Are you thinking about learning Arabic but don’t know where to begin? Well, here are few words and phrases that are good to know right from the start:
Say Hello and Wave Goodbye
English | Transliteration | Arabic |
Hello | /marHaban/ | مَرحَبًا |
Pleased to meet you | /tasharrafnaa/ | تَشَرَّفنا |
How are you? | /kayfa Haaluk/ | كَيفَ حالُك؟ |
Goodbye | /maʻa issalaamah/ | مَعَ السَّلامَة |
Conversation Starters
English | Transliteration | Arabic |
What’s your name? | /maa ismuk/ | ما اسمُك؟ |
My name is… | /ismee/ | اسمي |
Where are you from? | /min ʼayna ʼant/ | مِن أَينَ أَنت؟ |
Sorry, What Did You Say?
English | Transliteration | Arabic |
Sorry | /ʼaasif/ | آسِف |
I don’t understand. | /laa ʼafham/ | لا أَفهَم |
Please speak slowly. | /takallam bibuTʼin min fadhlik/ | تَكَلَّم بِبُطءٍ مِن فَضلِك |
Can you speak English? | /hal tatakallam illughata ilʼingleeziyyah/ | هَل تَتَكَلَّمُ اللُّغَةَ الإنجليزيَّةَ؟ |
Yes, No, Maybe?
English | Transliteration | Arabic |
Yes | /naʻam/ | نَعَم |
No | /laa/ | لا |
Maybe | /rubbamaa/ | رُبَّما |
Arabic’s Three Most Important Phrases
English | Transliteration | Arabic |
Please | /min fadhlik/ | مِن فَضلِك |
Thank you | /shukran/ | شُكرًا |
You’re welcome | /ʻafwan/ | عَفوًا |
Get Around
English | Transliteration | Arabic |
Right | /yameen/ | يَمين |
Left | /yasaar/ | يَسار |
Straight | /mubaasharah/ | مُباشَرَة |
Today, we showed you the basic words that everyone who is studying Arabic should probably know on your first day of learning it.
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