Unit 6 · Finding your way
Directions: go, turn, leave
Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.
Directions are mostly commands, and commands mark who you're talking to. To a man: emshi (walk, keep going), khosh (go in, turn), seeb (leave). To a woman most of them add -i: khoshshi, seebi. emshi happens to sound the same for both. Put them together: emshi 3ala Tool (go straight on), khosh yimeen (turn right), khosh shimaal (turn left).
Hear it in sentences
اِمْشِي عَلَى طُول يَا كَرِيم.
Go straight on, Karim.
خُشّ شِمَال عَنْد الْمَطْعَم.
Turn left at the restaurant. (to a man)
خُشّ يِمِين قَبْل الْكِنِيسَة.
Turn right before the church. (to a man)
اِمْشِي عَلَى طُول، وِخُشّ يِمِين.
Go straight on, then turn right. (to a man)
اِمْشِي عَلَى طُول لِحَدّ الْجَامِع.
Go straight on as far as the mosque.
سِيبِي الْمُفْتَاح عَلَى التَّرَابِيزَة.
Leave the key on the table. (to a woman)