Arabic for English speakers Bakery · Lesson 2

Recommending hobbies

Egyptian Arabic for hobbies — recommendations like dancing, cooking, hiking.

Conversation

  1. Muri Muri

    ممكن ترشحلي هوايات أعملها مع صاحبي المفٌضّل؟

    Mumkin tirasha7 ly hiwayat a3milha ma3a sa7by ilmufaddal

    Can you recommend any hobbies to do together with my best friend?

    Tip: Yirasha7 is to recommend, ly = For me

  2. Kyle Kyle

    الرقص، الطبخ، والتسلق

    alruqsu, altabkhu, waltasaluq

    Dancing, cooking, or hiking.

  3. Muri Muri

    حلو، شكراََ

    7ilw, shukran

    Nice, Thanks

  4. Kyle Kyle

    العفو

    il3afo

    Welcome

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask about hobbies in Egyptian Arabic?

هواياتك إيه؟ (Hewayatak eh?) — masc., 'what are your hobbies?'. For fem: هواياتك إيه؟ (Hewayatik eh?).

Egyptian Arabic for hobbies?

رقص (raqs — dancing), طبخ (tabkh — cooking), هايكينج (hiking), قراية (reading), موسيقى (music), رياضة (sports).

How to recommend in Arabic?

أنصحك بـ + noun: 'I recommend ...'. أو جرب + verb = 'try doing ...'.

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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