hi all
thinking of going to egypt in may for 5 - 7 days. will only do tourist stuff. the Nile and the pryimids are a must.
But i can only speak english will this be a problem?
2007-03-11 15:29:47 · 13 answers · asked by andybing1978 3 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
None what so ever! I can promise you that, you are going to be so surprised just how many Egyptians speak fluent English. Many speak 3 or 4 languages, if they are working in the tourist industry.
It is fun to learn a bit of Arabic, like please,thank you, etc.
You will easily pick up a few words of Arabic while you are here.
I have been working here 4mths a year and my Arabic is still so basic its a laugh!Especially with an Australian accent.
Relax and enjoy the experience of a lifetime.
2007-03-11 16:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by sistablu...Maat 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so. Many people involved with tourist groups and hotels all over the world speak english. You could get a mini language dictionary though to learn some important words and phrases though.
2007-03-11 15:41:22 · answer #2 · answered by Kittieashy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No problem at all. Most of the Egyptians speak English as their second language, so this means that most of them speak English, no worries at all. Enjoy your stay in Egypt.
2007-03-12 00:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by HanyJam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, u will have no problem at all :) Though u will be introduced to a weird form of English. Egyptians are very helpful and English is very widely spoken, of course not all speak good English but u will be understood.
2007-03-12 20:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by selasfaction! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little bit but you wlil get by there are a lot who speak broken english, here is a web site that I used it may be of help espesially the nile bit as its based in Luxor, its owned by an english man,.
2007-03-11 15:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by gremlins 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not at all, you don't have to speak arabic people in egypt speak many languages not only english they are used to tourists
2007-03-12 00:04:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u will be more than fine. You will meet a lot of people who speak good English, but if not, u can still find a way to let them know what ur asking. have fun
2007-03-11 23:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ruby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you are only english speaking it is no problem in Cairo, some speak good English others will understand if you speak slowly to them, and if not they will always stop some one who can.incase they lose business.
you will get some good free advice from the myegypt.co.uk web site. and we do the cruises.
2007-03-11 16:57:09 · answer #8 · answered by welshman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No problem as you will find out they tend to speak too much English.
2007-03-11 21:27:42 · answer #9 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not really english is a second language in Egypt. so many egyptians can at least understand some basic english.
i mean i hope so...
2007-03-12 03:10:50 · answer #10 · answered by /\ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋