Unit 1 · Hello and who are you?
Egyptian, American, Indian
Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.
To say where someone's from, add -i to the place: maSr gives maSri, el-hind gives hindi. For a woman, add -yya on top: maSreyya, hindeyya, 'amreekeyya. A few change shape a little, like 'amreeka to 'amreeki and 'engeltera to 'engleezi. These are ordinary adjectives, so they describe things too: 'akl maSri is Egyptian food.
Hear it in sentences
دِينَا مَصْرِيَّة.
Dina is Egyptian.
هِيَّ إِنْجلِيزِيَّة، مِش أَمْرِيكِيَّة.
She's English, not American.
نُور مِش أَمْرِيكِيَّة، هِيَّ مَصْرِيَّة.
Nour isn't American. She's Egyptian.
أَيْوَه، أَنَا مَصْرِيَّة. أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا!
Yes, I'm Egyptian. Welcome!