Arabic for English speakers Supermarket · Lesson 6

Asking if the museum is near

Egyptian Arabic для asking if the museum is near — Distance vocabulary.

Conversation

  1. Honey Honey

    هو المتحف قريب من هنا؟

    Howa ilmat7af orayib min hina?

    Is the museum near here?

    Tip: Orayib is close or near. It also means soon

  2. PX296 PX296

    لأ بعيد، هتحتاج تاخد تاكسي

    La' bi3eed, hati7tag takhoud taxi

    No it's far you will need to take taxi

  3. Honey Honey

    تمام، شكراََ

    Tamam, shukran

    Alright, Thanks!

  4. PX296 PX296

    العفو

    il3afo!

    Welcome!

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask 'is it close?' in Egyptian Arabic?

ده قريب؟ (Da qareeb?) = 'is it close?'. هنا قريب؟ = 'is it close here?'.

Egyptian Arabic для museums?

متحف (mathaf — museum). المتحف المصري = the Egyptian Museum. متحف الفنون الإسلامية = Museum of Islamic Art.

Egyptian Arabic для distance descriptors?

قريب (close), بعيد (far), مشي (walkable), على بعد + distance = 'at a distance of ...'.

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.