Arabic for English speakers Farm · Lesson 1

Common cold

Egyptian Arabic для common cold — Runny nose and other symptoms.

Conversation

  1. Bob Bob

    الجو برد أوي اليومين دول!

    ilgaw bard awi ilyoumen dool!

    It's so cold these days!

    Tip: Da = This, That (male), De = This, That (female), Dool = These, Those

  2. Cassian Cassian

    حاول تغطي مناخيرك عشان ميجيلكش رشح

    7awil tighatty manakheerak 3ashan maygilaksh rash7

    Try to keep your nose covered so you don't get a runny nose.

    Tip: 1) "Yighatty" is to cover 2) Rash7 = Runny nose

  3. Bob Bob

    أنا جالي برد خلاص

    Ana gali bard khalas

    I've already got a cold.

  4. Cassian Cassian

    أووه، المفروض تريح بقي

    Ohh, ilmafroud tirayya7 ba'a

    Ohh, you should rest then

    Tip: Yirayya7 is to relax

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Egyptian Arabic для 'I have a cold'?

عندي برد (ʿAndy bard) = 'I have a cold'. عندي = 'I have'.

Egyptian Arabic для cold symptoms?

زكام (zukam — flu/cold), رشح (rashh — runny nose), سعال (suʿal — cough), حرارة (heat/fever).

How do you say 'my nose is running'?

مناخيري بترشح (manakheery bitrashah) = 'my nose is running'. Conversational Egyptian.

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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