Native? Hardly.

I got a chance to test my Arabic today. At the juice stand, as I stood drinking my strawberry & juice cocktail (only 40 cents!), the juice guys started asking me questions -- about how long I was living in Egypt, about where I had been, about America. To some of their inquiries I was ready with an answer, but much of the time was spent staring blankly, even after they repeated their questions...