Small Talk, Family & Personal Questions
Key Egyptian Arabic phrases for answering and asking the everyday personal questions Egyptians love.
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Questions Covered in This Set
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enta mneen? / enti mneen?
Where are you from? (to a man / to a woman) — answer: ana min amrika / kanada...
How do you say "And you?" — the magic follow-up
wenta? (to a man) / wenti? (to a woman) — وإنت؟
bete'mel eh?
What do you do (for work)? Answer: ana mudarris / muhandis / doktor / TAALib (women add -a)
enta mitgawwez? / enti mitgawwiza?
Are you married? Answer: aywa, ana mitgawwez / la', ana 'aazib / la', lissa (not yet)
'andak wilaad? — and how do you say "I don't have kids"?
Do you have kids? — la', ma-'andiish wilaad (using the ma-...-sh negation sandwich)
ba'aalak add eh fi masr?
How long have you been in Egypt? Answer: ba'aali sanna / shahreen / usbuu' fi masr
'agbaak masr? — plus the friend-making answer
Do you like Egypt? — aywa, masr helwa awi! el-nas hena Tayyibiin.
The possessive suffixes: my, your (m.), your (f.), his, her
-i (my), -ak (your m.), -ek (your f.), -o (his), -ha (her)
My father / my brother (irregular forms)
abuuya (my father), akhuuya (my brother); your: abuuk, akhuuk
Numbers with nouns in Egyptian Arabic
1 = noun alone; 2 = dual ending -een (akhkheen); 3–10 = number + plural (talat ikhwaat)
