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Greetings and set phrases in Arabic: hello and goodbye, thank you and sorry, please, yes and no, and the social phrases that make a first conversation work, from the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists with readings and meanings.
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The core greetings, each with the reply it expects. Most come in pairs, and the reply often answers "good" with something better: a morning of good is answered with a morning of light.
| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Reply |
|---|---|---|---|
| السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ | as-salāmu ʿalaykum | peace be upon you: hello | wa-ʿalaykum as-salām, and upon you peace |
| مَرْحَبًا | marḥaban | hello | marḥaban, or ahlan |
| أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا | ahlan wa-sahlan | welcome | ahlan bik |
| صَبَاحُ الخَيْرِ | ṣabāḥ al-khayr | good morning | ṣabāḥ al-nūr, morning of light |
| مَسَاءُ الخَيْرِ | masāʾ al-khayr | good evening | masāʾ al-nūr |
| كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ | kayfa ḥāluka? | how are you? (to a man; ḥāluki to a woman) | bi-khayr, al-ḥamdu lillāh: fine, thank God |
| شُكْرًا | shukran | thank you | ʿafwan, you are welcome |
| مِنْ فَضْلِكَ | min faḍlika | please (to a man; faḍliki to a woman) | |
| مَعَ السَّلَامَة | maʿa as-salāma | goodbye | maʿa as-salāma, or ilā al-liqāʾ |
Arabic changes "you" by gender, so several phrases have a form for a man and one for a woman, shown in brackets. إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ in shāʾa llāh, "God willing", is the everyday way to talk about anything in the future.
| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سَلام | salām | peace; hello | A1 | السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُم.Al-ssalāmu ʿalaykum.Peace be upon you. |
| رَجاء | rajāʾ | please / request | A1 | قَهْوَةً وَاحِدَةً، رَجَاءً.Qahwatan wāḥidatan, rajāʾan.One coffee, please. |
| شُكْر | shukr | gratitude; thanks | A1 | لَكَ مِنِّي كُلُّ شُكْرٍ.Laka minnī kullu shukrin.You have all my gratitude. |
| لا | lā | not or no | A1 | أَنَا لَا أَشْرَبُ الشَّايَ.Anā lā ashrabu al-shshāya.I do not drink tea. |
| نَعَم | naʿam | yes | A1 | نَعَم، هَذَا هُوَ الكِتَابُ.Naʿam, hadhā huwa al-kitābu.Yes, this is a book. |
| اِسْمِيّ | ismiyy | my name is | A1 | اِسْمِي أَحْمَدُ.Ismī aḥmadu.My name is Ahmed. |
| تَشَرَّفَ | tasharrafa | to have the honor of... | A1 | تَشَرَّفْتُ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ.Tasharraftu bimaʿrifatika.I am honored to meet you. |
| تَفَضَّلَ | tafaḍḍala | to kindly offer | A1 | تَفَضَّلْ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ.Tafaḍḍal hadhā al-kitāba.Here you go, take this book. |
| وَداعًا | wadāʿanā | goodbye or farewell | A1 | قُلْتُ لِصَدِيقِي: وَدَاعًا.Qultu liṣadīqī: wadāʿanā.I said to my friend: goodbye. |
| مَرْحَبًا | marḥabanā | hi or hello | A1 | مَرْحَبًا، يَا صَدِيقِي.Marḥabanā, yā ṣadīqī.Hello, my friend. |
| شَكَرَ | shakara | to thank | A1 | شَكَرْتُ النَّادِلَ عَلَى الْقَهْوَةِ.Shakartu al-nnādila ʿalā al-qahwati.I thanked the waiter for the coffee. |
| تَحِيَّة | taḥiyya | a formal greeting | A2 | |
| حَبِيبِي | ḥabībī | my dear / my darling | A2 | |
| طَبْعًا | ṭabʿanā | of course | A2 | |
| مَبْرُوك | mabrūk | blessed or congratulated | A2 | |
| هَيّا | hayyā | come on | A2 | |
| مُبارَك | mubārak | blessed or fortunate | A2 | |
| بِالطَّبْعِ | biālṭṭabʿi | of course | A2 | |
| بِسُرُورٍ | bisurūrin | with pleasure | A2 | |
| بِالتَّأْكِيد | biālttaʾkīd | certainly | A2 |
Words from the Lock&Learn Arabic deck, built on the Arabic CEFR-classified word list of Khallaf and Sharoff (2021). Definitions adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vowel marks are shown in full and the romanization is generated; example sentences are original Lock&Learn content.
The 20 greetings and phrases below come from the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists with their readings and meanings. The beginner-level ones come with a real sentence.
11 from A1, 9 from A2. The level chip on each row says where the word sits, so you can stop at your level or read ahead. Beginner-level words carry a real example sentence; the rest show word, romanization and meaning, with their sentences in the app.
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