How to say "do you speak English?" in Gulf Arabic
تِتكَلَّم إنجليزي؟
titkallam ingleezi?
- Without tashkeel
- تتكلم إنجليزي؟
- Franco / chat alphabet
- titkallam ingleezi?
- Literally
- do you speak English?
When to use it
To a man "titkallam", to a woman "titkallamin". English is widely spoken in the Gulf, especially in Dubai.
Other ways to say it
to a woman
تِتكَلَّمين إنجليزي؟
titkallameen ingleezi?
do you speak English? (f)
The feminine form.
a little
شوَي
shway
a little
A common answer.
How people reply
إي، شوَي
ee, shway
yes, a little
أكيد
akeed
of course
In a sentence
لو سَمَحت، تِتكَلَّم إنجليزي؟
law sama7t, titkallam ingleezi?
Excuse me, do you speak English?
أنا أتكَلَّم عَرَبي شوَي
ana atkallam 3arabi shway
I speak a little Arabic
في أحَد يِتكَلَّم إنجليزي هني؟
fi a7ad yitkallam ingleezi hni?
Is there anyone who speaks English here?
"do you speak English?" in the other dialects
Egyptian Arabic
بِتِتْكَلِّم إِنْجِلِيزِي؟
betetkallem engleezi?
Levantine Arabic
بْتِحْكِي إِنْجْلِيزِي؟
bti7ki injleezi?
Moroccan Darija
وَاش كَتْهْضَرْ النّْڭْلِيزِيَّة؟
wash katheder l-ngliziyya?
Modern Standard Arabic
هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ؟
hal tatakallamu al-injiliziyyata?
Iraqi Arabic
تِحكي إنكليزي؟
ti7chi ingleezi?
Saudi Arabic
تِتكَلَّم إنجليزي؟
titkallam ingleezi?