Arabic for beginners

[queenie40something]

...its a great little handbook and the right size to fit into your pocket or bag. There are different sections eg in restaurants, in case of emergency, at the airport etc etc.

[awahee123]

Hi People what happened to our weekly lesson,are we having a couple of weekd off for Christmas LOL.

[queenie40something]

Originally Posted by awahee123

Hi People what happened to our weekly lesson,are we having a couple of weekd off for Christmas LOL.

ma-sa-ul-khayr - good afternoon!!
tafad-dal - how are you?
min ay-na anta? Where are you from?
ana inglezi - I am English
anaa ma-rii-th bis-suk-kar - I am diabetic
ah-taaj in-su-liin - I need insulin

All from my new phrase book!

[awahee123]

Thanks for that queenie,come on j4 where are you are we having two weeks off for holidays or what?..

[J4hurghada]

Sorry back again to busy with christmas to be teacher. LOL
Minyu = menu
ashrab = i drink
tishrab = you drink (to a man)
tishraba = you drink (to a woman)

When inviting someone to have a drink, say tishrab 'eeh? (to a man) or tishrabi 'eeh? (to a woman).

[J4hurghada]

couple of word you might need

niDiif = clean
doorit amyya = lavatory

some more words
takyiif hawa = air conditioning
mish shaghgaal = not working

[redseasound]

any interest in the 'bad' words

[Lsab]

The hardest thing for me is rehearsing the question, then asking it and not understanding a word of the reply

[Lsab]

Originally Posted by redseasound

any interest in the 'bad' words

Last summer, in a last ditch attempt to get our son to learn Arabic, my husband sent our 14 year old son off to Cairo for a month. He was almost fluent in the 'bad' words and nothing else! My husband, despite himself, was quite impressed!!!

[queenie40something]

LOL - he needs to share them with us.

The only slightly rude one I know is emshee ( sp ) which basically means go away.