Now it is time to learn how to ask questions in Egyptian. Questions are formed simply by inserting the question word in the phrase being questioned. Here is a list of Egyptian question words:

howwa	makes a yes/no question
ezzaay	how
kaam	how much
meen	who
eyh	what
leyh	why
fayn	where
emtE	when
anhee	which

You have two options for the position of the question word:

• At the start of the phrase, for example:
  how much [is] the clock?
  kaam alsaa3at> ?
  what [is] your name?
  eyh esmak ?
  why do you learn Egyptian?
  leyh betet3allem maSree ?
• In the context of the phrase itslef, for example: the clock [is] how much?
  alsaa3at> kaam ?
  your name [is] what?
  esmak eyh ?
  you learn Egyptian why?
  betet3allem maSree leyh?

For answering questions and forming more expressive phrases, one needs some prepositions and articles. So it is a good chance to learn them now. Here is a list of useful prepositions and articles:

menn	from/than
le-	to/for
3an	about
3alE	on
fee	in
be-	with
enn	that
3alashaan	because
laken	but

A simple example of using prepositions is:
enta fayn? anaa fee alshaare3.
Using these prepositions and articles allows you to form complex phrases consisting of more than one verb. There is one common practice to be considered here nevertheless. In case a pronoun comes after a preposition or an article, the pronoun is replaced by its object pronoun. For example, if we want to translate the following phrase:
"I know that you learn Egyptian"
A valid, yet weak, translation would be:
ba'3raf [ enn enta ] betet3allem maSree The rule here is replacing the pronoun by its object pronoun, that is:
enn enta= ennak the better translation then is:
ba'3raf ennak betet3allem maSree

That is it with questions and prepositions, you are close to finish level 1!