Let’s Learn Some Arabic

Why Should I learn  Arabic?

Almost 300 million people speak Arabic language in more than 20 countries and despite the fact of which language is more powerful or superior on others, it’s been noticed that thousands of workers and investors have shifted to Arab countries from China , India , Philippines  and many other European countries and the percentage of them is expected to increase dramatically because of the current crises that affected their economy, for example thousands of Chinese learned Arabic and they have big investments in Arabic region.

Beside the investment and business opportunities in this area there are still much more things to offer to the world market as Arabic region play a strategic role  linking between the west and the east.

It is not known to many  people that Arabic culture has contributed a lot to our civilization and modern  life. Literature, Mathematics .. and many other subjects have been established and applied by Arabic scientists and they left their finger prints in many books and subscripts.

Have you ever asked your self What is going on there in the other side of the world ?

It’s for sure the construction and education boom!! Look at Dubai-UAE , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and other countries following the boom.  It is very important to  be fair enough to judge about what you really see in Arab countries and middle east area. The old idea about middle east was so limited and underestimating . We used to hear that Arabs are uncivilized and lagging behind but this is not the truth. I am sure that the most vital part of learning Arabic is to understand the reality of this region by reading Arab books, speaking to them and to witness the real revolution.

Whatever the reason behind giving bad picture about Arab countries the truth will be cleared out and the right way to understand the truth will be understanding their culture, religion, language . . sure you can judge better ..

Arabic Alphabetic :

ح Haa	ج Jeem	ث Thaa	ت Taa	ب Baa	ا Alif
س Seen	ز Zain	ر Raa	ذ Thal	د Dal	خ Khaa
ع Ain	ظ Thaa	ط Taa	ض Dahd	ص Sahd	ش Sheen
م Meem	ل Lam	ك Kaaf	ق Qaaf	ف Faa	غ Ghain
	ء Hamzah	ي Yaa	و Waw	ه Ha	ن Noon

Some Arabic Phrases :

English	Arabic Phrases
What?What do you want?	Matha? Matha Anta Toreed? or Math Toreed
Who? Who did that?	Meen?Meen Fa’al Thalek
When?When did he do that?When did she do that?	Mata?Mata Howa Fa’al Thalek? Mata Heya Fa’alat Thalek
Where?Where did he do that?Where did she do that?	Ain?Ain Howa Fa’al Thalek? Ain Heya Fa’alat Thalek
Why?Why did he do that?Why did she do that?	Lematha? Layish, Lematha howa Fa’al Thalek? Lematha Heya Fa’alat Thalek
I am fine / Good	Ana Kowaies, Ana Be Khair, Ana Tayeb
Please	Men Fadlak, Lao Samaht, Lao Takaramt, Raja’an
Thank you	Shukran, Laka Al Shukr
Excuse Me	Ismahlee, Afwan
Never mind	Ma’alessh
OK	Taieb, Hassanan, Zaien, Tamam, Mashy
Yes	Aiwa
No	La
Sorry	Assif
Maybe	Yimken, Mumken, Rubama
Nothing, None	Mafee
I love you (To a Man)	Ana Bahebak
I love you (To a Female)	Ana Bahebek
No problem	Mish Mushkilla, La Mushkilla, Mafi Mushkilla
Exactly	Tamam, Bilzabt
Bit by bit	Shiwaya Shiwaya
Peace be with you	Al Salam Alikum
Reply and upon you Be peace	Wa Alikum Al Salam
Goodbye (Go in peace) Reply	Ma’aa Al SalamaMa’aa Al Salama
Have a safe journey / Trip	Bel Salama, Fee Aman Allah, Allah Ma’aak, Fee Hefd Allah
Hello  , Hi	Marhaba
What is your name?	Ma Ismuka , Sho Ismak
My name is	Ana Ismi
Welcome	Ahlan Wa Sahlan
(To Male reply)	Ahlan Beek , Ahlan Feek
(To female reply)	Ahlan Beeki, Ahlan Feeki
How are you? I am fine	Keef Halak, Sho Akhbarak, Sho OlumakAna Bekhair, Ana Tayeb, Ana Zaien
Good Morning To Reply	Sabah Al KhairSabah Al Khair
Good afternoon/Evening To Reply	Masaa AlkhairMasaa Alkhair
Good Night	Laila Sa’eeda, Laila Mubaraka, Massaak Sa’eed
Congratulations	Mabrouk, Mubarak
God willing	Insha’allah
God’s will	Masha’allah
Later – Feema Baad	Ba’adain
Before	Gabel
After	Ba’ad
Now	Al Ann
Always	Da’eman
Now	Al A’ann
Day	Yom
Again	Thany, Kaman
When	Mata
Never	Abadane
I am grateful	Ana Mamnoon
After you	(Male) Men Ba’adak(Female) Men Ba’adek
I don’t know	Ana La A’arif, Ma Adrei
I do not want	La Oreed
Show me	Warieni, Areini, Farjeini
Give me	Ateeni
Hurry up	Besoura’a, Asrea’a
Take care	Entabeh, Hassib
Go / Go away	Eth’hab, Imshi, Rooh
Wait or Stay	Estanna, Entather,

Recommended and Very useful Links to learn Arabic :

• http://www.youtube.com/user/LearnArabicwithMaha
• http://mylanguages.org/learn_arabic.php
• http://arabic.speak7.com/