Egyptian Arabic A1, Unit 4: People and places: review

People and places: review

Egyptian Arabic A1 · Unit 4

GoalTalk about yourself and other people: who, what, from where.

New words

أَنَا مِن (ana min) · I am fromهُوَّ (huwwa) · heهِيَّ (hiyya) · sheمِصْرِيَّة (miṣriyya) · Egyptian (a woman)مِش (mish) · not

Explanation

Put everything together: a pronoun, a noun or an adjective, and no “to be”. Use the man's or the woman's form each time. Join sentences with the word وِ, “and”. Talk about yourself with أَنَا, about a friend with هُوَّ or هِيَّ, and about two people with هُمَّا. Remember مِش for “not” and the rising voice for questions.

I say	Meaning
أَنَا مِن مِصْر، أَنَا مِصْرِي	I am from Egypt, I am Egyptian (man)
هِيَّ مُدَرِّسَة وِهِيَّ تُرْكِيَّة	She is a teacher and she is Turkish
هُمَّا مِن مِصْر	They are from Egypt
إِحْنَا مِن أُوزْبَكِسْتَان	We are from Uzbekistan

Worked examples

Omar

أَنَا عُمَر. أَنَا مِصْرِي وِأَنَا طَالِب.

Omar

هِيَّ سَلْمَى. هِيَّ مِن أُوزْبَكِسْتَان. هِيَّ مُدَرِّسَة.

Introducing yourself and a friend.

Hana

هُوَّ رُوسِي؟

Karim

لَأ، هُوَّ مِش رُوسِي. هُوَّ تُرْكِي.

Questions about people.

A group.

Class activity

Write six sentences about three people you know: one with هُوَّ, one with هِيَّ, one with هُمَّا. Give the country or the nationality, and a job or a feeling. Use one مِش.

Practice

Say: “She is a teacher and she is Egyptian”.

Say: “I am not tired. I am happy.” (a man).

Listen. Does this word say “tired” for a man or for a woman?

Ask a woman: “Are you a student?”

How do you say “and” in Arabic?

I, you, he, she; countries

People and places: review