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Yes na’am

No la

Please min fadlak (m) / min fadliki (f)

Thank you shukran

Please (in offering) tafaddal (m) / tafaddali (f)

Praise be to God al-hamdu l-illah

God willing in shaa’a l-laah



Greetings

Greeting

(peace be upon you) as-salaamu alaykom

Greeting (in reply) wa alaykom is salaam

Good morning sabah il-khayr

Good morning (in reply) sabah in-nuwr

Good evening masa il-khayr

Good evening (in reply) masa in-nuwr

Hello marhaba

Hello (in reply) marhabtayn

How are you? kayf haalak (m) / kayf haalik (f)

Fine, thank you zayn, shukran (m) / zayna, shukran (f)

Welcome ahlan wa sahlan

Welcome (in reply) ahlan fiyk (m) / ahlan fiyki (f)

Goodbye ma is-salaama



Introduction

My name is ismiy …

What is your name? shuw ismak (m) / shuw ismik (f)

Where are you from? min wayn inta (m) / min wayn inti (f)

I am from … anaa min

America ameriki

Britain braitani

Europe oropi

India al hindi



Questions

How many / much? kam?

Where? wayn?

When? mata?

Which? ayy?

How? kayf?

What? shuw?

Why? laysh?

Who? miyn?

To/ for ila

In/ at fee

From min

And wa

Also kamaan

There isn’t maa fee



Is this the road to ... hadaa al tariyq ila

Stop kuf

Right yamiyn

Left yassar

Straight ahead siydaa

North shamaal

South januwb

East sharq

West garb

Turning mafraq

First awwal

Second thaaniy

Road tariyq

Street shaaria

Roundabout duwwaar

Signals ishaara

Close to qarib min

Petrol station mahattat betrol

Sea/ beach il bahar

Mountain/s jabal / jibaal

Desert al sahraa

Airport mataar

Hotel funduq

Restaurant mata’am

Slow Down schway schway



Accidents

Police al shurtaa

Permit/ licence rukhsaa

Accident haadith

Papers waraq

Insurance ta’miyn

Sorry aasif (m) / aasifa (f)



Numbers

Zero sifr

One waahad

Two ithnayn

Three thalatha

Four araba’a

Five khamsa

Six sitta

Seven saba’a

Eight thamaanya

Nine tiss’a

Ten ashara

Hundred miya

Thousand alf

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