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Colloquial Arabic { Commonly-Used Words 8 Expressions for Everyday Use

English
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,. >l ) ! ( Behave (lit. respect) yourself!

L .l ! | . ! Look!
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l ! ! beg you!
_,: a , 3

l / :

, ! See you laterftomorrow!

:,

l Surely, definitely
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l Nay ! help you?

. : ., l /
Please, go ahead! come in! Please help
yourself!

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e, l ! Go away!
,l >
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| / + , : ! Wait a minute!
., .l ! | : , : a ell | : all |

l : c |

: c ! am sorry, apologies
,, ol , e l.l ! ! don't understand
ml .l _| ! ! (let`s) hope so! (God willing)
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L,., ! That's OK!

.l: ll .l.

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c > e .

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: : >l +,, .l. ! One second!

+,> | +,>ll !n reality, actually

3,l c ,l > ! Shame on you!
:,a . L > | , .ll
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e ! Good luck!
` > ! Done, finished, enough
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ll,

l > ! Be careful!
:ll ! Perfect! (lit. like Jasmine)
e ll ! Beautiful! (lit. like the full moon)
. >, el. ! Forgive me!
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Bit by bit, slowly

la ,

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,,

L ! OK, all right, fine!

le ll ,lc To the left
_,e ,ll ,l c To the right
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, ,l c ! By the way!
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,l c Anyhow, anyway
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e ,l c ! Slowly! take it easy! slow down!

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With your permission! (when you excuse
yourself before leaving)
?,, ol / ?c e
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, Do you understood ?

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l, ! ! Never mind, it`s OK!

,.

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Pardon me, escuse me! (if you bump into
s.o!)
3,l .

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_, e + , : ! One momentfminute please!

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Excuse me (to call attention) or !f you
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ml .l le ! How wonderful? (lit. Whatever God wills)
le ! OK!

cle ) ! Col (. | .
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l ! ) ! MSA ( ! don`t know!

,.le +, le ! That's all right! (lit. there is no objection)
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l, e , e ! Not a problem!
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`,l Unfortunately, regrettably

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Never mind! don`t worry! it doesn`t
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,>. . e ! !t`s impossible!
. _, e e / ?.l. Could you repeat that?
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, Could you speak more slowly?
?+,, .

,. _, e e ) m ( ?+,,,.

,. ) ( Please write it down

_, e e | _, e e l:| | _, e, ! Naybe, possible, Nay !..?
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?c > e .

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L, , e ! Not bad!
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L, , e ! Not bad!
. , e ! Not necessary!
. , e ! Not necessary!
a e , e ! ! can't believe it! no way, it's not logical
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l . e , e ! Not sure or certain!

_, e e , e ! !t's not possible!
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e , e ! !t's not important
:, ! , e ! So-so, not very good!
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_, e By all means
3, :

l _, e l:o ! That's very kind of you!

,,L all ml ! Honset to God!
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,` . l, ! Ny goodness! wow! (to express surprise)
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`, ! Let's go!