To request something, you can say in standard Arabic, أريد (ureedu) or in Egyptian Arabic say عاوز (a’wiz) which means “I want”.

For example, أريد شاي مع الحليب (ureedu shay ma’ al-haleeb) - “I want tea with milk”.

To make this a polite request, you should say please, which is من فضلك min fadlak to a male or “min fadlik” to a female. أريد شاي مع الحليب من فضلك (ureedu shay ma’ al-haleeb min fadlak) - “I want tea with milk, please”.

A more informal way of saying please is “law samaht”. Say لو سمحت (law samaht) to a male and لو سمحتي (law samahtee) to a female.

تفضل (tfaddal) - Here you go (to a male); تفضلي (tfaddali) - to female

To say thank you, say شكراً (shukran). “Thank you very much” is شكراً جزيلاً (shukran jezeelan) or in informal Egyptian dialect, say “al-fi shukr”.

عفواً (afwan) - You are welcome.