Convenience Store

1. عافاك، بغيت ساك

   ʿāfāk, bghīt sāk

   Please, I would like a bag

   Usage

   Asks for a bag after shopping.

   Grammar Note

   "sāk" comes from French sac. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

2. واش عندك الما بارد؟

   wāsh ʿndek l-mā bārd?

   Do you have cold water?

   Usage

   Asks for cold water at a small shop.

   Grammar Note

   "l-mā" is water; bare "mā" is also the negative word. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

3. واش عندك الصرف؟

   wāsh ʿndek ṣ-ṣarf?

   Do you have change?

   Usage

   Asked at a shop when you only have a large note.

   Grammar Note

   "ṣ-ṣarf" means small change or exchange. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

4. غير نص كيلو، عافاك

   ghīr nṣṣ kīlo, ʿāfāk

   Just half a kilo, please

   Usage

   Used when ordering fruit or vegetables by weight.

   Grammar Note

   "nṣṣ" means half. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

5. شي حاجة أخرى؟

   shī ḥāja okhra?

   Anything else?

   Usage

   What the shopkeeper asks before you pay.

   Grammar Note

   A sentence attested as such in the dictionary.

6. ماعنديش الصرف

   mā ʿndīsh ṣ-ṣarf

   I have no change

   Usage

   Says you have no change.

   Grammar Note

   "mā…sh" negates; "ʿndi" means "I have". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

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