Money & Exchange

1. كاش

   kāsh

   Cash

   Usage

   A one-word answer when asked how you will pay, or to say you pay in cash.

   Grammar Note

   A loan from English "cash" used as is in daily speech.

2. نخلص كاش

   nkhallaṣ kāsh

   I'll pay in cash

   Usage

   In shops and taxis, to say how you will pay.

   Grammar Note

   The first-person present of "khallaṣ" (to pay). A sentence assembled from attested words.

3. نحب نصرف فلوس

   nḥebb neṣref flūs

   I want to change money

   Usage

   At an exchange office, bank or hotel desk.

   Grammar Note

   "nḥebb" plus a verb. "ṣaraf" can mean to change money or to spend it. A sentence assembled from attested words.

4. قداش سعر الصرف اليوم؟

   qaddāsh siʿr ṣ-ṣarf l-yūm?

   What is today's exchange rate?

   Usage

   To check the rate before changing money.

   Grammar Note

   "siʿr ṣ-ṣarf" is the set phrase for the exchange rate. A sentence assembled from attested words.

5. كل واحد يخلص حسابو

   kol wāḥed yekhallaṣ ḥsābu

   Each person pays their own

   Usage

   After a meal, when you want to split the bill.

   Grammar Note

   The suffix -u is "his"; it is commonly used here for any person. A sentence assembled from attested words.

6. حساب واحد من فضلك

   ḥsāb wāḥed min faḍlek

   One bill, please

   Usage

   When you want the whole table on one bill.

   Grammar Note

   A variation of "l-ḥsāb min faḍlek" (the bill, please). A sentence assembled from attested words.

7. بقشيش

   baqshīsh

   Tip

   Usage

   The tip you leave in restaurants or taxis.

   Grammar Note

   A loanword that is widely understood across the Arabic-speaking world.

8. ضريبة

   ḍarība

   Tax

   Usage

   To refer to the tax on a bill or in an explanation.

   Grammar Note

   The same word as in the standard language, used as is.

9. مليم

   millīm

   Millime

   Usage

   The small unit of money: one dinar is 1,000 millimes.

   Grammar Note

   Prices are said as dinars plus millimes.

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