Airport & Customs

1. جواز السفر لو سمحت

   Jawāz is-safar law samaḥt

   Your passport, please

   Usage

   What an officer says at passport control. When you hand yours over, you can add دا جوازي ("this is my passport")

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. جواز السفر has the same form as in Modern Standard Arabic

2. وين المطار؟

   Wēn il-maṭār?

   Where is the airport?

   Usage

   Handy with taxi drivers and passers-by. وين is "where"; Sudanese Arabic does not use Egyptian فين

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. المطار has the same form as in Modern Standard Arabic

3. أنا ماشي المطار

   Ana māshi l-maṭār

   I'm heading to the airport

   Usage

   Tells a driver where you are going. Careful: ماشي means "going", not "OK"

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels are estimated

4. شنطتي ما وصلت

   Shanṭati ma wiṣlat

   My bag hasn't arrived

   Usage

   For the baggage desk when your checked bag does not come out. Negation is ما before the verb

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. The vowels of شنطة are estimated

5. الطيارة متاخرة

   Iṭ-ṭayyāra mitakhkhira

   The plane is delayed

   Usage

   For passing on or checking a delay. طيارة is the everyday word for an aeroplane

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels are estimated

6. المشوار للمطار بي كم؟

   Il-mishwār lil-maṭār bi kam?

   How much is the ride to the airport?

   Usage

   Check the fare before you get in. مشوار means a single trip or ride. Always agree on the price first

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. The price question is also said بكم

7. عندي تذكرة

   ʿIndi tazkara

   I have a ticket

   Usage

   At check-in or the gate. "Have" is expressed with عندي (literally "at me")

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. تذكرة has the same form as in Modern Standard Arabic

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