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A New Friend
صَدِيقٌ جَدِيدٌ
Level A1 · ~2 min read · 16 key words
Opening lines
جَلَسَ خَالِدٌ فِي الْمَقْهَى وَطَلَبَ قَهْوَةً عَرَبِيَّةً. جَاءَ رَجُلٌ وَقَالَ: هَلْ هَذَا الْمَقْعَدُ فَارِغٌ؟
Transliteration
jalasa Khālidun fī al-maqhā wa ṭalaba qahwatan ʿarabiyyatan. jāʾa rajulun wa qāla: hal hādhā al-maqʿadu fārighun?
English translation
Khalid sat in the cafe and ordered Arabic coffee. A man came and said: Is this seat empty?
Sample vocabulary
شُكْرًا
shukran
thank you
نَعَمْ
naʿam
yes
أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا
ahlan wa sahlan
welcome / hello
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