Algeria Connect · First Words: Algerian Arabic · Lesson 6 of 10

Food and the market

Bread, coffee, tea — and your first real transaction.

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The words

At the bakery

Try each line yourself first — the effort of recalling is exactly what makes it stick. Tap a line only when you’re stuck, and its translation appears.

sba7 el-khir! kayen khobz?

Good morning! Is there bread?

kayen. geddash t7ebb?

There is. How many do you want?

a3tini zouj, men fadlek. b-geddash?

Give me two, please. How much?

3eshrin.

Twenty.

sa77it!

Thanks!

b-sa77tek.

To your health.

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