Beginner Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary

Today we are covering beginner Egyptian Arabic vocabulary.

These are words that will come in handy when you are first starting with Egyptian Arabic.

Let’s take a look.

Beginner Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary: Some Important Information

• Nouns of have genders in Egyptian Arabic. Like romance languages, they are masculine and feminine. While we give you the gender of each noun where relevant, it’s important to memorize noun genders.
• Egyptian Arabic can be really weird with plural nouns. It doesn’t really follow any set rules in pronunciation. Because of that you just kind of have to memorize them by heart.

Most Common Beginner Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary

After you have learned some of the Egyptian Arabic vocabulary for beginners, be sure to pair it with common Egyptian Arabic phrases. That will help you learn even faster.

We’ve also linked some helpful Cleo Lingo posts throughout.

For now, let’s dive into 44 words:

Beginner Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary: 1-15

1) Hello. : ahlan.

.أهلاً

2) Goodbye. : salam.

.سلام

3) Please. : lw sma7t.

.لو سمح

4) Thank you. : shokran.

.شكراُ

This is far from the only way to say “thank you” in Egyptian Arabic.

5) You’re welcome. : nawart.

.نورت

6) Yes. : aywa.

.أيوة

7) No. : laa.

.لا

8) Help. : mosa3da.

.مساعدة

9) Today. : elnaharda.

.النهاردة

10) Tomorrow. : bokra.

.بكرة

11) One time. : mra wa7da.

.مرة واحدة

12) Yesterday. : embare7.

.امبارح

13) Hour / s. : sa3a / sa3at.

.ساعة/ ساعات 

Be sure to learn how to tell the time in Egyptian Arabic.

14) Year / s. : sana / sineen.

.سنة / سنين 

15) Day / s. : youm / ayem.

.يوم/ ايام

This resource is great for the days of the week in Egyptian Arabic.

Beginner Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary: 16-30

16) Week / s. : asbo3 / asabe3.

.أسبوع/ أسابيع

17) Before. : 8abl.

.قبل

18) Time. : wa8t.

.وقت

19) Weather. : algaw.

.الجو

Be sure you also know how to talk about the weather in Egyptian Arabic!

20) Here. : hena.

.هنا

21) There. : henak.

.هناك

22) Now. : dlwa8ty.

.دلوقتي

23) Place. : makan.

.مكان

24) School / Schools. : madarsa / madares. (fem)

.مدرسة / مدارس

25) Shop / Shops. : mahal / mahallat. (masc)

.محل / محلات

26) Bathroom / Bathrooms. : hammam / hammamet. (masc)

.حمام / حمامات

27) City / Cities. : madyna / modon. (fem)

.مدينة / مدن

28) Country / Countries. : balad / belad. (fem)

.بلد / بلاد

These kind of words are useful when talking about travel in Egyptian Arabic.

29) Thing. : haga / hagat.

.حاجة /حاجات  

30) Nothing. : wala haga.

.ولا حاجة

Beginner Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary: 31-44

31) Something. : 7aga mo3yna.

.حاجة معينة

32) This…. : dy / da.

…دي / دا

Which one you use will depend on if the noun is feminine (dy / di) or masculine (da).

33) Water. : mayya (fem)

.مية

34) House / Houses. : byt / byot. (masc)

.بيت / بيوت

35) Car / Cars. : 3rabya / 3arabiyat. (fem)

.عربية / عربيات

36) Language / Languages: logha / loghat. (fem)

.لغة / لغات

Check out how to talk about languages in Egyptian Arabic.

37) Movie / Movies. : fylm / aflam. (masc)

.فيلم / أفلام

38) Man / Men. : ragel / reggala. (masc)

.راجل / رجالة

39) Woman / Women. : set / setat. (fem)

.ست / ستات

40) Boy / Boys. : 3yel / 3eyal. (masc)

.عيل / عيال

41) Girl / Girls. : bent / banat. (fem)

.بنت / بنات

42) Friend / s. : saheb – saheba / sohab. (fem / masc)

.صاحب – صاحبة / صحاب

Also great to talk about your friends in Egyptian Arabic!

43) Person / People. : wahed / nas. (masc)

.واحد / ناس

44) Family / Families. : 3yla / 3a2lat. (fem)

.عيلة / عائلات

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Happy learning,

Cleo Lingo