How and what to start learning in Egyptian Arabic


How to start teaching yourself before taking a course?

here are the first steps for those who don't know how to start or what to do 

1- Listen to Songs and watch some short movies and videos while looking at subtitles

2- learn some basic phrases and questions:

  •  ezzayyak(m)? /ezzayyik (f) ? (how are you?) 
  • ana kewayyis, wa enta ezayyak? ( I am good and how are you?)
  • esmak eh? (m) esmik eh? (f) ( what is your name?)
  • ana esmy ......... ( My name is ......)
  • enta 3andak kam sana? (m) / enty 3andik kam sana? (f) (How old are you?)
  • ana 3andy ................. sana (I am .......... years old) 
  • enta/enty mneen? (where are you from?)
  • ana min .............. ( I am from ..........)
  • enta btashta8al eh? ( what do you do?)
  • ana mudarris ( I am a teacher)
  • enta safirt abl kda? ( have you travelled before?)
  • aywa ana safirt abl kda ( Yes, I travelled before)
  • la2, ana msafirtsh abl kda ( No, I didn't travel before)
  • hewayatak eh? ( what are your hobbies?)
  • hewayaty el safar wa el 3oom ( my hobbies are travelling and swimming)
  • ma7attit el otobees feen? ( where is the bus station?)
  • emshy 3alatool wa ed5ol yemeen ( go straight and take a right)
  • aklitak el mufaddala eh? ( what's your favorite food?)
  • aklity el mufadala heyya el koshary ( my favorite food is koshary)
3- Question words:
  • what = eh 
  • why = leh 
  • when = emta
  • where = feen 
4- Numbers ( listen to them first) 

5 - Days of the week :

7ad, etneen, talat, arba3, 5amees, gom3a, sabt 

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

6- Pronouns : ana, enta, enty, ento, howwa, heyya, e7na, homma 

7- Object Pronouns

8- Common verbs (eat=akol, drink=ashrab, see=ashoof, play=al3ab, walk=amshy, talk=atkallim)

9-Common Nouns (school=maddrasa ,home=beet, friend=saa7ib,building=mabna) 

10- family members  (father=ab, mother=om, brother=a5, sister=o5t )

11- Country names (England=engiltra, Egypt=masr,  Brazil=el barazeel, Italy=etalya, Japan=elyaban)

12-Possessives 

13-How to form a sentence ( Subj - Verb - Obj)

I play football = ana bal3ab koora 

Take between 2 to 5 weeks to learn all of those basics on your own, to have a good start into Egyptian Arabic or just sign up to my free course and learn about all of this in just about 2 hours.

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