Arabic language is a member of the Semitic group of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages. Classical Arabic language is the language of the people that live in the Middle East and Arabian Gulf. For this reason Arabic is the sacred language of the Islam and is used by Muslims throughout the world.
A modern Arabic-speaking person can comprehend the Holy Qur'an with as much proficiency as did the Arabs of fourteen centuries ago. Colloquial Arabic varies between countries and not all dialects are mutually intelligible.
Arabic is spoken as a native language by more than 130 million people, mostly found in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Arabic Peninsula.
Here are some of the basic words and phrases in Arabic that will help you get started in the Sultanate of Oman and throughout the Middle East.
|
English Phrases
|
Arabic Transliterated
|
English Phrases
|
Arabic Transliterated
|
|
Good Morning
|
Sabah El kheer
|
One
|
Wahid
|
|
Good Evening
|
Masaa El kheer
|
Two
|
Ithnan
|
|
Welcome
|
Marhaban
|
Three
|
Thalatha
|
|
How Are You?
|
Kaifa Haloka/ Haloki ( female)
|
Four
|
Rbaa
|
|
I'm Fine, Thanks!
|
Ana Bekhair, Shokran!
|
Five
|
Khamsa
|
|
And You?
|
Wa Ant? / Wa Anti? (female)
|
Six
|
Sitta
|
|
Thank You
|
Shokran
|
Seven
|
Sabaa
|
|
Hey! Friend
|
Ahlan Sadiqi
|
Eight
|
Thamania
|
|
Good Night
|
Tosbeho Aala khair
|
Nine
|
Tissa
|
|
Good Bye
|
Ma'a salama
|
Ten
|
Ashra
|
|
Excuse me
|
Lo TismaH
|
Eleven
|
Ihdashr
|
|
No problem
|
Mafi Mushkila
|
Twelve
|
Ithnashr
|
|
My name is?
|
Ismi ?
|
Thirteen
|
Thalataashr
|
|
I understand
|
Ana Fahim
|
Fourteen
|
Arabataashr
|
|
I speak?
|
Ana Atakallam ?
|
Fifteen
|
Khamstaashr
|
|
I don't speak Arabic
|
Ma-Atakallam Arabi
|
Sixteen
|
Sittaashr
|
|
Where is
|
Wein (al-)
|
Seventeen
|
Sabataashr
|
|
Airport
|
Al-Matar
|
Eighteen
|
Thamantaashr
|
|
Bus station
|
MaHattat Al-Bas
|
Nineteen
|
Tissataashr
|
|
Taxi stand
|
MaHattat Tax
|
Twenty
|
Ishreen
|
|
Car
|
Sayyara
|
Thirty
|
Thalatheen
|
|
Address
|
Onwan
|
Forty
|
Arabaeen
|
|
Number
|
Raqam
|
Fifty
|
Khamseen
|
|
Here
|
Hni
|
Sixty
|
Sitteen
|
|
There
|
Hnak
|
Seventy
|
Sabaeen
|
|
Hospital
|
Mustashfa
|
Eighty
|
Thamaneen
|
|
One
|
WaHid
|
Ninety
|
Tissaeen
|
|
Two
|
Idhnin
|
One hundred
|
Miya
|
|
Four
|
Arba'a
|
One thousand
|
Alf
|
|
Happy Birthday
|
Eid Milad Sa'eed
|
Saturday
|
Al sabat
|
|
Have a safe journey
|
Bissalama
|
Sunday
|
Al ahad
|
|
Coffee
|
Qahwa
|
Monday
|
Al ithnain
|
|
School
|
Madrassa
|
Tuesday
|
Al thalatha
|
|
Tea
|
Shaay
|
Wednesday
|
Al arba
|
|
Valley
|
Wadi
|
Thursday
|
Al khamees
|
|
The hotel
|
AlFunduq
|
Friday
|
Al juma
|