Egyptian Arabic Travel and Directions — 53 Words
53 Egyptian Arabic words for travel and directions, ordered by how often they actually come up. Each one shows the Arabic with diacritics, how to say it, and the franco spelling used in text messages.
| Arabic | Pronunciation | Franco | English |
|---|---|---|---|
هِنَا | hena | hena | here |
هِنَاك | henak | henak | there |
فُوق | foo2 | foo | above |
بَعِيد | be3eed | beid | far |
قُرَيِّب | orayeb | orayeb | close |
قُدَّام | oddaam | oddam | in front of |
أَرُوح | aroo7 | arooh | I go |
وَسْط | west | west | middle |
اَلطَّرِيق | el taree' | el taree' | the road |
رَايِح | rayeh | rayeh | going |
وَرَا | wara | wara | behind |
دَاخِل | dakhel | dakhel | inside |
طَرِيق | taree' | taree | road |
بَرَّا | barra | barra | outside |
وَصَلْت | wasalt | wasalt | arrived |
وَصَل | wesel | wasal | Arrived |
تِرْجَع | terga3 | tergaa | return |
نِزِل | nezel | nezel | descended |
يَرُوح | yeroo7 | yerooh | He goes |
تَرُوح | teroo7 | terooh | you go |
جُوَّا | gowa | gowa | inside |
أَقْرَب | aarab | aarab | closer |
يِمْشِي | yemshi | yemshi | walks |
رُحْت | ro7t | roht | I went |
رَاحِت | ra7et | rahet | went |
أَمَام | amam | amam | In front of |
يِنْزِل | yenzel | yenzel | descend |
رَاجِع | rage3 | ragea | returning |
شِمَال | shemal | shemal | north |
جُوَّه | gowwa | gowwa | inside |
نَازِل | nazel | nazel | going down |
عَاد | 3ad | aad | returned |
خَارِج | khareg | khareg | outside |
بَرُوح | baroo7 | barooh | I go |
اِمْشِي | emshy | emshy | walk |
نِرُوح | neroo7 | nerooh | we go |
قُدَّامَك | oddamak | oddamak | in front of you |
أَبْعَد | ab3ad | abaad | Further |
مَاشْيَة | mashya | mashya | Walking |
هَرُوح | haroo7 | harooh | I will go |
بِتِيجِي | beteegy | betegy | you come |
قُرْب | 2orb | orb | near |
السَّفَر | el safar | el safar | travel |
فُنْدُق | fondo' | fondo | hotel |
عَرَبِيَّة | 3arabeyya | arabeyya | car |
جَنُوب | ganoob | ganoob | south |
جَنْبِي | ganby | ganby | beside me |
بَلَغْنَا | balaghna | balaghna | we reached |
اَلشَّرْق | el sharq | el shar | the east |
وِجْهَة | wegha | wegha | destination |
خَلْف | khalf | khalf | behind |
تُوصَل | tewsal | tewsal | arrive |
مِشِيت | meshet | meshet | I walked |
Travel and Directions in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on this site, so you see the word behaving normally rather than sitting on a flashcard.
أحمد قال لصاحبه علي: الجو هنا جميل أوي النهاردة.
Ahmed al le sahbo Ali: El gaw hena gamil awi ennaharda.
Ahmed said to his friend Ali: The atmosphere here is very beautiful today.
showing هِنَا — here
يوسف: نادي الزمالك، صاحبي عنده ماتش كورة هناك.
Youssef: Nady el Zamalek, sahby 3ando match kora henak.
Youssef: Zamalek club, my friend has a football match there.
showing هِنَاك — there
اه معلش الكورة طارت بعيد اوي
Ah ma'alesh el koora tarat ba'eed awi.
Oh, never mind, the ball flew very far.
showing بَعِيد — far
السوق قريب اوي من بيتي
el souk arib awi men beity
The market is very close to my house.
showing قُرَيِّب — close
كلنا قعدنا قدام التلفزيون في الصالون بتاعنا.
Kollena 2a3adna 2oddam el televiseon fi el saloon beta3na.
All of us sat in front of the television in our living room.
showing قُدَّام — in front of
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