Cairo Transport: Taxis, Uber & Microbus
Key Egyptian Arabic phrases for naming destinations, giving directions, and stopping the car.
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ana rāyeḥ / ana rāyḥa
"I'm going to..." (male speaker / female speaker) — no word for "to" needed: ana rāyeḥ el-maṭār.
How do you ask "How much to downtown?"
law samaḥt, wesṭ el-balad bi-kām?
The four essential direction words
'alā ṭūl (straight ahead), yimīn (right), shimāl (left), hina (here)
khosh shimāl ba'd el-ishāra
Turn left after the traffic light ('khosh' = turn/enter)
hina kwayyis!
"Here is good" — the most important way to tell the driver to stop here.
'alā ganb, law samaḥt
Pull over to the side, please (literally "on the side") — also shouted to get off a microbus.
'oddām, warā, ganb, bēn
In front of, behind, next to, between
min faḍlak, shaghghal el-'addād
Please turn on the meter (white metered taxi)
ma'āk fakka?
Do you have change? (Drivers often don't — carry small notes.)
momken tewaddi el-ogra?
Can you pass the fare (forward)? — used in the mikrobāṣ.
