For almost 13 centuries Arabic has been the written and spoken language of Egypt. Before the Arab invasion in AD 639, Coptic, the language descended from ancient Egyptian, was the language of both religious and everyday life for the mass of the population; by the 12th century, however, it had been totally replaced by Arabic, continuing only as a liturgical language for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Arabic has become the language of both the Egyptian Christian and Muslim. The written form of the Arabic language, in grammar and syntax, has remained substantially unchanged since the 7th century. In other ways, however, the written language has changed the modern forms of style, word sequence, and phraseology are simpler and more flexible than in classical Arabic and are often directly derivative of English or French.
Greetings and departures
- hello Marhaba
- goodbye Ma' Al-Salama
- How are you? Keef halak? (m) Keef halek? (f)
- Fine Kowayyes (m) Kowayyesah (f)
- Good morning Sabah El-Khair
- Good evening Masaa El-Khair
- Goodbye Ma'assalama
- Hopefully Inshalla
- Thank you Shukran
- Welcome Afwan (answer to Shukran)
- Excuse me? (as question) Laww Smaht (m) Laww Smahti (female)
- Excuse me! (as sorry) Afwan
- Pardon me Samehni (m) Samehini (f)
- If you please Min fadlak (m) Min fadlik (f)
- Help me Sa'adni (m) Sa'adini (f)
- Sorry Aasif
- Congratulations Mabrook Wait Istanna
- Hurry up Besora'a
- Go away Emshi
- Yes Na'am / aiwa
- no La'
- please Lao Samahet / min fudlick
- it is nice to meet you Tsharafna
- What is your name? Sho Ismak? (m) Sho Ismek? (m)
- My name is ... Ismi ...
- I don't speak Arabic Ana ma ba'aref ahkee Arabee
- I speak Arabic a little Baa'ref Arabee Showayya
- take me to my hotel Khodney Al-Hotel
- where is the bathroom Feyn al hamam
- how much does this cost Kam al se'er / Bekam
- help mosa'ada
- doctor doctor
- police shorta
- taxi taksi
- train qetar
- bus baas
- street share'
- left Yasaar /shimmell
- right Yameen
- middle Al-Nus
- under tahet
- Down Town Wast El-Balad
- Street Share'a
- Hotel Fondoq
- Museum Mathaf
- Mall Souq
- Restaurant Mat'am
- Hospital Mustashfa
- Doctor Tabeeb
- Police Shorta
- Passport El-Jawaz
- Identity Haweyya
- pharmacy saydaleya
- salad Salata
- bread Khobz
- cheese Jubna
- rice Ruz
- potato Batata
- soup Shorba
- chocolate Chocalata
- dessert Helweyat
- coffee Qahwa
- tea Shai
- milk Haleeb
- Sugar Sokkar
- Without Sugar Bdoun Sokkar
- Milk Haleeb
- beer Beera
- purified water Mai
- beef Lahmi
- chicken Dajaj
- lamb Kharoof
- fish Samak
- pork Khanzeer
- veal Ejl
- ham Khanzeer
- bake Fi al-foron
- boil Maslooq
- fry Meqley
- vegetable Khodra
- How much? Bekam
- Expensive Ghali
- Too Much Kteer
- The Bill El-Hesab
- Invoice Fatora
- One Wahed
- Two Ethnain
- Three ThalathaFour Arba'aa
- Five Khamsa
- Six Setta
- Seven Sab'aa
- Eight Thamaneya
- Nine Tes'aa
- Ten Ashara
- Twenty Eshreen
- Thirty Thalatheen
- Forty Arba'aeen
- Fifty Khamseen
- Sixty Setteen
- Seventy Sab'aeen
- Eighty Thamaneen
- Ninety Tes'aeen
- One Hundred Meyya
- One Thousand Alf
- Friday Joma'a
- Saturday Sabt
- Sunday Ahad
- Monday Ethnain
- Tuesday Thulatha
- Wednesday Arbea'a
- Thursday Khamees
- Today El-Youm
- Tomorrow Bokra
- After Tomorrow Ba'ad Bokra
- Yesterday Embareh
- Day Youm
- Week Esbou'a
- Month Shahr
- Year Sana
- Morning Sabah
- Noon Dhohor
- Afternoon Aser
- Evening Masa
- Night Lail
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Arabic Phrases 
