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)
عِمِر
/ʻimir/
Means
Age
عِمْري
/ʻimree/
Means
I am … (In terms of telling age)
As in
عِمْري ٢٥ سِنِة
قَدِّيش عِمْرَك؟
/ʼaddaish ʻimrak/
Means
How old are you? (To a male)
قَدِّيش عِمْرِك؟
/ʼaddaish ʻimrik/
Means
How old are you? (To a female)
.. اِنْوَلَدِتْ بـِ
/inwaladit bi/
Means
I was born in ..
.. اِنْوَلَدْ بـِ
/inwalad bi/
Means
He was born in ..
و
/u/
Means
And
مِتْزَوِّج
/mitzawwij/
Means
Married
The feminine form is
مِتْزَوْجِة
/mitzawjih/
عَزَّابي
/ʻazzaabee/
Means
Single (Masculine)
مو مِتْزَوْجِة
/moo mitzawjih/
Means
Single (Feminine)
هُوِّ عايِش بـِ
/huwwih ʻaayish bi/
Means
He lives in…
أَنا إِسْتاز
/ʼanaa ʼistaaz/
Means
I am a teacher (Masculine)
أَنا بِشْتِغِلْ دِبْلوماسِيِّة
/ʼanaa bishtighil diblumaasiyyih/
Means
I work as a diplomat
عَنْدي كَلْب
/ʻandee kalb/
Means
I have a dog
ما عَنْدي أَخّ
/maa ʻandee ʼakh/
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
عَنْدَك بِسِّة؟
/ʻandak bissih/
Do you have a cat?
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