Today’s post is all about French and Arabic, in honor of my current location. I’ve found that when I try to speak French, my brain automatically remembers Arabic words first. When I first started learning Arabic, everything came out in French. What’s a girl to do?
Here are travel phrases you might find yourself in need of, if you happen to be in a country like Morocco where they speak French and Arabic.
Where is the bathroom?
Ou est la toilette?
أين الحمام (ayna al-hamam?)
I don’t understand.
Je ne comprends pas.
لا أفهم (la afham.)
I’m hungry.
J’ai faim.
أنا جوعان/ة (ana jau’an/a) (if you are female, you say jau’ana)
How much?
Combien de?
كم؟ (kam?)
I would like…
Je voudrais…
سأريد (saureed)
