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Ways to Reject an Invitation
12 words
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Ways to Reject an Invitation
12 words
ʾanā ʾaūt
أَنا أَوت
(s)
I'm out.
maʿleš, ʿandī ḫoṭaṭ tānyah.
مَعلِش، عَندي خطط تانية.
(s)
Sorry, I already have plans.
ʾanā ʾāʿed fī el-bīt el-nahārdah.
أنا قاعد في البيت النهاردة.
(s)
I'm staying home today.
šokran, hafawwet el-marrah dī.
شكراً، هفوت المرة دي.
(s)
Thanks, but I'm gonna sit this one out.
maʿleš, meš haneʾdar nīǧī.
معلش، مش هنقدر نيجي.
(s)
Apologies, but I will be unable to attend.
ʾanā ʾāsef ǧeddan, bas ʾanā ʿandī maʿād tānī.
أَنا آسف جداً، بس أنا عندي معاد تاني.
(s)
I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment.
šokran, bas ʾanā taʿbān ʾaweī.
شكراً، بس أنا تعبان أوي.
(s)
Thanks, but I'm really tired.
ʾāsef , meš hakūn henā fī el-waʾt dah.
آسف ، مش هكون هنا في الوقت ده.
(s)
Sorry, I will be out of town at that time.
kān nefsī, bas meš hayenfaʿ el-marrah dī.
كان نفسي، بس مش هينفع المرة دي.
(s)
I wish I could, but it’s just not going to work this time.
ḫallīnī ʾafakkar wa ʾaʾūllak.
خليني أفكر و أقولك.
(s)
Let me think about it, and I’ll get back to you.
āltaūārīḫ dī mātenfaʿš maʿāīā bas ʾaḥeb ʾašūfak fī waʾt tānī.
التواريخ دي ماتنفعش معايا بس أحب أشوفك في وقت تاني.
(s)
None of those dates work for me, but I would love to see you another time.
waʿadt ʿīltī ʾennī hafḍal fī el-bīt el-marrah dī.
وعدت عيلتي إني هفضل في البيت المرة دي.
(s)
I promised my family I would stay at home this time.
17 Comments
ArabicPod101.com
2024-11-25 17:15:53

Hello Chris,

Thank you for your kind feedback!

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Team ArabicPod101.com

Chris
2024-11-15 16:59:01

Same comment as below, Can you differentiatie between the dialect or at least label as Standard or Egyptian or other. If you could separate your site completely that would increase the use enormously. I like to go to your site but get frustratrd figuring out where my stuff is hadden.

ArabicPod101.com
2020-05-16 07:34:12

Hi Laura,

This list in in Egyptian Arabic.

Nora

Team ArabicPod101.com

Laura
2020-05-09 13:32:31

why dialect is this?

ArabicPod101.com
2019-08-08 05:46:54

Hi Samina Salim,

If you go through the beginner course for Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic, in which it is always written in the description whether it's in Egyptian Arabic or MSA, it will be easier to identify which dialect the series are in from then on.

I agree with you the there should be a clear distinction though. We are working on it!

Nora

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ArabicPod101.com
2019-08-08 05:44:49

Hi Sue,

I agree. We are trying to make it easier to identify. Thank you for your feedback!

Nora

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ArabicPod101.com
2019-08-08 05:43:51

Hi Warren,

This lesson is all in Egyptian Arabic.

Nora

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ArabicPod101.com
2019-08-08 05:43:02

Hi Steve,

Yes, that's the Egyptian Arabic future tense suffix.

Nora

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Samina Salim
2019-07-30 14:51:44

I was about to join this course but it's a mixture of 3 different dialects so I've been learning Al Fussah arabic so it is so confusing for me, is it possible with the teacher to choose your own dialect.

Course set up is realy good,

It should be short explanation about different dialects for intermediate level students to understand about the language that how it's used in different parts of the world.

Samina Salim
2019-07-30 14:43:54

I was about to join this course but it's a mixture of 3 different dialects so I've been learning Al Fussah arabic so it is so confusing for me, is it possible with the teacher to choose your own dialect.

Course set up is realy good,

Sue
2019-07-30 13:53:16

Please try to identify at the TOP of the lesson, if it is in a dialect or in Al Fusah. For many of us who are trying to learn Al Fusah this mixture of regional dialects into our classes is NOT helping! If they are clearly identified we can skip those lessons that are not in Al Fusah. Also, I would prefer ALL lessons to be in Al Fusah, with regional variations as a selectable add-on. Many thanks.

Warren
2019-07-28 19:47:04

As others have said this appears to be mixed dialect and undifferentiated words. Not at home to check with Hans Wehr, but أوي appears to be dialectal not used in any sense found in Oxford and النهاردة has دة appended to it.

steve
2019-07-28 11:15:52

does ha = sawfa? shukran

ArabicPod101.com
2018-09-05 02:57:03

Hi Nafis,

Would you please be more specific? Which words are mixed with which?

Thanks!

Nora

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Md Nafis Bakhtiar
2018-08-29 23:00:59

شكرا !

But there are Arabic words mixed to each other. Please try to seperate the words.

Thanks

ArabicPod101.com
2018-08-05 01:27:46

Hi Matthew,

This list is in Egyptian Arabic.

Nora

Team ArabicPod101.com

Matthew
2018-07-29 17:43:28

This is not Arabic

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