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تگدرو تساعدونا؟

tigdaroo itsaadoona?Can someone assist us?

635 phrases in Arabic and Easy Latin, each one from a native Emirati recording.

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Yes, no & everyday basics
I want food

I want food

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In Emirati Arabic, “I want food” is أبي أكل (abee akil).

أبي أكل

abee akil

I want food.

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It's in the phrasebook under Yes, no & everyday basics, with 90 more like it.

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Related phrases

All 91 phrases in Yes, no & everyday basics

I want water.
abee maay
أبي ماي
Where can we purchase bread and grains?
min wayn nigdar nishtiree ubuz wu uboob?
من وين نگدر نشتري خبز وحبوب؟
Where can we purchase vegetables and fruit?
min wayn nigdar nishtiree uar wu fawaakih?
من وين نگدر نشتري خضر وفواكة؟
Where can we purchase meat?
min wayn nigdar nishtiree laim?
من وين نگدر نشتري لحم؟
Relax.
istaree
إسترخي
Is this it?
haadhee hiya?
هاذي هي؟

Source: DLIFLC Emirati Naval Language Survival Kit (2007). Credits and licences