Transportation

 

 

أُوتُبيس

 

/ʼutubees/

 

Means

 

Bus

 

 

 

 

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تَكْس

 

/taks/

 

Means

 

Taxi

 

 

 

 

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طَيَّارَة

 

/Tayyaarah/

 

Means

 

Plane

 

 

 

 

 

 

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مَرْكِب

 

/markib/

 

Means

 

Ship

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Intonation will indicate if it is an inquiry

 

As in

 

دي مَرْكِب؟

 

 

 

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آه

 

/ʼaah/

 

Means

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

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لأ

 

/laʼ/

 

Means

 

No

 

 

 

 

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يِمين

 

/yimeen/

 

Means

 

Right

 

 

 

 

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شِمال

 

/shimaal/

 

Means

 

Left

 

 

 

 

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دُغْري

 

/dughree/

 

Means

 

Straight

 

 

 

 

 

 

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عَلى

 

/ʻalaa/

 

Means

 

To

 

As in

 

عَلى اليِمين

 

 

 

 

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بِكام الأُجْرَة؟

 

/bikaam ilʼugrah/

 

Means

 

How much is the fare?

 

 

 

 

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العَدَّاد

 

/ilʻaddaad/

 

Means

 

Meter

 

 

 

 

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شَغَّل العَدَّاد

 

/shaghal ilʻaddaad/

 

Means

 

Switch on the meter

 

 

 

 

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الباقي

 

/ilbaaʼee/

 

Means

 

The change

 

 

 

 

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 هِنا بَعْدِ اِزْنَك

 

/hinaa baʻdi iznak/

 

Means

 

Here please

 

 

 

 

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إِشارَة ضَوْئِيَّة

 

/ʼishaarah dhawʼiyyah/

 

Means

 

Traffic light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ميدان

 

/meedaan/

 

Means

 

Roundabout

 

 

 

 

 

 

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بَعْد

 

/baʻd/

 

Means

 

After

 

 

 

 

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قَبْل

 

/ʼabl/

 

Means

 

Before

 

 

 

 

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