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Are you hungry?

Said to a manReal recording

In Emirati Arabic, “Are you hungry?” is إنتَ جعان؟ (inta j'aan?).

إنتَ جعان؟

inta jaan?

Are you hungry? (to a man)

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When to use it

This is how you'd say it to a man. Emirati often changes the ending for a woman or a group, and Yani teaches the other forms as Emirati reviewers approve them.

It's in the phrasebook under At the doctor, with 251 more like it.

Say it yourself

  1. Listen twice at normal speed, then once slowly.
  2. Say it along with the speaker, matching the rhythm.
  3. Now say it on your own, out loud. Then use it today.