Arabic Greetings and Sayings (Alif Baa)

(am/are/is) not

لَيْسَ

this (masc.)

هٰذا

this (female)

هٰذَهِ

must, need to, have to (fixed form with following verb)

لازِم

and

وَ

my (male) dear, darling

حَبيبي

(that) means, that is

يَعني

young people “guys” (including mixed gender)

شَباب

you (female) see

تُشاهِدين

he sees

يُشاهِد

she sees

تُشاهِد

you (masculine) see

تُشاهِد

nothing

لاشَيء

what’s wrong (with you)?

مابِكَ / مابِكِ؟

my (feamle) dear, darling

حَنتنَتي

it is possible, can (fixed form with following verb)

مُمكِن

I see (watch)

أُشاهِد

or

أَو

in

في

my (possessive suffix)

ي-

my name

اِسمي

you (polite form, to a male)

حَضرتَُكَ

you (polite form, to a female)

حَضرتَُكِ

Nice to meet you!

تَشَرفّنا

you (masculine)

أَنتَ

you (feminine)

أَنتِ

(reply to) assalaamu ‘alaykum

وعليكم السلام

Let’s go!

هَيّابِنا

I go

أَذهَب

you (feminine) go

تَذهَبين

you (masculine) go

تَذهَب

he goes

يَذهَب

she goes

تَذهَب

I drink

أَشرَب

you (masculine) drink

تَشرَب

he drinks

يَشرَب

she drinks

تَشرَب

you (feminine) drink

تَشرَبين

you (feminine) love

تُحِبّين

you (masculine) love

تُحِبّ

I love

أُحِبّ

question

سُؤال

I don’t have

لَيسَ عِنل ي

I have

عِنل ي

(response to) Good evening!

مَساءالنّور

Good evening!

مَساءالخَير

she/it (feminine)

هِيَ

the university of…

جامِعة

he wants

يُريد

you want (feminine)

تُريد يز

you want (masculine)

تُريد

I want (masculine/feminine)

أُريد

that’s all, only

فَقَط

there isn’t

لَيسَ هُناك

there is

هُناك

please

مِن فَضلِك

you’re welcome

عَفواً

thank you

شُكراً

far from (masculine/feminine)

بَعيد / ةعَن

from

مِن

the city of…

مد ينة

close to, near (masculine/feminine)

قَريب /ة مِن

she wants

تُريد

may I be excused (what to say when you have to leave) (masculine)

عن إذنكَ

may I be excused (what to say when you have to leave) (feminine)

عن إذنكِ

his

ـهُ-

his name

اسمُـهُ

my (male) friend; my boyfriend

صاحِبي

my (female) friend; my girlfriend

صاحِبَتي

her/hers

ه + ا -

his name

اسمُها

he/it (masculine)

هُوَ

Hello!

أَهلاًوسَهلاً

I

أَنا

my name

اِسمي

(response to) How are you?

الْحَمدُ لِلّه

How are you? (maculine/feminine)

كَيْفَ الحال؟

your (suffix feminine)

كِ -

your name (feminine)

اِسمُكِ

How?

كَيْفَ؟

signal that you are addressing someone directly

…يا

good morning!

مَباح الْخَيْر

(response to) good morning

صَباح النّور

(reply to) ahlan wa sahlan (to female)

أهلاً بكِ

(reply to) ahlan wa sahlan (to male)

أهلاً بكَ

what?

ما؟

where?

أَيْنَ؟

Hello or Hi! (used more in Egypt)

أَهلاً

Greetings! (Islamic greeting)

السلامُ عَلَيكُم

good-bye

مَعَ السَّلامة

please come in, go ahead (plural)

تَفَصَّلوا

please come in, go ahead (to a male)

تَفَضَّل

Hello! (used in the Levant)

مَر حَباً

please come in, go ahead (to a female)

تَفَضَّلي

name

اِسم

from where?

مِن أَيْنَ

your (suffix masculine)

كَ -

your name (masculine)

اِسمُكَ

yes

نَعَم

no

لا