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اِسِم

/isim/

Means

Name

.. اِسْمي

/ismee/

Means

My name is …

.. اِسْمَك

/ismak/

Means

Your name is…

As in

اِسْمَك توم

شو اِسْمَك؟

/shoo ismak/

Means

What is your name? (To a male)

شو اِسْمِك؟

/shoo ismik/

Means

What is your name? (To a female)

عُمُر

/ʻumur/

Means

Age

عُمْري

/ʻumree/

Means

I am … (In terms of telling age)

As in

عُمْري ٢٥ سَنِة

كَمْ عُمْرَك؟

/kam ʻumrak/

Means

How old are you? (To a male)

كَمْ عُمْرِك؟

/kam ʻumrik/

Means

How old are you? (To a female)

.. اِنْوَلَدِتْ في

/inwaladit fee/

Means

I was born in ..

.. اِنْوَلَدْ في

/inwalad fee/

Means

He was born in ..

و

/u/

Means

And

مِتْزَوِّج

/mitzawwij/

Means

Married

The feminine form is

مِتْزَوْجِة

/mitzawjeh/

عِزَّابي

/ʻizzaabee/

Means

Single (Masculine)

مِش مِتْزَوْجِة

/mish mitzawjeh/

Means

Single (Feminine)

هُوِّ عايِش في

/huwweh ʻaayish fee/

Means

He lives in…

أَنا معَلِّم

/ʼanaa mʻallim/

Means

I am a teacher (Masculine)

أَنا بَشْتَغِل دِبْلوماسِيِّة

/ʼanaa bashtaghil diblumaasiyyeh/

Means

I work as a diplomat

عِنْدي كَلْب

/ʻindee kalb/

Means

I have a dog

ما عِنْدي أَخو

/maa ʻindee ʼakhoo/

Means

I do not have a brother

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

Intonation will indicate if it is an inquiry

As in

عِندَك بِسِّة؟

/ʻindak bisseh/

Do you have a cat?

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Introduce Yourself