Greetings

Hello or Welcome/Mrhaba, ahlan

(reply)/hlayn
Greetings/As-salm alykum (peace be with you)
(reply)/Walykum as-salm (and to you peace)
Good morning/Sabh al-khyr
(reply)/Sabh an-nr (a morning of light)
Good evening/Mis al-khyr
(reply)/Mis an nr
Goodnight/Tisbh al-khyr (wake up well)
(reply)/Wa nta min hlu (and you are from His people)
Goodbye/Ma Salma
How are you?/Kyf hlak? (to a man)/Kyf hlik? (to a woman)
Fine, thank you/Zayn, al-hmdu, li-la
Please/Min fdlak (to a man)/Min fdlik (to a woman)
Thank you/Shkran
Thanks be to God/Al-hmdu li-ll
God willing (hopefully)/Insh all
Yes/Nam or iwa
No/La

Useful phrases
What is your name?/Sh ismak? (to a man)/Sh ismik? (to a woman)
My name is/Ismi
Where are you from?/Min wyn inta? (for a man)/Min wyn inti? (for a
woman)
I am from: England/na min Ingltra

the United States/na min Amrika

Australia/na min Ustrlia
I have 1/2/3 children/Andi walad/waladun/thalatha awlaad
How do you say . . . in Arabic?/Chayf tegool . . . bilarabi?
May I take your photo?/Mumkin sura, min fdlak? (to a female: Mumkin
sura, min fdlik?)
Do you speak English?/Bthki inglzi?/Teh ki ingleezi?
I speak English/Bhki inglzi
I do not speak Arabic/Ma bhki rabi
I do not understand/Ma bfham
Repeat, once more/Kamn mrra
Do you have?/ndkum?
Is there any?/F?
There isnt any/Ma f
Never mind/Maalsh
It is forbidden/Mamna
What is this?/Sh hdha?
I want/Urd
I like/ana bhib
I dont like/Ana ma bhib
I do not want/Maurd
Hurry up/Yalla/bi sraa
Slow down/Shwyya
Go away!/Imshi!
What time is it?/Adysh as-sa?/kam as-sa?
How long, how many hours?/Kam sa?
Youre welcome/Afwan
OK/Tayib/Nzain/Kwayyis

Not OK/Mish kwayyis

Come in/After you/Tafdal
Excuse me/Afwan/lau samaht
Sorry/Afwan/Mutaassif
Can I?/It is possible?/Mumkin?
I dont know/Mabaraf
No problem/Ma fi mushkila
Perhaps/Mumkin
Not possible/Mish mumkin
What time is it?/Kam as saa?
How much?/Bikaim?
How many?/Cham?
What?/Shu?
What is this?/Shu hadha?
Im ill/Ana mareed

Vocabulary
General
embassy/safra
post office/mktab al-bard
stamps/tawbia
bank/bank
hotel/otl/fnduq
room/ghurfah
museum/mthaf
hospital/mustashfa
doctor/doktor

chemist/saydaliyeh
police/shurta/boulees
ticket/tdhkara
passport/jiwz as-sfar
good/kuwys
not good, bad/mish kuways
open/mafth
closed/muskkar/mghlik
old/kadeem
new/jadeed
big/kabeer
small/saghir
beautiful/zayn
hot/haar
cold/bareed
open/maftuh
shut/mughlag

Eating out/drinking
restaurant/mtaam
breakfast/futour
lunch/ghadaa
dinner/ashaa
food/kl
fish/simich
meat/lhm
chicken/dijaj
mutton/ghanam

milk/halb
cheese/jabne
butter/zibdeh
eggs/bayd
bread/khbz
salad/salta
honey/asl
yoghurt/laban
jam/murabbeh
dates/balah
olives/zatoon
delicious/ladhidh
coffee/khwa
tea/shay
beer/beera
cup/finjn
with sugar/bi skkar
without sugar/bidn skkar
mineral water/mi maadaniya
glass/gelaas
bottle/zajaja/botel
I dont eat meat/Ana ma bakul laham
I am a vegetarian/na nabbti (for a man)/nabbtiya (for a woman)
Enough, thanks/Bas, shukran
the bill/al-hisb

Getting around
Where?/Wyn?

How far is it to?/Kam kiloometre ila?

downtown/wst al blad
street/shria
car/sayra
taxi/txi
shared taxi/servs
bus/bas
aeroplane/tayra
airport/matr
petrol, super/benzn
diesel/maazout
to/la
from/min
in/fi
right/yamn
left/yassar
straight/gida
here/hina
there/hunak
near/gareeb
far/baeed
town/madina
city/madinat
north/shimaal
south/janub
east/sharq
west/gharb

Days and numbers

today/al yoom
tomorrow/bokhra
yesterday/ams
early/mbachir/badri
late/mitakhir
day/yoom
might/layl
Monday/yoom al ithnayn
Tuesday/yoom ath thalatha
Wednesday/yoom al arabaa
Thursday/yoom al khamees
Friday/yoom al juma
Saturday/yoom as sabt
Sunday/yoom al had
zero/sifir
one/whid
two/ithnayn
three/talta
four/rbaa
five/khmsa
six/stta
seven/sbaa
eight/tamnia
nine/tsaa
ten/shara
eleven/hidshar
twelve/itnshar
twenty/ishreen

twenty-one/whid wa ishreen
twenty-two/ithnayn wa ishreen
thirty/thalatheen
forty/arbaeen
fifty/khamseen
sixty/sitteen
seventy/sabaeen
eighty/thimaneen
ninety/tiseen
one hundred/maya
one hundred and fifty/may wa khamseen
two hundred/mayatayn
three hundred/thaltamaya
four hundred/rabamaya
five hundred/khamsamaya
six hundred/sittamaya
seven hundred/sabamaya
eight hundred/tamnamaya
nine hundred/tissamaya
one thousand/alf

Shopping
market/souk
shop/dukkn
money/fuls
no money/mish fuls
cheap/rakhs
expensive (very)/ghli (jdan)

too expensive/ktir ghli

receipt, invoice/fatra, wsl
How much does it cost?/Adysh?/Bikaim?
I like this/Buhbb hdha
I do not like this/Ma buhbb hdha