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Gulf Arabic
Pronunciation

Gulf Arabic
Vocabulary

...V.2.1 Greetings
...V.2.2 Short Descriptive Phrases

...V.3.1 At the Airport
...V.3.2 Asking for Directions
...V.3.3 Expressions of Location
...V.3.4 Professions
...V.3.5 Nationalities

...V.4.1 How Much Does it Cost?
...V.4.2 At the Market
...V.4.3 The Days of the Week
...V.4.4 The Months
...V.4.5 The Colours

Gulf Arabic
Grammar

...G.2.1. Definite Article
...G.2.2 Personal Pronouns
...G.2.3 Possessive Pronouns
...G.2.4. Possessives with maal-
...G.2.5 Commands and Requests
...G.2.6 Broken Plural
...G.2.7 Plural -aat
...G.2.8 Plural -iin
...G.2.9 Plural -iyya

...G.3.1 The Construct State - iDaafat
...G.3.2 The Dual Form
...G.3.3 Adjectives
...G.3.4 Personal Pronoun Suffixes
...G.3.5 Prepositions
...G.3.6 To Have, 3ind-
...G.3.7 Past Tense I

...G.4.1 More on Adjectives
...G.4.2 Comparison Forms
...G.4.3 Numbers: Cardinals and Ordinals
...G.4.4 Telling the Time
...G.4.5 Question Words
...G.4.6 This, That, These (Demonstrative Pronouns)
...G.4.7 Past Tense II

Gulf Arabic Vocabulary - Making Short Descriptive Phrases

fii… - There is, there are (fii also means ‘in, inside’, e.g. fi-l-bayt - in the house)
hast… - {same as above, but used primarily in Bahrain}
aaku - {same as above, but used primarily in Kuwait}

maa fii… - There isn't, there aren't
maa hast… - {same as above, but used primarily in Bahrain}
maaku… - {same as above, but used primarily in Kuwait}
maamish… - {same as above, but used primarily in Bahrain ad Qatar}

rayyaal - a man
rayyaayiil - men (plural)
waayid - a lot; very
waayidiin - a lot, many, plenty
il-7iin (also dha-l-7iin ) - now
as-suug - the marketplace, the market
al-aswaag - the marketplaces, the markets

3aamil - worker
3ummaal - workers

(ash) sharika - (the) company
(ash) sharikaat - (the) companies

muu chidhii? / mub chidhii? - right? isn't it? doesn't it?

na3am - yes
iina3am - yes

laa - no

tab3an - of course

fii rayyaayiil waayidiin fi-s-suug, muu chidhii? - There are many men at the suq, right?

iina3am, fii. - Oh, yeah, there are.

aaku aswaag waayidiin fi-l-kuwayt, muu chidhii? - There are many marketplaces in Kuwait, aren't there?

aaku, aaku, waayid. - There are, there are many.

hast 3ummaal fi-sh-sharika l-7iin? - Are thare (any) workers at the company now?

laa wallahi, maa mish. - No, there aren't (I swear).

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