{"id":11991,"date":"2016-03-23T23:45:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T23:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2016-03-24T01:27:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T01:27:24","slug":"egyptian-arabic-interrogative-particles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/egyptian-arabic-interrogative-particles\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Arabic; Interrogative Particles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In today\u2019s post, we are going to learn some Egyptian Arabic. After I gave it some thought, I guessed it would be nice to start with the interrogative (question) particles. I have already presented two posts about Interrogative Particles (Part 1<\/a>) and (Part 2<\/a>) in Modern Standard Arabic. These standard particles are not likely to save you in the streets and markets of Cairo or Alexandria as you will seem weird! Now, if you go back to the previous posts, it will be much easier for you to understand the colloquial counterparts. Remember that colloquial is made up for everyday life; that is to make communication easier and faster!<\/p>\n

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Egyptian Interrogative Particles vs. MSA Particles<\/p><\/div>\n

Wh-Questions<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/h2>\n

1- \u0645\u064a\u0646\u0652<\/span><\/strong> \/mean\/ = \u0645\u0640\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0646\u0652<\/strong> <\/span>\/mann\/ = Who?<\/p>\n

The following youtube video has an extract from a famous Egyptian play. Listen to the question particle in a funny song \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n