Arabic for English speakers Farm · Lesson 0

Take about family members

Egyptian Arabic для family — Engineer, Teacher — and interests like cooking, basketball.

Conversation

  1. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    ممكن تقولي أكتر عن أسرتك؟

    Mumkin ti'olly aktar 3an osritak?

    Can you tell me a bit more about your family?

    Tip: Yi'ol is to tell or to say

  2. PX296 PX296

    أكيد، أبويا مهندس برمجة، وأمي مدرسة. وعندي أخت صغيرة.

    Akid. Aboya mohandes barmaga wi omy modarrisa wi 3andy okht soghayyara

    Sure, my dad is a software engineer, and my mom is a teacher. I've got a younger sister.

  3. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    بيحبوا يعملو إيه؟

    Biyhibbo yi3melo eh?

    What are their interests?

    Tip: Yihib is to like or to love

  4. PX296 PX296

    أبويا بيحب الكتب، أمي بتحب الطبخ، وأختي بتحب كرة السلة

    Aboya biyhib ilkotob wi omy bithib iltabkh wi okhty bithib korit ilsalla

    Dad loves books, Mom enjoys cooking, and my sister is into basketball.

    Tip: iltabkh is cooking. This is what we call in Arabic "Masdar" or the verbal noun. It is a very important derivative in Arabic. It is a noun derived from the verb to refer to the action or activity implied in the verb, e.g. drive/driving, eat/eating, work/working, etc.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Egyptian Arabic для professions?

مهندس/مهندسة (engineer m/f), مدرس/مدرسة (teacher), دكتور/دكتورة (doctor), محامي/محامية (lawyer).

How do you talk about interests in Egyptian Arabic?

بحب + verb: بحب الطبخ = 'I love cooking'. بحب اللعب بالكرة = 'I love playing ball'.

Egyptian Arabic для family?

ماما (mom), بابا (dad), أخ (brother), أخت (sister), عم/عمة (paternal uncle/aunt), خال/خالة (maternal uncle/aunt).

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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