ArabicPod Mobile Lesson: Lend me 5

Lower Intermediate - Lend me 5

With the financial crisis the world is facing at present we deemed it appropriate to bring you a lesson on asking for money in Arabic! We'll teach you the necessary words you'll need when asking someone to borrow some cash, but don't expect the other person to say yes straightaway!

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jookieapc says

Wed 29th Apr 09@02:38 pm

Hi Mohammed and Ehab

In this lesson you say

خمسة جنيه

would it technically be more correct to say

خمس جنيات؟

Thanks again for the lessons. I'm enjoying learning from you.

Ehab says

Thu 30th Apr 09@01:33 pm

Ahlan jookieapc,

This dialogue is colloquial as you probably noticed, in colloquial some grammars are not applied, and that’s why جنيه was in singular form and this is how people say it in the street. However, other currencies like دينار or درهم take the plural form, like خمسة دنانير or خمسة دراهم .

jookieapc says

Mon 4th May 09@03:10 pm

اهلا سهلا فيك ايهاب

سمعت <خمسة جنيهات من فضلك> من تجيل تعليمي <لينجافون> وأظن كما قلت نحن لن نسمع هذه عبارة في شوارع القاهرة ابدا

I was just curious. I know in Yemen people do not use the plural of riyal in the street either. Thanks for the clarification

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