كَلِمَاتٌ أَسَاسِيَّة
Vocabulary lesson 1 of 20
Essential Words
The small words that keep a first conversation moving.
Learn these before longer sentences. They let you answer, ask, agree, disagree, and show basic courtesy even when the rest of your Arabic is limited.
Say each word inside a real moment. A useful word remembered in context lasts longer than ten words memorised from a list.
The fifteen words
01
نَعَمْ
na'am
yes
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02
لَا
la
no
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03
مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
min fadlik
please
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04
شُكْرًا
shukran
thank you
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05
عَفْوًا
afwan
excuse me or you are welcome
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06
أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا
ahlan wa sahlan
welcome
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07
مَرْحَبًا
marhaban
hello
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08
مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ
ma'a as-salamah
goodbye
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09
حَسَنًا
hasanan
okay
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10
رُبَّمَا
rubbama
maybe
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11
بِالطَّبْعِ
bit-tab'
of course
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12
آسِفٌ
asif
sorry, masculine form
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13
مَاذَا
madha
what
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14
أَيْنَ
ayna
where
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15
لِمَاذَا
limadha
why
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Practice without looking
Choose five words and use each one in a two-line imaginary exchange.
Recognition is only the first step. Close the list, retrieve the words, then check what you missed.