Transportation

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باص

 

/baaS/

 

Means

 

Bus

   
   

تَكْسي

 

/taksee/

 

Means

 

Taxi

 
   
   

طَيَّارَة

 

/Tayyaarah/

 

Means

 

Plane

   
   
 

سَفينَة

 

/safeenah/

 

Means

 

Ship

   
   
   

"Yes or No" questions do not have a question word in dialectal Arabic.

 

Intonation will indicate if it is an inquiry

 

As in

 

هايَة سَفينَة؟

 
   
   

إِي

 

/ʼee/

 

Means

 

Yes

 
   
   

لأ

 

/laʼ/

 

Means

 

No

 
   
 

يَمين

 

/yameen/

 

Means

 

Right

 
   
   

يَسار

 

/yasaar/

 

Means

 

Left

 
   
 

قُبَل

 

/gubal/

 

Means

 

Straight

     
   
 

عَـ

 

/ʻa/

 

Means

 

To

 

As in

 

عَاليَمين

 
   
   

شقَد الكَروَة؟

 

/shgad ilkarwah/

 

Means

 

How much is the fare?

 
   
   

شقَد تاخُذ؟

 

/shgad taakhuTH/

 

Means

 

How much would you charge?

 

(Before the lift)

 
   
 

الباقي

 

/ilbaaqee/

 

Means

 

The change

 
   
   

هنا بَلة زَحْمَة عَليكْ

 

/hnaa balah zaHmah ʻaleek/

 

Means

 

Here please

 
   
   

إِشارَة ضَوْئِيَّة

 

/ʼishaarah DHawʼiyyah/

 

Means

 

Traffic light

     
   
   

فِلْكَة

 

/filkah/

 

Means

 

Roundabout

   
   
   

بَعَد

 

/baʻad/

 

Means

 

After

 
   
   

قَبِل

 

/qabil/

 

Means

 

Before

 
   
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