Nesba Adjective النَّسَب . Nesba adjective is the adjective from the noun . We use it to say the nationality For example : Egypt مَصْر Maser – Eyptian مَصري Masry Palestine فِلسْطين felesteen – felesteny فِلسطيني With nesba adjective , add (yy) to masculine , yyah (for feminine ) and (yeen) with plural Note: **IfContinue reading “Nationality”
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The colours الألوان
In the Arabic language, there are masculine , feminine and plural for the main colours Red أحْمَر Ahmar ( m) حَمْرا Hamra (f ) حُمْر Homer (pl) White أبْيَض Abyad ( m) بَيضا Baydaa (f) بِيض Byeed (pl ) Black اسوِد Eswed (m ) سُودا Swodaa (f ) سُود Sood ( pl ) Yellow أصْفَرContinue reading “The colours الألوان”
How to say I want
I want (masculine ) ana ayez أنا عايز I want (feminine) ana ayzah أنا عايزة For Examples: If the speaker is a male I want water أنا عايزة مية ana ayaez mayah I want tea. أنا عايزة شاي ana ayaez shai I want Pepsi. أنا عايزة بيبسي ana ayaez pepsi I want a book. أنا عايزةContinue reading “How to say I want”
How much ? بِكام
How much? bikaam بِكام To ask a question for how much , we simply use بِكام bikaam 1-How much is the book? بِكام الكِتاب؟ bikaam elkitaab? The book is with 10 pounds الكِتاب بعَشَرة جنية elkitaab biashara geneah Bi ب is( with). So بِعشرة جنية biashara geneh means (with 10 pounds) 2-How much is theContinue reading “How much ? بِكام”
Numbers up to 10
How to say Arabic numbers Zero صِفر sefr One واحِد wahed Two اتنين etnaen Three تَلاتة talata Four اربَعة arbaa Five خَمْسة khamsah Six سِتَّه sittah Seven سَبَعةَ sabaah Eight تَمانية tamanyah Nine تِسعة tesah Ten عَشَرة Ashara Be careful about the pronunciation of the letter ع . There is no equivalent in English ,Continue reading “Numbers up to 10”
FusHa ( Arabic letters from Alef to Zaien ( أ:ز)
The Alphabet الحُروف الهجائِيَّة Some of my students asked me to write some short lesson for FusHa as well as Egyptian Arabic. Actually I am not familiar with using blogs . I am completely new with using blogs. So forgive me if it appears with Egyptian Arabic. And help me if you can (how toContinue reading “FusHa ( Arabic letters from Alef to Zaien ( أ:ز)”
Where are you from?
Where are you from? انتَ مِنين enta menaen? Enta (you, singular masculine ) Enti (you, singular feminine) So , when you ask a male , use (enta) انتَ And when you ask a female , use (enti ) انتي *Where are you from? enta menaen ? انتَ مِنين؟ I am from أنا مِن ana menContinue reading “Where are you from?”
Feminine ending (taa marbottah)
The feminine ending( ة) – taa marbota This feminine ending is used with a noun or an adjective to make it feminine It is pronounced as (ah) at the end meaning f m مُؤنَّث Moa’nath مُذَكَّر mozakkar doctor doktoorah doktoor دُكْتورة دُكْتور student talebah taleb طالِبة طَالِب teacher modarresah modarres مُدَرِّسَة مُدَرِّسContinue reading “Feminine ending (taa marbottah)”
The pronouns الضَّمائِر
I am أنا ana He is هو hwwa She is هيَّ hayya You are ( masculine) انتَ enta You are ( feminine ) انتي enti You are (plural) انتو entu They are هُمَّ homma We are احنا ehna Note: There is no helping verbs with Arabic language. There is no (it) , so hwwa andContinue reading “The pronouns الضَّمائِر”
What’s your name?
What’s your name ? اسْمَك ايه؟ esmak eah? (esmak eah ) is used when you ask a male, we use the suffix (ak) For example: -esmak eah? اسْمَك ايه؟ What’s your name? esmi Ahmed اسْمي أجْمَد my name is Ahmed -esmak eah? اسْمَك ايه؟ What’s your name? esmi John اسْمي جون my name is JohnContinue reading “What’s your name?”
