 3 | ta-la-ta | the "ta" is said as if you are saying "tab" or saying "taxi" and the "la" part is said as you are saying the "lake" english word |
| four 4 | are-ba-ah | |
Buying | ||
| money | felouse | |
| this | dee | |
| how much is this ? | bee cam dee | the "cam" part is said as if you are saying camera. while you are asking this question, you should always point to the thing that you are asking about its price. |
| pound | gainaih | as if you are saying "gain" |
| one pound | gainaih wahead | |
| two pounds | eight-nain gainaih | |
| three pounds | ta-la-ta gainaih | |
| four pounds | are-ba-ah gainaih | |
| half (1/2) | nos | |
| half of a pound | nos gainaih | |
Transportation | ||
| taxi | taxi | |
| bus | auto-bees | |
| train | Qitar | as if you are saying cutter |
| micro bus | micro bus | sometimes it is sayid as "macro bus" but it means "micro bus" |
| underground metro | metro | |
| by taxi | bill taxi | |
| by train | bill atr | |
| by car | bill arabia | |
Food | ||
| food | akl | as if you are saying "tackle" |
| water | may-ya | the "ma" part is said as if you are saying "mark" |
| juice | ahseer | |
| fruits | fak-ha | the "fak" part is said as if you are saing "fact" and the "ha" part is said like "hand" |
| cup | fin gan | |
| big cup | kob baya | |
| mug | mug | |
| big mug | kooz | |
| dish | ta-bak | |
| bowel | sol-tanaia | |
| cake | caika | |
| soup | shorba | |
| salad | sa-la-ta | |
| bean | fool | |
| potato | ba-ta-tis | |
| tomato | ta-ma-tim | |
| chocolate | shoko-la-ta | sometimes said "shoka-la-ta" |
Miscellaneous | ||
| big | kebeer | |
| very | awee | |
| very big | kebeer awee | |
| tall | taweel | |
| short | ou-sayar | |
| may be | yem-kin | |
| yes | ah | |
| yes | ay-wa | |
| no | la-ah | |
| thank you | shokran | |
Housing | ||
| room | ouda | |
| bed | see-reer | |
| chair | korsee | |
| table | tarabaiza | |
| carpet | siggada | |
| key | mof-tah | |
| button | zoraar | |
| telephone | telephoon | |
| radio | rad-you | |
| book | keetab | |
| pin | a-la-m | |
| picture | soura | |
| window | shobbak | people living in upper Egypt say "shobbak" while other people also say "shibbak" |
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