Arabic for English speakers Bakery · Lesson 0

Dinner time

Egyptian Arabic for dinner time — and how to ask when someone has dinner — with basic time vocabulary.

Conversation

  1. Yaya Yaya

    بتتعشي الساعه كام؟

    Bitit3asshy ilsa3a kam?

    What time do you have dinner?

  2. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    عادةً بتتعشى علي الساعة ٧ بليل. وإنتي؟

    3adatan bat3assha 3ala ilsa3a sab3a bilil. Wi inty?

    I usually have dinner around 7 pm. What about you?

  3. Yaya Yaya

    بفضّل أتعشى علي ٨ بليل، عشان أقدر أريح بعدها

    Bafaddal at3asha 3ala tamania billel, 3ashan a'adr arayya7 ba3daha

    I prefer to eat dinner by 8 pm, so I can relax afterward.

    Tip: Yirayya7 is to rest or chill

  4. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    حلو!

    7ilw!

    That's a nice!

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask 'when do you have dinner?' in Egyptian Arabic?

إمتى بتتعشى؟ (Emta bititʿasha?) — masculine. For feminine: إمتى بتتعشي؟ (Emta bititʿashi?).

Egyptian Arabic meals?

فطار (fitar — breakfast), غدا (ghada — lunch), عشا (ʿasha — dinner). Verbs: يفطر (have breakfast), يتغدى (have lunch), يتعشى (have dinner).

Common Egyptian Arabic times?

الصبح (morning), الضهر (noon), بعد الضهر (afternoon), بليل (at night), النهارده (today), بكرة (tomorrow).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Arabic lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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