courtesies

9 words

أَنَا لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ جَيِّدًا

anā lā atakallamu al-ʿarabiyyata jayyidan

I don't speak Arabic well

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أَنَا لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ جَيِّدًا، هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ؟

anā lā atakallamu al-ʿarabiyyata jayyidan, hal tatakallamu al-injilīziyya?

I don't speak Arabic well, do you speak English?

هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ؟

hal tatakallamu al-injilīziyya?

Do you speak English?

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عَفْوًا، هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ؟ أَحْتَاجُ مُسَاعَدَةً.

ʿafwan, hal tatakallamu al-injilīziyya? aḥtāju musāʿadatan.

Excuse me, do you speak English? I need help.

أَنَا مِنْ...

anā min...

I'm from...

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أَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِيكَا، وَأَنْتَ مِنْ أَيْنَ؟

anā min amrīkā, wa anta min ayna?

I'm from America, and where are you from?

هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ بِبُطْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ؟

hal yumkinuka an tatakallama bibutʾin min faḍlik?

Can you speak slowly please?

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هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ بِبُطْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ؟ أَنَا أَتَعَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ.

hal yumkinuka an tatakallama bibuṭʾin min faḍlik? anā ataʿallamu al-ʿarabiyya.

Can you speak slowly please? I'm learning Arabic.

أَعِدْ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

aʿid dhālika min fadlik

Please repeat that

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لَمْ أَسْمَعْ جَيِّدًا، أَعِدْ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.

lam asmaʿ jayyidan, aʿid dhālika min faḍlik.

I didn't hear well, please repeat that.

لَا أَفْهَمُ

lā afhamu

I don't understand

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لَا أَفْهَمُ، هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَشْرَحَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى؟

lā afhamu, hal yumkinuka an tashraḥa marratan ukhrā?

I don't understand, can you explain again?

مَاذَا يَعْنِي هٰذَا؟

mādhā yaʿnī hādha?

What does this mean?

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مَاذَا يَعْنِي هٰذَا بِالْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةِ؟

mādhā yaʿnī hādha bil-injilīziyya?

What does this mean in English?

أَنَا سَائِحٌ

anā sāʾiḥ

I'm a tourist

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أَنَا سَائِحٌ وَأَزُورُ هٰذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ.

anā sāʾiḥ wa azūru hādhihi al-madīnata li-awwali marra.

I'm a tourist and I'm visiting this city for the first time.

كَيْفَ أَقُولُ...؟

kayfa aqūlu...?

How do I say...?

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كَيْفَ أَقُولُ 'شُكْرًا' بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ؟

kayfa aqūlu 'shukran' bil-ʿarabiyya?

How do I say 'thank you' in Arabic?