{"id":863,"date":"2022-01-03T18:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/?p=863"},"modified":"2022-01-03T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:53:50","slug":"asking-questions-in-egyptian-arabic-p1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/03\/asking-questions-in-egyptian-arabic-p1\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking questions in Egyptian Arabic p1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">check out our New EgYptian Arabic course DvD \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec Plus Our Gift For New Year : Free Audio CD &amp; Book : <br>\nOur Intensive Course Both Level A1 &amp; A2<br>\nhttps:\/\/bookstore.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/new-cds-books\/lighthouse-egyptian-arabic-complete-course-2-levels-plus-free-audio-cd<br>\nLevel A1 Only : Download it from Here : <br>\nLighthouse Arabic Course Level A1<br>\nbit.ly\/LighthouseArabiclevelA1<br>\n\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47<br>\n20% Off Sale <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asking informational questions\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What\/which\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asking informational questions<\/strong><br><strong><em>What\/which<\/em><\/strong>First, note that in standard Arabic, question words generally come at the beginning of a question, while in colloquial Arabic, these words usually (but not necessarily always) come at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Egyptian Arabic<\/strong><strong>what<\/strong><br>\u0627\u064a\u0647&nbsp;(eih)<strong>which<\/strong><br>\u0627\u0646\u0647\u0648 &#8211; \u0627\u0646\u0647\u064a &#8211; \u0627\u0646\u0647\u0645&nbsp;(anhu [masc.] &#8211; anhi [fem.] &#8211; anhum [pl.])<br>\u0645\u0627&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627&nbsp;are used in different types of questions; the former is used in questions that do not have verbs, while the latter is used in questions that do have verbs. Frequently&nbsp;\u0645\u0627&nbsp;is followed by the pronoun corresponding to the noun being asked about.&nbsp;\u0627\u064a\u0647, on the other hand, is fairly straightforward, and is used anytime you would say &#8220;what&#8221; in English.<br><strong>Egyptian Arabic<\/strong>What&#8217;s your name?\u0627\u0633\u0645\u0643 \u0627\u064a\u0647\u061f&nbsp;(ismak eih?)What&#8217;s the difference between us and them?\u0627\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0642 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0628\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0645\u061f&nbsp;(eih il-far&#8217; beinna wa-beinhum?)What do you want?\u0627\u0646\u062a \u0639\u0627\u064a\u0632 \u0627\u064a\u0647\u061f&nbsp;(inta 3aayiz eih?)What shall I tell you?\u0627\u0642\u0648\u0644 \u0644\u0643 \u0627\u064a\u0647\u061f&nbsp;(a&#8217;ollak eih?)<br>In standard Arabic,&nbsp;\u0627\u064a&nbsp;can be used with a pronoun suffix to mean &#8220;which of&#8230;&#8221; In Egyptian Arabic, you can put&nbsp;\u0627\u064a&nbsp;before a noun to ask &#8220;which [noun]&#8230;&#8221;<br><strong>Egyptian Arabic<\/strong>Which one of them do you prefer?\u0628\u062a\u0641\u0636\u0644 \u0627\u064a \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062f \u0645\u0646\u0647\u0645\u061f&nbsp;(bitfaDDal ayya waaHid minhom?)Which team do you support?\u0628\u062a\u0634\u062c\u0639 \u0627\u064a \u0641\u0631\u064a\u0642\u061f&nbsp;(bit\u0161agga3 ayya farii&#8217;?)<br>Egyptian Arabic also has an alternative way to say &#8220;which&#8221;:&nbsp;\u0627\u0646\u0647\u0648\\\u0627\u0646\u0647\u064a\\\u0627\u0646\u0647\u0645. This can be a little tricky, since it can come either before or after the noun being referred to. The formulation is either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>[\u00e1nhu\/\u00e1nhi\/\u00e1nhum &#8211; stress falling on the first syllable] + [indefinite noun]<\/li><li>[definite noun] + [anh\u00fa\/anh\u00ed\/anh\u00fam &#8211; stress falling on the second syllable]<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that you would usually go with the second option only when the &#8220;which&#8221; question is on its own &#8212; simply asking &#8220;Which book? Which girl?&#8221; as opposed to &#8220;Which book do you like? Which girl do you know?&#8221; in which case you&#8217;d probably go with the first option.\u0627\u0646\u062a \u0633\u0627\u0643\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0646\u0647\u064a \u0634\u0642\u0629\u061f&nbsp;(inta saakin fi \u00e1nhi \u0161a&#8221;a?) Which apartment do you live in?<br>\u0627\u0646\u0647\u0648 \u062f\u0648\u0631\u061f&nbsp;(\u00e1nhu door?)&nbsp;<em>-or-<\/em>&nbsp;\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0646\u0647\u0648\u061f&nbsp;(id-door anh\u00fa?) Which floor?<br><strong><em>Where<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Egyptian Arabic<\/strong><strong>where<\/strong>\u0641\u064a\u0646&nbsp;(fein)<strong>to where<\/strong>(\u0639\u0644\u0649) \u0641\u064a\u0646&nbsp;([3ala] fein)<strong>from where<\/strong>\u0645\u0646\u064a\u0646&nbsp;(minein)<br>The usage of &#8220;where&#8221; in Arabic is fairly straightforward.<br><strong>Egyptian Arabic<\/strong>Where is the museum?\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u0641 \u0641\u064a\u0646\u061f&nbsp;(il-matHaf fein?)Where are you going?\u0631\u0627\u064a\u062d\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0641\u064a\u0646\u061f&nbsp;(rayHa 3ala fein?)Where are you from?\u0627\u0646\u062a \u0645\u0646\u064a\u0646\u061f&nbsp;(inta minein?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>check out our New EgYptian Arabic course DvD \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec Plus Our Gift For New Year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-egypt","category-business","category-lessons"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask-300x213.jpg",300,213,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"large":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"enternews-slider-full":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"enternews-featured":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false],"enternews-medium":["https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg",400,284,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"AhmedElswify","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/author\/ahmedelswify\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/category\/egypt\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Egypt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/category\/business\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Language<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/category\/lessons\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lessons<\/a>","tag_info":"Lessons","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions_To_-Ask.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ilarabicacademy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}