Arabic for English speakers Clothes · Lesson 1

Payment options

Egyptian Arabic для payment options — Card or cash?

Conversation

  1. Rose Rose

    تحب تدفع بالكارت ولا كاش؟

    Ti7ib tidfa3 bil kart wala cash?

    Do you prefer to pay by card or cash?

    Tip: Yidfa3 is to pay

  2. Bob Bob

    بالكارت

    Bil kart

    By card

  3. Rose Rose

    تمام، كده الحساب هيبقي ٦٠٠ جنيه

    Tamam, kida il7isab sotomit geneh

    Okay, your total comes to 600 EGP

    Tip: Geneh is the pound, geneh masry is the Egyptian pound

  4. Bob Bob

    اتفضل!

    iffaddal

    Here you go!

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask 'card or cash?' in Egyptian Arabic?

كاش ولا فيزا؟ (Cash wala visa?) — 'cash or card?'. فيزا = card (Visa, used generically).

Egyptian Arabic для paying?

أدفع (I pay), بكاش (in cash), بالفيزا / بالكارت (by card), إيصال (receipt).

Common Egyptian Arabic payment terms?

حساب (bill), فاتورة (invoice), ضريبة (tax), خصم (discount), سعر (price).

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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