Egyptian Arabic A1, Unit 16: Numbers and money

Numbers and money

Egyptian Arabic A1 · Unit 16

GoalSay prices with the Egyptian pound and the piastre.

New words

جِنِيه (ginēh) · poundقِرْش (ʾirsh) · piastreفُلُوس (fulūs) · moneyنُصّ جِنِيه (nuṣṣ ginēh) · half a poundخَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين جِنِيه (khamsa wi-ʿishrīn ginēh) · twenty-five poundsخَمْسِين جِنِيه (khamsīn ginēh) · fifty poundsمِيَّة جِنِيه (miyya ginēh) · a hundred pounds

Explanation

Egyptian money is the pound, جِنِيه. One pound has a hundred piastres, قِرْش. The word for money is فُلُوس. Say the number and then جِنِيه: خَمْسَة جِنِيه, عِشْرِين جِنِيه. Put وِ between the units and the tens: خَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين is 25. نُصّ means «half», so نُصّ جِنِيه is 50 piastres. For 100, say مِيَّة. In Egyptian, ج is said g, so ginēh.

Money	Say	Meaning
5	خَمْسَة جِنِيه	five pounds
25	خَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين جِنِيه	twenty-five pounds
50	خَمْسِين جِنِيه	fifty pounds
100	مِيَّة جِنِيه	a hundred pounds
½	نُصّ جِنِيه	half a pound

Worked examples

Mona

عَنْدَك فُلُوس؟

Ali

أَيْوَه، عَنْدِي خَمْسِين جِنِيه.

Mona

وِأَنَا عَنْدِي خَمْسَة وِعِشْرِين.

Ali

يَعْنِي عَنْدِنَا خَمْسَة وِسَبْعِين جِنِيه.

Mona and Ali count their money. Press each line.

Money words. Press each card.

Class activity

Look at the coins and notes in your pocket or on the internet. Say how much each one is in Egyptian. Then write five prices in Arabic words: 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 pounds. Finally say what you have: عَنْدِي … جِنِيه.

Practice

Say «fifty pounds».

How many piastres are there in a pound?

Say «I have five pounds».

Two coins of five pounds each. Say the total.

Press Listen. Which number do you hear?

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