Introducing ourselves in a completely different language is a significant breakthrough. This is one of the main goals that you should be targeting if you want to enroll in an online Arabic course.
The same applies if you want to introduce yourself in Egyptian Arabic and if you want to start a conversation in the Egyptian language. So, as you progress to learn Arabic and with very little knowledge of the new language, you can easily talk about yourself and attract the natives’ attention.
Follow on in this article, and I will show you how.
If you have not already started learning Arabic or already started to speak some Arabic, you are missing a lot. Arabic is one of the most exciting languages on the globe. There are different variants in Arabic, but we will focus on the Egyptian dialect in this article.
We will learn some essential phrases in this article, which you can use to introduce yourself in Egyptian Arabic on the spot.
Salamo3aleko(m), ahlan
‘Salamo3aleko(m)’ and ‘ahlan beek’ (to a male) and ‘ahlan beeki’ (to a female) mean ‘hello’ in English. Typically Egyptians say these two greetings on various occasions, and they are widely-used.
Ana esmi
In Egyptian Arabic (and MSA) we say ‘ana esmi’, which literally means ‘I – my name’. The question in Egyptian Arabic is typically ‘esmak eih’ (if you are addressing a male) or ‘esmik eih’ (addressing a female).
Now you are equipped with a very powerful question and answer that you use at any situation in Arabic. In my free online spoken Egyptian Arabic course, I focus on this phrase and many others.
Ana kwayyes/kwayyesah
This phrase is very important as we use it to express our current condition. In Egyptian Arabic, we say ‘ana kwayyes’ (male) or ‘ana kwayyessah’ (female), which means ‘I am fine’ in English.
The question in Egyptian is ‘ezzayak/ezzayik?’ meaning ‘how are you?’
Ana modarres/modarresah
If you want to talk about your profession, it is easy. Just say ‘ana’ (meaning I am) followed by the job or job. Let’s learn about some jobs in Egyptian.
- I am a doctor: ana doktoor (m), ana doktoorah (f)
- I am an Engineer: ana mohandes (m), ana mohandessah (f)
- I am a teacher: ana modarres (m), ana modarresah (f)
The typical question is ‘beteshtaghal eih?’ meaning ‘what do you do for a living.’ Here the verb ‘beteshtagal’ is the present form of the verb ‘work,’ and ‘eih’ means ‘what.’
Now you are equipped with wonderful phrases to talk about yourself in Egyptian Arabic. Know these phrases and more in my episode below.
You are now in perfect shape to enroll in my 100% free online course ‘Egyptian Arabic 101’. This course will give you the necessary foundation in the amazing spoken Arabic dialect.
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