Lesson 1 – أهلاً بك في القاهرة
Section A
a) Conversation
ARABIC SCRIPT ARABIC TRANSLITERATION
حامد: السلام عليكم
ناصر: وعليكم السلام. العفو و انت مين؟
حامد: أنا اسمي حامد مهدي
ناصر: وانت من مصر؟
حامد: بصراحه أنا من امريكا
ناصر:و أهلك منين؟
حامد: ماما و بابا هما من امريكا برضو بس ماما اصلها العربي
ناصر: اه كويس
حامد: و انت؟ اسمك ايه؟
ناصر: أنا اسمي ناصر محمد. بابا من مصر و ماما من قطر بس بنعيش في مصر في مدينة القاهرة
حامد: و كام عمرك؟
ناصر: عندي تسعه عشره سنه. و انت؟
حامد: وأنا كمان.
Hamid: as-salaamu 3alaykum
Nasser: w 3alaykum as-salaam. el-afu bas enta miin?
Hamid: ana ismii Hamid mahdi
Nasser: enta miin maSr?
Hamid: beSaraHah ana min amriika
Nasser: w 'ahlak mniin?
Hamid: mama w baba miin amriika barDo bas mama aSl-a el-arabi
Nasser: ah. kowayis
Hamid: w ent? Ismak eh?
Nasser: ana ismii naSer moHamed. baba miin maSr w mama miin 'aTar bas ben3aysh fy maSr fy madinat el-‘ahirah
Hamid: w kaam 3andak?
Nasser: 3andee tis’ah 3ashrah sinah. w enta?
Hamid: w ana kmaan
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Hamid: May peace be upon you.
Nasser: And may peace be upon you. Excuse me but who are you?
Hamid: My name is Hamid Mahdi.
Nasser: Are you from Egypt?
Hamid: Actually, I’m from America.
Nasser: From where is your family?
Hamid: My mom and dad are from America too but my mom has some Arab roots.
Nasser: Oh. That’s nice.
Hamid: And you? What’s your name?
Nasser: My name is Nasser Mohamed. My dad is from Egypt and my mom is from Qatar but we’re living in Egypt in the city of Cairo.
Hamid: How old are you?
Nasser: I am nineteen years old—and you?
Hamid: I am too.
VOCABULARY
English
Ar. Transliteration
Arabic
Nouns
I
ana
أنا
you (m)
enta
انت
they both
huma
هما
name
ism
اسم
America
amriika
امريكا
Egypt
maSr
مصر
Qatar
'aTar
قطر
Cairo
el-'ahirah
القاهرة
family
ahil
اهل
origin
aSl
اصل
city
madinah
مدينه
year
sinah
سنه
ten
3ashr, 3ashrah
عشر، عشره
Arabic
el-3arabi, el-3arabiyah
العربي، العربيه
Verbs
we are living
ben3aysh
بنعيش
Grammatical Words
and
w
و
but
bas
بس
What (question word)
eh
ايه
I have
3andy
عندي
also
kmaan
كمان
mine
-ii
ـي-
yours (to a m)
-ak
ـك-
hers
-ha
ـها-
in
fy
في
Common Phrases
Oh
ah
اه
from
min
من
who
miin
مين
From where?
mniin?
منين؟
How nice
kwayis
كويس
Actually
beSaraHah
بصرحه
Peace be upon you
as-salaam 3alaykum
السلام عليكم
And upon you is peace
w 3alaykum as-salaam
و عليكم السلام
welcome to (to a m)
ahlan biik fy
أهلاً بك في
Me too
w ana kmaan
وانا كمان
And you?
w enta?
وانت
| English | Ar. Transliteration | Arabic |
| First Person | ||
| I am living | BE3aysh | بعيش |
| We are living | BEN3aysh | بنعيش |
| Second Person | ||
| You are living m. | BET3aysh | بتعيش |
| You are living f. | BET3ayshY | بتعيشي |
| You are all living | BET3ayshU | بتعيشوا |
| Third Person | ||
| He is living | BEY3aysh | بيعيش |
| She is living | BET3aysh | بتعيش |
| They are all living | BEY3ayshU | بيعيشوا |
| English | Ar. Transliteration | Arabic |
| First Person | ||
| mine | -ee | ـي- |
| me (after a verb) | -nee | ـني- |
| me (after a preposition) | -ya | ـيا- |
| us/ours | -na | ـنا- |
| Second Person | ||
| you/yours m. | -ak | ـك- |
| you/yours f. | -ek | ـك- |
| you/yours f. (after a preposition) | -kee | ـكي- |
| all of you | -kom | ـكم- |
| Third Person | ||
| him/his | -oh | ـه- |
| her/hers | -ha | ـها- |
| all of them | -hom | ـهم- |