General Personal Questions
What is your name?
To a male : shismak?
To a female : shismich?
Response
My name is … : ismi (your name)
Where are you from? : min wayn inta?
Response
I am from … : ana min (your place)
I understand
(by a male) : ana fahim
(by a female) : ana fahma
I don’t understand
(by a male) : ana mu fahim
(by a female) : ana mu fahma
Usable Words - Personal
Thank you : shukran
Please
To a male : min fadhlak
To a woman : min fadhlich
OK : zein or tayib
Excuse me
To a male : lau samaht
To a female : lau samaht
To a group : lau samahtu
No problem : mafee mushkil
Impossible : mish mumkin
Directions - Questions
How do I get to? : keef boosal lil …?
How many kilometers : cham kilomets?
What street is this : shoo-hatha sharai?
Where is the… : wein al….?
How far is…? : cham yibe’id…?
I need a meachanic : ana abga mekaneeki
I have no petrol : khlas el-betrol
I have had an accident : ana a’malt hads
Where is a service station? : wayn mahattet el-betrol
I like….litres : abga ……leeter
Usable Words - Directions
Left : shimaal
Right : yimeen
Straight : ala tool
Street : shaari’
City : madina
Near : gareeb
Far : ba’eed
North : shimaal
East : sharg
West : gharb
South : janub
Airport : al-mataar
Taxi : el-taks
Bus : al-bas
Car : sayaara
Diesel : deezel
Petrol : betrol
Tour Guide : daleel seeyahe
Emergencies
Help me : saa’idoonee!
Call the police : itasell bil shurta!
I’m ill : ana maareed
I’m allergic : andee hasasiyya
Usable Words – Emergencies
Pharmacy : al-sayidaliyya
Doctor : al - tabbeb
Hospital : al-mustashfa
Medicine : dawa
Diarrhea : is-haal
Fever : sukhooma
Police : al-shuta
Numbers, Time & Dates
0 : sifr
1 :wahid
2 : ithneen
3 : thalatha
4 : arba’a
5 : khamsa
6 : sitta
7 : saba’a
8 : tamaniya
9 : tis’a
10 : ashra
20 : ‘ishreen
30 : thalatheen
40 : arbi’een
50 : khamseen
100 : imia
Time
What time is it? : as – sa’a kam?
Response
Its ….. : as-sa’a…
Monday : yom al ithneen
Tuesday : yom al-thalath
Wednesday : yom al-arbaa’
Thursday : yom al-khamis
Friday : yom al-jama’a
Saturday : yom as-sabt
Sunday : yom al-had