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Useful Arabic survival phrases!
Steps
- Learn Greetings and appropriate responses.
- Hello - Salam or Marhaba
- Goodbye - Ma'asalameh
- Thank you -Shokran or Yeslamo
- Excuse Me - Law samahtee
- What's your name? (woman) - Ma esmouki or shoo ismik
- What's your name? (man)- Ma esmouk or shoo ismak
- My name is - Ismee
- How are you? (man)- Kaifa haloka or Keefak
- How are you? (woman) - Kaifa haloki or Keefik
- Fine, thanks. And you? (woman)- Ana bekhair, shokran. Wa anti?
- Fine, thanks. And you? (man) - Ana bekhair, Shokran. Wa anta? (man)
- Where's the bathroom? - ayn alhammam
- Yes - Na'am
- No - LaA
- Please (man) - Law samaht
- Please (woman)- Law samahti
- Where are you? (male) - Waynak? or ayna anta?
- Where are you? (female) - Waynik? or ayna anti
- Come - Taal (male)
- Come - Taali (female)
- Go - Rooh or ithab (male)
- Go - Roohi or ithabi (female)
- Can I come? - Feenee Ajee?
- Wait - intathir (male)
- Wait - intathiri (female)
- Me - Ana
- You - anta (male)
- You - anti (female)
- Him - howa pronunciation (who-wa)
- Her - hiya pronunciation (he-ya)
- Us - Nahnu
- Them - hom
- Who? - Men?
- Learn the basic numbers.
- 1 - wahad واحد
- 2 - ithnan إثنان
- 3 - thalatha ثلاثة
- 4 - arba'a أربعة
- 5 - khamseh خمسة
- 6 - sitteh ستة
- 7 - sab'a سبعة
- 8 - thamania ثمانية
- 9 - tis'a تسعة
- 10 -'ashra عشرة
Advertisement - Write some phrases. This is how you write some phrases in Arabic (right to left).
- نعم / لا No/Yes
- ما إسمك؟ what's your name
- إسمي... My name is....
- المعذرة Excuse me
- مع السلامة Goodbye
- شكر ا Thank you
- كيف حالك؟ How are you?
- أنا بخير شكرا و أنت؟ Fine, thanks.And you?
- أين أجد (المرحاض)؟ Where’s the bathroom?
- السلام عليكم - الى اللقاء Hello and Goodbye
Community Q&A
- QuestionWhat is the plural version of "male" in Arabic?Community AnswerMale = Thakar (the way you would pronounce the "Th" in "The")Males = Thokour (the way you would pronounce the "Th" in "The")
- QuestionI'm a man. When I want to say "you" to woman, I use "anti," right?Community AnswerYes, but when you say "I love you" or use any verb you don't use "anti" , you say the verb + ki.
- QuestionIf there is a capital letter in a word and it is not at the beginning of the sentence, what does that mean?Community AnswerIt means that this word is a proper noun, usually indicating the name of a specific person, place, or organization.
Tips
- The (') symbols mean there's a short pause.Thanks
- These are hard to pronounce correctly.Thanks
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