5) Greetings
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# Dialogue
السلامُ عليكم
وعليكم السلام
# Hello
There are several ways to greet people:
- السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
- مرحبًا
- أهلاً
"السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته" or just "السلام عليكم" is the formal greeting in Arabic. It literally means "Peace be upon you".
You can use this with everyone: strangers, friends or family members.
When someone greet you with "السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته" you -or the people to whom the greeting is addressed to- must reply back with "وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وربكاته" or just "وعليكم السلام". It's considered very rude not to reply back.
# My name is ____
- ismi (____)
- اسمي (____)
- e.g اسمي آدم(ismi adam)
You can also say I am (____)
- ana (____)
- أنا (____)
- أنا آدم (ana adam)
# I'm ____ years old
- Omri (____) sana.
- عُمُري (____) سنة
- e.g عمري اثنان وعشرون سنة(omri ithnan wa ishroon sana)
Numbers will be convered in the upcoming lessons, for now, you can skim through the tutorial, or come back when you learn numbers.
# I'm from ____
- ana min (____).
- أنا من (____)
- e.g أنا من الصين (ana min al-seen)
Here's a list of country names.
# I speak ____
- atakalamu (____).
- أتكلمُ (____)
- e.g أتكلمُ الإنجيليزية (atakalamu al-engyleeziya)
- e.g لا أتكلمُ العربية (la atakalamu al-arabiya)
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- لا (la) means no, can you guess the maning of this sentence?
Here's a list of language names.
# Occupation
- ana your occupation.
- أنا (____)
- e.g أنا طالب (ana talibun)
- e.g أنا معلم (ana mu'alimun)
# Exercises:
- Can you tell us about yourself in Arabic?
- What do they say in this dialog?
# Greetings vocab
- سلام: peace
- الحالُ: the condition
- جيِّدةٌ: good [f]
- كيفَ حالُك: how are you?
- شكراً: Thank you