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People who live in Alexandria are among the most helpful people in the world,The official language of Alexandria is Standard Arabic and is used in most written media. Egyptian Arabic ( The language spoken in Alexandria ) is the national and spoken language. Arabic came to Egypt in the seventh century and Egyptian Arabic has since become the modern speech of the country. Of the many varieties of Arabic, it is the most widely spoken second dialect, probably due to the influence of Egyptian cinema throughout the Arabic speaking world. English and French are also widely spoken and used in business and educated circles, Some young people in Alexandria speak Deutsch but not very much . If you want to contact people in Alexandria in their mother language ( Arabic ) :
| Word in English | The opposite word in Arabic |
|---|---|
| Hello (Hi) | El salam alekom |
| Response | We alikom el salam |
| Good morning | Sabah el kher |
| Good evening/night | Masaa el kher |
| Thanks | Shokran |
| Nothing | El afo |
| Please | Law samaht |
| Pardon ( I'm sorry ) | Ana asef (asfa for feminine) |
| Excuse me | Law samaht |
| How are you ? | Izayak ( Izayik for feminine ) |
| Where is ... ? | Feen ... ? |
| How much is ... ? | Bekam ... ? |
| When ... ? | Emta ... ? |
| Yes | Aiwa |
| No | Laa |
| Ambulance | essa'af |
| Help | Elhao'ony |
There are some words that are the same in Arabic and English like Police , Taxi , Bus .... etc for the list of this words you can go to this site wikipedia:List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin .
This site will help you with the most common phrases since you get to the airport http://lexicon.egypt.travel/ See also wikitravel:Egyptian Arabic phrasebook, Arabic on Wikibooks and w:en:Arabic language.