How to Learn Arabic Language

We are going to talk about a very basic and important phrase you need to know, which is "I want" in Arabic. We will also talk about other pronouns.

In Fus-ha (Standard Arabic):
I want = أنا أريد "Ana ored"
"Ana" means "I", "ored" means "want"

In Egyptian Arabic:
I want = أنا عايز "Ana Aayez", or Ana aawez أنا عاوز
I = أنا = "Ana"
Want = عايز = "Aayez"

Examples of how to say I want in Arabic:

In standard Arabic:

• I want a ticket, please
  أريد تذكرة من فضلك  "Ored Tathkarah men fadlek"
  
• I want to go to my room.
  أريد الذهاب إلى غرفتي  "Ored al thahab ila ghorfathy"
  
• I don't want to go.
  لا أريد الذهاب  "La ored al thahab"
• I want you to buy me a book.
  أريد منك أن تشتري لي كتابا
• I want to see the lions.
  أريد أن أرى الأسود

If you want to ask someone about what they want, say : ماذا تريد؟ "matha toreed?" = What do you want?. (th as in "the").

In Egyptian dialect:

• I want a ticket, please.
  عايز تذكرة لو سمحت "Ayez tazkara law samaht"
• I don't want meat.
  مش عايز لحمة "Msh ayez lahma"

One of the very popular slogans during the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia was: الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام which mean: people want to overthrow the regimen.

Remember to say "excuse me" لو سمحت or "please" من فضلك. :)

If you are in Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan or Syria, use the word "bedde" أنا بدي which means "want" in their dialect.

Other pronouns:
He wants = هو يريد
She wants = هي تريد
They want = هم يريدون
We want = نحن نريد
They wanted = هم أرادو
He wanted = هو أراد
She wanted = هي أرادت

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