Here are some survival phrases to express yourself in Arabic!
Steps
Step 1. Learn to formulate greetings and appropriate responses
- Hello - Salam or Marhaba
- Goodbye - Ma'asalameh
- Thank you -Shokran or Yeslamo
- Sorry - Alma'derah
- What's your name? (addressed to women) - Ma esmouki or shusmik
- What's your name? (addressed to men) - Ma esmouk or shusmak
- My name is - Ismee
- How are you? (addressed to men) - Kaifa haloka or Kifak
- How are you? (aimed at women) - Kaifa halok or Kifik
- Fine thanks. And you? (addressed to women) - Ana bekhaIr, shokran. Wa anti?
- Fine thanks. And you? (addressed to men) - Ana bekhaIr, shokran. Wa ant?
- Where is the toilet? - Wain ilhammam
- Yes - Na'am or Aywa
- No - LaA
- Please / Please (for men) - Law samaht
- Please / Please (for women) - Law samahti
- Where are you (to the men) - Waynak?
- Where are you? (to women) - Waynik?
- Come (to men) - Ta'a
- Come (to women) - Tae
- Go (to the men) - Ruh
- Go (to women) - Ruhi
- Can I come? - Fini Aji?
- Wait (addressed to the men) - rou '
- Wait (for women) - rou'e
- I - Ana
- Tu (male) - Inta (male)
- You (female) - Inti
- He - huweh
- She - Hiyyeh
- We - Nahna
- They - Henneh
- Who? - Min?
Step 2. Learn the basic Arabic numerals
- 1 - wahad واحد
- 2 - tnen إثنان
- 3 - tlete ثلاثة
- 4 - arba'a أربعة
- 5 - khamseh خمسة
- 6 - sitteh ستة
- 7 - Sat سبعة
- 8 - tmene ثمانية
- 9 - tis'a تسعة
- 10 -'ashra عشرة
Step 3. Write a few sentences
Here is how the sentences seen above are written in Arabic (from right to left).
- نعم / لا No / Yes
- ما إسمك؟ What's your name?
- إسمي… My name is….
- المعذرة Sorry
- 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 is the toilet?
- السلام عليكم - الى اللقاء Hello / Hello - Goodbye
Advice
- This symbol (') indicates that a short pause in pronunciation must be respected.
- It is not easy to pronounce these sentences correctly.
