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MONEY & SHOPPING

Is there an
ATM nearby?
hal yūǧadu mākīnaẗu ṣarrāfin
ʾāliyyi bilqurbi min hunā?
‫ﻫﻞ ﻳﻮﺟﺪ ﻣﺎﻛﻴﻨﺔ ﴏاف آﱄ‬
‫ﺑﺎﻟﻘﺮب ﻣﻦ ﻫﻨﺎ؟‬
two hundred pounds one hundred pounds fifty pounds
How much is ~? ḫamsūna ǧunayhan
miʾatay ǧunayh miʾaẗu ǧunayh
bikam ~?
‫ﺑﻜﻢ ~؟‬ ‫ﻣﺌﺘﻲ ﺟﻨﻴﻪ‬ ‫ﻣﺌﺔ ﺟﻨﻴﻪ‬ ‫ﺧﻤﺴﻮن ﺟﻨﻴﻬﺎ‬

ten pounds five pounds one pound fifty piasters twenty-five ten piasters
piasters
ʿašraẗu ǧunayhāt ḫamsaẗu ǧunayhāt ǧunayh ḫamsūna qiršan ḫamsaẗun wa ʿašraẗu qurūš
‫ﻋﴩة ﺟﻨﻴﻬﺎت‬ ‫ﺧﻤﺴﺔ ﺟﻨﻴﻬﺎت‬ ‫ﺟﻨﻴﻪ‬ ‫ﺧﻤﺴﻮن ﻗﺮﺷﺎ‬ ʿišrūna qiršan ‫ﻋﴩة ﻗﺮوش‬
‫ﺧﻤﺴﺔ و ﻋﴩون ﻗﺮﺷﺎ‬
AROUND TOWN

Where is ~?
ʾayna ~ ?
‫أﻳﻦ ~ ؟‬
I’d like to go to ~.
ʾurīdu ʾan ʾaḏhaba ʾilā ~.
.~‫أرﻳﺪأن أذﻫﺐ إﱃ‬
Siwa Oasis Giza Pyramids Khan El Khalili Market
wāḥaẗ sīwah ʾahrāmāt al-ǧīzah sūq ḫān al-ḫalīlī
‫واﺣﺔ ﺳﻴﻮة‬ ‫أﻫﺮاﻣﺎت اﻟﺠﻴﺰة‬ ‫ﺳﻮق ﺧﺎن اﻟﺨﻠﻴﲇ‬

Egyptian Museum Karnak Temple Muhammad Ali Mosque

al-matḥaf al-miṣriyy maʿbad al-karnak ǧāmiʿ muḥammad ʿalī
‫اﳌﺘﺤﻒ اﳌﴫي‬ ‫ﻣﻌﺒﺪ اﻟﻜﺮﻧﻚ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻣﻊ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﲇ‬

SURVIVAL PHRASES
Please take me to ~. Where is the station? Where is the restroom?
min faḍlika ʾawṣilnī ʾilā ~. ʾayna taqaʿu al-maḥaṭṭah? ʾayna al-ḥammām?
.~‫ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ أوﺻﻠﻨﻲ إﱃ‬ ‫أﻳﻦ ﺗﻘﻊ اﳌﺤﻄﺔ؟‬ ‫أﻳﻦ اﻟﺤامم؟‬
 COMMUNICATION

Excuse me.
Hello. Excuse me. I'm sorry. ʿafwan.
marḥaban. ʿafwan. ʾanā ʾāsif.
‫اوفع‬.
Hello.
.‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬ .‫ﻋﻔﻮا‬ .‫أﻧﺎ آﺳﻒ‬ marḥaban.
‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬.
Nice to meet you. Please. Yes.
surirtu bimaʿrifatik. min faḍlik. naʿam.
.‫ﴎرت مبﻌﺮﻓﺘﻚ‬ .‫ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ‬ .‫ﻧﻌﻢ‬

I am ~ Thank you. No.

ʾanā ~. šukran. lā.
.~ ‫أﻧﺎ‬ .‫ﺷﻜﺮا‬ .‫ﻻ‬

ASKING QUESTIONS

Do you understand? I understand. I don't understand. I don’t understand.

lā ʾafham.
hal tafham? ʾafham. lā ʾafham.
.‫ﻻ أﻓﻬﻢ‬
‫ﻫﻞ ﺗﻔﻬﻢ؟‬ .‫أﻓﻬﻢ‬ .‫ﻻ أﻓﻬﻢ‬

Do you speak English? Yes, I do. No I don’t.

hal tataḥaddaṯu al-ʾinǧilīziyyah? naʿam. lā.
‫ﻫﻞ ﺗﺘﺤﺪث اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ؟‬ .‫ﻧَ َﻌﻢ‬ .‫ﻻ‬

Can you eat this? Of course. No, I can’t eat it.

hal yumkinuka ʾan taʾkula haḏā? bilṭabʿ. lā, lā ʾastaṭīʿu ʾan ʾākulahā.
‫ﻫﻞ ميﻜﻨﻚ أن ﺗﺄﻛﻞ ﻫﺬا؟‬ .‫ﺑﺎﻟﻄﺒﻊ‬ .‫ ﻻ أﺳﺘﻄﻴﻊ أن آﻛﻠﻬﺎ‬،‫ﻻ‬

ORDERING FOOD
What do you
~ please. recommend?
min faḍlik ~. bimāḏā tūṣī?
.~‫ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ‬ ‫مبﺎذا ﺗﻮﴆ؟‬

Kushari Basbousa Fatteh Mahshi

kušarī basbūsah fattah maḥšī
‫ُﴩي‬
َِ‫ﻛ‬ ‫ﺑﺴﺒﻮﺳﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺘﺔ‬ ‫َﻣ ْﺤ ِﴚ‬

Halva Mulukhiyah Moussaka Okra

ḥalāwah ṭaḥīniyyah mulūḫiyyah musaqqaʿah ṭāǧin bāmyah
‫ﺣﻼوة ﻃﺤﻴﻨﻴﺔ‬ ‫ُﻣﻠُﻮ ِﺧ ﱠﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﺴﻘﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺟِ ﻦ ﺑﺎﻣﻴﺔ‬
COUNTERS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ~ please.
min faḍlik ~.
wāḥid ʾiṯnān ṯalāṯah ʾarbaʿah ḫamsah sittah sabʿah ṯamāniyah tisʿah ʿašrah
.~‫ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ‬
‫واﺣﺪ‬ ‫إﺛﻨﺎن‬ ‫ﺛﻼﺛﺔ‬ ‫أرﺑﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﺧﻤﺴﺔ‬ ‫ﺳﺘﺔ‬ ‫ﺳﺒﻌﺔ‬ ‫مثﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﺗﺴﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﻋﴩة‬ COUNTERS