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<div class="pg_page_title">Egyptian Arabic: How to Use Question Words</div>
 
In today's lesson, we will learn how to use five important question words in Egyptian Arabic.
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With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar|Egyptian-arabic Grammar]], [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]], [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Conditional-Mood|Conditional Mood]] & [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Adjective-Agreement|Adjective Agreement]].
==Question Words in Egyptian Arabic==
In Egyptian Arabic, there are five main question words that are used to ask questions:
 
* "ليه" (leyh) for "why"
* "ايه" (eyh) for "what"
* "ازّاي" (azzaay) for "how"
* "فين" (feen) for "where"
* "مين" (meen) for "who"
 
==Examples of Using Question Words in Egyptian Arabic==
Here are some examples of using question words in Egyptian Arabic:
 
* ليه أنت هنا؟ (Why are you here?)
* ايه أنت تدرس؟ (What are you studying?)
* ازّاي أنت تذهب إلى المدرسة؟ (How do you go to school?)
* فين المدرسة؟ (Where is the school?)
* مين أنت؟ (Who are you?)
 
==Tips for Using Question Words in Egyptian Arabic==
Here are some tips to help you use question words correctly in Egyptian Arabic:
 
* Question words always start the question in Egyptian Arabic.
* "ايه" can also be used as an exclamation to express surprise, such as "ايه هذا؟" (eyh hadha?) meaning "What is this?"
* In spoken Egyptian Arabic, the word "شو" (shu) can be added before the question word for emphasis. For example: شو ليه؟ (shu leyh?) meaning "Why?"
 
==Examples==
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Question'''
!'''Pronounciation (English)'''
!'''Writing'''
|-
|'''HOW MANY BOOKS ?'''
|'''''<big>Bkam ik-kútub dee ?</big>'''''
|'''<big>بكام الكتب دي ؟      </big>'''
|-
|'''HOW MUCH IS THE WATER ?'''
|'''''<big>il-mah ee ah bih kahm ?</big>'''''
|'''<big>المية بكام ؟      </big>''' 
|-
|'''HOW OLD ARE YOU ?'''
|'''''<big>aAn dahk kahm sah nah ?</big>'''''
|'''<big>عندك كم سنة ؟    </big>'''
|-
|'''HOW IT AR FROM HERE ?'''
|'''''<big>Hay  ah baAeed A'n Hina?</big>'''''
|'''<big>هي بعيدة عن هنا ؟  </big>'''
|-
|'''WHY  ?'''
|'''''<big>leh ?</big>'''''
|'''<big>ليه ؟           </big>'''
|-
|'''WHAT  ?'''
|'''''<big>eh ?</big>'''''
|'''<big>ايه ؟           </big>'''
|-
|'''HOW  ?'''
|'''''<big>iz zay ?</big>'''''
|'''<big>ازّاي ؟           </big>'''
|-
|'''WHERE ?'''
|'''FEYN ?'''
|'''فين ؟'''
|-
|'''WHO ?'''
|'''MAIN ?'''
|'''مين ؟'''
|}
 
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Nouns|Nouns]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Past-Tense|Past Tense]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Verbs-to-speak|Verbs to speak]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Conditional-Mood|Conditional Mood]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Plural|Plural]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/How-to-Use-Be|How to Use Be]]
* [[Language/Egyptian-arabic/Grammar/Comparatives-and-Superlatives|Comparatives and Superlatives]]
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