🚕 Scene: taking a taxi
Unit 1 · Letters, greetings, numbers & getting around (MSA) · 10 min
Say where you are going, guide with يمين / يسار / على طول, then قف هنا من فضلك when you arrive.
Words in this lesson
- أَيْنَ؟ (ayna?) — where?
- يَمِين (yamīn) — right
- يَسَار (yasār) — left
- عَلَى طُولٍ (ʿalā ṭūl) — straight ahead
- هُنَا (hunā) — here
- قِفْ هُنَا مِنْ فَضْلِكَ (qif hunā min faḍlik) — stop here, please
Egyptian drivers often say شمال for "left".
Project: On your next ride, guide the driver with at least 3 Arabic direction words.
