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Fi Mahatit el-banzien
Ashraf Sadek Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 12 - 07 - 2010


At the petrol station
Ziboon: Massa el-kheir. Fih banzein tamaneen-octane min gheir rossas laou samaht?
Male customer: Good evening. Have you got 80-octane unleaded petrol, please?
Aamel el-mahata: Laa. Ana assif. Lakin fih baanzein tisseen-octane, wi fih baanzein etnein wi tisseen-octane. Tehib amlalik el-arabiya kam litre?
Station worker: No, I'm sorry. But we have 90-octane unleaded petrol and 92-octane unleaded petrol. How many litres do you want to fill your car?
Ziboon: Ana aweiz khamastasher litre min banzein 90, laou samaht.
Customer: I want 15 litres of 90-octane unleaded petrol, please.
Aamel el-mahata: Haadir.
Station worker: All right.
Ziboon: Momkin tegib li mekaniki aashan yekshif alla el-arabiya leinha mish bitshtaghal kuwaies.
Customer: Can you bring me a mechanic to inspect the car because it's not operating properly?
Mekaniki: Eih el-mushkila?
Mechanic: What's the problem?
Ziboon: El-arabiya baatieya, wi mish bitsehaab lama adoos banzein.
Customer: The car is slow, it doesn't go fast when I step on the accelerator.
Mekaniki: Ifttah el-kaboot laou samaht.
Mechanic: Open the bonnet, please.
Mekaniki: Di mushkila baseeta. Filter el-hawa massdoud, wei awez yetnadif.
Mechanic: It's a small problem. The air-filter is blocked. It needs to be cleaned.
Ziboon: Momken yetnadif hina, walla fil-warsha?
Customer: Is it possible to have it cleaned here, or in the workshop?
Mekaniki: Laa, lazim fil-warsha aashan henak fih shafaat hawaa.
Mechanic: No, it must be cleaned in the workshop, because there's a vacuum cleaner there.
Ziboon: Mashi. (OK).

Useful words:
Mahatit (station) qatr or autobees (train or bus), banzein (petrol), zeit (oil), shahm (grease), faramil (breaks), dawaasit banzein (accelerator), deibriag (clutch), vetais (gear stick), korsi (chair), kanaba (sofa), shantat el-arabiya (car trunk), agal (tyre), and ghasil (car wash)

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