English Phrases

Arabic Phrases

English Greetings Hi! Good morning! Good evening! Welcome! (to greet someone) How are you? I'm fine, thanks! And you? Good/ So-So. Thank you (very much)! You're welcome! (for "thank you") Hey! Friend! I missed you so much! What's new? Nothing much Good night! See you later! Good bye! Asking for Help and Directions I'm lost Can I help you?

Arabic Greetings: Salam! Sabah el kheer Masaa el kheer Marhaban Kaifa haloka/ haloki ( female) Ana bekhair, shokran! Wa ant? / Wa anti? (female) Jayed/ 'aadee / Shokran (jazeelan) ( ( Alafw Ahlan sadiqi/ sadiqati! (female) ! / Eshtaqto elaika/ elaiki (female) katheeran Maljadeed? Lashai jadeed Tosbeho/ tosbeheena (female) ala khair/ / Araka/ Araki (female) fi ma ba'd Maa salama

Ada'tu tareeqi! ! ! Hal beemkani mosaadatuk?

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Can you help me? Where is the (bathroom/ pharmacy)?

Arabic Phrases
Hal beemkanek mosaadati?

Ayna ajedu (al merhaad/ assaidaliah)? ) / (

Go straight! then turn left/ right!

imshy ala tool, thumma arrij yaminan/ shimalan ! / Abhatu an John Lahda men fadlek/ fadleki (female) ibqa/ ibqay (female) ala al khat raja'an ! / Kam howa thamanoh? (th as in bath)

I'm looking for john. One moment please! Hold on please! (phone) How much is this? Excuse me ...! (to ask for something) Excuse me! ( to pass by) Come with me!

Men fathlek/ fathleki (female) (th as in that)

Alma'derah Ta'ala/ ta'alay (female) ma'ee! !

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Do you speak (English/ Arabic)?

Hal tatakallamu alloghah alenjleziah/ alarabiah? / Qaleelan! ! Ma esmouk? Ma esmouki? Esmee .... Assayed/ Assayeda/ Al anesah ... ... / / ... Motasharefon/ motasharefatun (f) bema'refatek /

Just a little. What's your name? My name is ... Mr.../ Mrs./ Miss

Nice to meet you!

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You're very kind! Where are you from? I'm from (the U.S/ Morocco) I'm (American) Where do you live? Anta lateef/ Anti lateefa ! ! Men ayna anta/ anti (female)? Ana men (amreeka/ almaghrib) ) / ( Ana (amreeki/ amrekiah (female) / Ayna taskun?/ Ayna taskuneen? (female) A'eesho fel welayat almotaheda/ faransa / Hal istamta'ta bewaqtika/ bewaqtiki (f) huna? Al maghrib baladun jameel! ! Ma mehnatuk? Mehnatuki (female)

I live in (the U.S/ France)

Did you like it here? Morocco is a wonderful country What do you do for a living? I work as a (translator/ businessman) I like Arabic I've been learning Arabic for 1 month Oh! That's good! How old are you?

A'mal ka(motarjim/ rajul a'maal) /

Ohibbu allughah al arabia

adrusu allughah al arabia mundu shahr

Hada shay'un Jameel Kam howa umruk? umroki (female) Umri ( 'eshreen/ thalatheen) sanah (th as in bath) ) / ( Yajebu an athhaba al aan! (th as in that) Sa arjeo halan

I'm (twenty, thirty...) years old.

I have to go I will be right back! Wish Someone Something Good luck!

Bettawfeeq !

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Happy birthday! Happy new year! Merry Christmas! Happy Eid Happy Ramadan Congratulations! Enjoy! (for meals...) I'd like to visit Iraq one day Say hi to John for me Bless you (when sneezing) Good night and sweet dreams! Solving a Misunderstanding I'm Sorry! (if you don't hear something) Sorry (for a mistake) No Problem! Can You Say It Again? Can You Speak Slowly? Eid meelad sa'eed! Sana sa'eedah! A'yaad meelad Saeedah ! Eid mobarak! ! Ramadan mobarak! Mabrook! ! Shahia tayebah! Arghabu bezeyarat al iraq. Sallem ala John men ajlee )( Rahimaka Allah Laila sa'eda wa ahlaam ladida !

Afwan! !

Aasef! ! La moshkelah Aed men fadlek!/ Aeedi men fadleki (fem) Takalam bebot men fadlek/ fadleki (fem) Oktobha men fadlek/ Oktobiha men fadleki (fem) ! / ! La afham! ! La aref! ! La adri!

Write It Down Please!

I Don't Understand! I Don't Know! I Have No Idea.

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What's That Called In Arabic? What Does "gato" Mean In English? Ma esmoho bel arabiah? Mada ta'ni kalemat "qit" bel inglizia? " " Kaifa taqoulu kalimat "please" bel arabia? " " Ma hatha (th as in that) Lughati al arabic laisat kama yajib Ahtaaju an atadarraba 'ala al arabia! La taqlaq! La taqlaqi (fem) ! /

How Do You Say "Please" In Arabic? What Is This? My Arabic is bad. I need to practice my Arabic Don't worry! Arabic Expressions and Words Good/ Bad/ So-So. Big/ Small Today/ Now Tomorrow/ Yesterday Yes/ No Here you go! (when giving something) Do you like it? I really like it! I'm hungry/ thirsty. In The Morning/ Evening/ At Night. This/ That. Here/There Me/ You. Him/ Her.

Jayed/ saye'/ 'adee / / Kabeer/ Sagheer / Alyawm/ Al aan / Ghadan/ Albareha / / Naam/ Laa /

Khod! !

Hal ajabak? Hal ajabaki? (female) Ajabani haqqan! Ana jae/ ana atshaan / Sabahan/ masaan/ laylan / / Hatha/ thalek. Huna/ hunaak (th as in that) / . / Ana/ anta/ anti (you female). Houwa/ Hiya / . /

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Really! Look! Hurry up! What? Where? What time is it? Haqqan ! Onzor / Onzori (female) ! ! Asre'/ Asre'ee (female) ! ! Matha? Ayn? (th as in that) kam essa'a? Enaha al 'ashera. Ennaha assaabe'a wa nesf. . A'teni hatheh! (th as in that) ! Uhibbok/ uhibboki (female) ana mareed. . ahtaju tabeeban! ! wahed, ithnaan, thalatha (th as in think). , , arba'a, khamsa, sitta , , sab'a, thamania (th as in think), tis'a, 'ashara. , , ,

It's 10 o'clock. 07:30pm.

Give me this! I love you! I feel sick. I need a doctor One, Two, Three Four, Five, Six

Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten

You may have noticed the tick () in some places, it is the equivalent of a soundless a or a brief stop, which is the closest sound to a letter which only exist in Arabic. The th is sometimes pronounced as th of that and sometimes as th of think, I usually state how you should pronounce it. In Arabic there are two types of "h", the sharp h and the regular "h", the sharp one is hard to pronounce for many foreigner however a person can be understood even the sharp "h" is pronounced as a regular "h".