Conversational Arabic Survival Phrases

Use this as a language resource as you learn to speak Arabic. You will find lists of words and vocabulary below of Common Arabic Phrases (transliterated), the Arabic Phrases for Meeting and Greeting (transliterated) and Arabic at the Restaurant at the end, which will assist you with conversational Arabic.

The following Arabic language lesson is a partial excerpt from Transparent Language's Arabic software, Learn Arabic Now!.

Additional resources:

• Hear Arabic phrases to learn pronunciation spoken by a native Arabic speaker.

Common Arabic Phrases

• sabaaH alkhayr. Good morning.

  masaa' alkhayr. Good evening.

  tuSbiH äalaa khayr. Good night.

  naäam. Yes.

  laa. No.

  min faDlik. Please.

  shukran. Thank you.

  äafwan. You're welcome.

  aläafw. Excuse me.

  arjuu almaädhira. I am sorry.
  

Arabic Phrases for Meeting and Greeting

• maa ismuk? What is your name?

  ismii Hasan. My name is Hasan.

  kayfa Haluk? How are you?

  anaa bikhayr shukran. I'm fine, thank you.

  anaa saäiid jiddan bimuqaabalatak. I am very glad to meet you.

  hal tataHaddath al'ingiliiziyya? Do you speak English?

  hal yuwjad aHad hunaa yataHaddath al'ingiliiziyya?
  Does anyone here speak English?

  anaa ataHaddath faqaT qaliil min aläarabiyya.
  I only speak a little Arabic.

  madhaa taquul? What did you say?

• anaa laa afham. I don't understand.

Arabic at the restaurant

Written in Modern Standard Arabic

• أنا أَرْغَبُ  I would like
• بَقْشِيشٌ  tip
• حَلْوَى بَعْدَ الطَّعامِ  dessert
• خَمْرٌ أَبْيَضُ  white wine
• خَمْرٌ أَحْمَرُ  red wine
• سُكَّرٌ  sugar
• شَرِيحَةُ لَحْمٍ  steak
• غَيْرُ ناضِجٍ  rare
• قائِمَةُ الْخُمورِ  wine list
• ماءٌ  water
• نادِلٌ  waiter
• نادِلَةٌ  waitress

When learning Russian, survival phrases are also available.