Arabic for English speakers Beach · Lesson 4

Talk about close friends and their hobbies

Egyptian Arabic для close friends and hobbies — Hiking and photography.

Conversation

  1. Rocky Rocky

    صحابك اللي بتخرج معاهم بيحبو إيه؟

    So7abak illy bitekhrog ma3ahom biyhibbo eh?

    What do your friends you hangout with love?

    Tip: Yikhrog is to go out or hang out

  2. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    واحد بيحب التسلق، والتاني بيحب التصوير

    Wahid biyhib iltassaloq wil tani biyhib iltasweer

    One Likes hiking, while another is a photography enthusiast.

    Tip: iltassaloq also translates into climbing. There's no word in Arabic for hiking so we usually use climbing to refer to hiking

  3. Rocky Rocky

    عندكوا أي هوايات مشتركة؟

    3andkok ay hiwyat mushtaraka?

    Any common hobbies you guys share?

  4. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    أيوه، كلنا بنحب التسلق وبنحب نجرب مطاعم جديدة سوا

    Aiwa. Kolina binhib iltasalloq wi binhib nigarrab mata3im gideda sawa

    Yeah, we all love hiking and trying out new restaurants together.

    Tip: Yigarrab is to try. It's used when trying new experiences. There's another verb for "To try" in Arabic which is "Yi7awil" and it means trying but in the sense of attempting to do something. Like to fix a broken door or open a closed window

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Egyptian Arabic для close friend?

صاحب مقرب (close friend, masc.), صاحبة مقربة (fem.). صديق (friend, more formal).

Egyptian Arabic для hobbies?

هايكينج (hiking), تصوير (photography), سفر (travel), قراية (reading), موسيقى (music), سباحة (swimming).

How do you say 'we go hiking together'?

بنروح هايكينج مع بعض = 'we go hiking together'. مع بعض = with each other.

Test yourself

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

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