Arabic for English speakers School · Lesson 6

Getting sea food

Egyptian Arabic для seafood — New verbs to eat, get, go.

Conversation

  1. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    تعالي نروح نجيب مأكولات بحرية من عند الشط، إيه رأيك يا ميرا؟

    Ta3ala niro7 nigeeb ma'koulat ba7ariyya min 3and ilshat, eh ra'yek ya Mira?

    Let's grab some seafood at the beach, what do you say, Meera?

    Tip: 1) "Yiro7" is to go 2) 3and is by or at

  2. Meera Meera

    ممتاز! أنا ممكن آكل جمبري دلوقتي.

    Mumtaz! Ana mumkin ageeb gambary dilwa'ty

    Sounds great, I could eat some shrimp right now.

    Tip: Yiakol is to eat

  3. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    وأنا هجيب سمك.

    Wi ana hageeb sobbit

    And I'll get fish.

    Tip: Yigib is to get and in other situations it could also mean to bring

  4. Meera Meera

    يلا بينا

    Yalla bina

    Let's go

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Egyptian Arabic для seafood?

مأكولات بحرية (seafood), سمك (fish), جمبري (shrimp), كاليماري (calamari), مكسرات (mussels).

Common Egyptian Arabic verbs?

ياكل (eat), يجيب (get/bring), يروح (go), يجي (come), يشرب (drink), يطبخ (cook).

Egyptian seafood scene?

Coastal cities (Alexandria, Port Said) famous for seafood. Try سمك مشوي (grilled fish), كباب جمبري (shrimp kebab).

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.