Hotel

1. عندي حجز باسم ...

   ʿAndi ḥagz bi-ism ...

   I have a reservation under the name ...

   Usage

   The first thing to say at the front desk. Put your name where the dots are. The sentence is the same for men and women.

   Grammar Note

   Possession is expressed with عند plus a pronoun suffix, with no verb: عندي = "at me". باسم is ب "with/under" + اسم "name".

2. عايز اوضة لواحد لو سمحت

   ʿĀyiz ōḍa li-wāḥid law samaḥt

   I would like a single room, please

   Usage

   A woman says عايزة (ʿāyiza). لواحد means "for one person".

   Grammar Note

   عايز is the participle for "want"; masculine singular. Feminine is عايزة, plural عايزين.

3. الاوضة بكام في الليلة؟

   Il-ōḍa bi-kām fi l-lēla?

   What is the price per night?

   Usage

   بكام is the everyday way to ask a price. في الليلة means "per night".

   Grammar Note

   ب "for" + كام "how many" gives "for how much". The usual order is thing + بكام.

4. السعر فيه الفطار؟

   Is-siʿr fī l-faṭār?

   Is breakfast included?

   Usage

   Literally "in the price, is there breakfast?". A sentence composed from dictionary-verified words.

   Grammar Note

   A yes/no question keeps statement word order and just rises in tone; there is no هل. فيه means "there is".

5. فيه واي فاي؟

   Fī wāy fāy?

   Is there Wi-Fi?

   Usage

   واي فاي is borrowed from English and written as pronounced.

   Grammar Note

   فيه marks existence (the negative is مفيش).

6. الاوضة مش نضيفة

   Il-ōḍa mish nadīfa

   The room is not clean

   Usage

   A short complaint for the front desk. مش negates nouns and adjectives.

   Grammar Note

   The adjective agrees with the noun; اوضة is feminine, so نضيفة.

7. ممكن اقعد يوم كمان؟

   Mumkin aʾʿud yōm kamān?

   Can I extend my stay by one day?

   Usage

   ممكن + verb means "may I...?". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

   Grammar Note

   The verb after ممكن is in the bare subjunctive form (اقعد).

8. الاسانسير فين؟

   Il-asansēr fēn?

   Where is the elevator?

   Usage

   فين "where" is natural at the end of the sentence.

   Grammar Note

   Both "thing + فين" and "فين + thing" work.

9. عايز اوضة هادية لو سمحت

   ʿĀyiz ōḍa hādya law samaḥt

   I would like a quiet room, please

   Usage

   A woman says عايزة.

   Grammar Note

   The adjective follows the noun and agrees in gender.

10. فوطة

    Fūṭa

    Towel

    Usage

    Add زيادة for "an extra towel".

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun; the plural is فوط.

11. مخدة

    Mikhadda

    Pillow

    Usage

    At a hotel you can say عايز مخدة زيادة, "I want an extra pillow".

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun.

12. بطانية

    Baṭṭāniyya

    Blanket

    Usage

    Handy in desert areas, where nights are cold.

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun.

13. صابون

    Ṣabūn

    Soap

    Usage

    One bar is صابونة.

    Grammar Note

    Collective noun.

14. شامبو

    Shambu

    Shampoo

    Usage

    A loanword from English.

    Grammar Note

    Loanwords keep one fixed form.

15. فرشة سنان

    Furshit sinān

    Toothbrush

    Usage

    فرشة is "brush" and سنان is "teeth".

    Grammar Note

    A two-word possessive chain (idafa); the feminine ending -ة becomes -it when linked.

16. شماعة

    Shammāʿa

    Clothes hanger

    Usage

    The plural is شماعات.

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun.

17. تنضيف الاوضة

    Tanḍīf il-ōḍa

    Room cleaning

    Usage

    Say عايز تنضيف الاوضة for "I want the room cleaned".

    Grammar Note

    A possessive chain; the definite article on the second word makes the whole phrase definite.

18. اوضة هادية

    Ōḍa hādya

    Quiet room

    Usage

    A short phrase for stating a preference when booking.

    Grammar Note

    Noun + adjective order.

19. الاوضة فيها دوشة

    Il-ōḍa fīha dōsha

    The room is noisy

    Usage

    دوشة means noise or racket. Literally "the room has noise in it".

    Grammar Note

    فيها is في "in" + ها "it (f.)".

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