Gulf Arabic Grammar
...G.2.1. Definite Article ...G.2.2 Personal Pronouns ...G.2.3 Possessive Pronouns ...G.2.4. Possessives with maal- ...G.2.5 Commands and Requests ...G.2.6 Broken Plural ...G.2.7 Plural -aat ...G.2.8 Plural -iin ...G.2.9 Plural -iyya ...G.3.1 The Construct State - iDaafat ...G.3.2 The Dual Form ...G.3.3 Adjectives ...G.3.4 Personal Pronoun Suffixes ...G.3.5 Prepositions ...G.3.6 To Have, 3ind- ...G.3.7 Past Tense I ...G.4.1 More on Adjectives ...G.4.2 Comparison Forms ...G.4.3 Numbers: Cardinals and Ordinals ...G.4.4 Telling the Time ...G.4.5 Question Words ...G.4.6 This, That, These (Demonstrative Pronouns) ...G.4.7 Past Tense II

Gulf Arabic Vocabulary - Making Short Descriptive Phrases

fii… - There is, there are (fii also means ‘in, inside’, e.g. fi-l-bayt - in the house)
hast… - {same as above, but used primarily in Bahrain}
aaku - {same as above, but used primarily in Kuwait}

maa fii… - There isn't, there aren't
maa hast… - {same as above, but used primarily in Bahrain}
maaku… - {same as above, but used primarily in Kuwait}
maamish… - {same as above, but used primarily in Bahrain ad Qatar}

rayyaal - a man
rayyaayiil - men (plural)
waayid - a lot; very
waayidiin - a lot, many, plenty
il-7iin (also dha-l-7iin) - now
as-suug - the marketplace, the market
al-aswaag - the marketplaces, the markets

3aamil - worker
3ummaal - workers

(ash) sharika - (the) company
(ash) sharikaat - (the) companies

muu chidhii? / mub chidhii? - right? isn't it? doesn't it?

na3am - yes
iina3am - yes

laa - no

tab3an - of course

fii rayyaayiil waayidiin fi-s-suug, muu chidhii? - There are many men at the suq, right?

iina3am, fii. - Oh, yeah, there are.

aaku aswaag waayidiin fi-l-kuwayt, muu chidhii? - There are many marketplaces in Kuwait, aren't there?

aaku, aaku, waayid. - There are, there are many.

hast 3ummaal fi-sh-sharika l-7iin? - Are thare (any) workers at the company now?

laa wallahi, maa mish. - No, there aren't (I swear).

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