Culture Shock! Egypt - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

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English Arabic-Egyptian

I love you ana ohebak

I speak English ana batkallem englizi

I don’t speak Arabic ma-batkallamsh ’arabi

I don’t understand ana mish fahem

do you speak English? int betetkalem inglizi?

bridge kubri

today en-nahar da

tomorrow bukra

yesterday imbarih

again ’marrah ’thaanyeh

always ’daayim

I’m sorry ana ’aasif

Never mind,
it doesn’t matter

malesh

What do you think? ’wish ’raayak?

I can do it ’agder asa’wiih

I don’t think so ’maaetagid

Do you mean it? ayn ’djid

I want a... ana a-iyiz... (man)^
ana a-iza... (woman)

I don’t want any mish a-iyiz

I want to go to... ana a-iyiz arooh...

a little shuaya

7-Up 7-Up

Pepsi Pepsi

Coca-cola kakola

mineral water maya ma adanaya

fresh orange juice aseer farowla

hibiscus drink karkaday

I would like coffee please min ’fadhlak aetny ’gahwah

cappuccino coffee ahua ‘cappuccino’

Turkish coffee ahua