Welcome to Egyptian Arabic
The answers are for checking your own work.
1
Copy the 15 words of lesson 5 in your notebook, right to left. Cover the Arabic and write the meanings.
bฤb door, bฤt house, kitฤb book, สพalam pen, walad boy, bint girl, miแนฃr Egypt, สพahwa coffee, shฤy tea, mayya water, madrasa school, yลm day, gamฤซl beautiful, kibฤซr big, sukkar sugar.
2
Write the six letters that do not join the next letter.
ุง ุฏ ุฐ ุฑ ุฒ ู
3
Say these words aloud and write how an Egyptian says the first sound: ุฌูู
ูููุ ููููููุฉุ ุชูููุงุชูุฉุ ุฏูู.
ุฌูู
ููู gamฤซl (g), ููููููุฉ สพahwa (สพ), ุชูููุงุชูุฉ talฤta (t), ุฏูู da (d).
4
Match the Egyptian word with the standard word: ุฏูููููููุชููุ ุฃููููููุ ุฅููู โ ุงููุขูุ ููุนูู
ุ ู
ูุงุฐูุง.
ุฏูููููููุชูู โ ุงููุขู (now), ุฃูููููู โ ููุนูู
(yes), ุฅููู โ ู
ูุงุฐูุง (what).
5
Name the mark: ููุจููุฑ has two kasras; ุณููููุฑ has a damma and a shadda; ู
ูุฏูุฑูุณูุฉ has a sukun. Find the sukun in ููููููุฉ and the shadda in ู
ููููุฉ.
In ููููููุฉ the sukun is on the ู (สพah-wa). In ู
ููููุฉ the shadda is on the ู (may-ya).
6
Read the phrase aloud and translate it: ุดูุงู ุจูุณููููุฑุ ุจูููุช ููุจููุฑุ ููุชูุงุจ ุฌูู
ููู.
tea with sugar, a big house, a nice book.