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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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