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”
Category Archives: Arabic Egyptian
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”
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”
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”
Egyptian greetings
salamu alikum سلام عليكُم peace be upon you alikum essalam عليكُم السلام (reply) ezzayak ازيَّك how are you (for masculine) ezzayik ازَيِّك how are you (for female) kwayyes كويس good kwayyesa كويسة good (for female ) enta menaeen انت مِنين؟ where are you from ? (for male) enti menaeen? انتي منين؟ where are you from?Continue reading “Egyptian greetings”
