🇸🇦 Arabic Greetings & Basics
The polite essentials — hello, thank you, sorry. Twelve phrases that set the tone of every conversation you'll ever have. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Arabic | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | مرحبا | marhaban |
| Good morning | صباح الخير | sabah al-khayr |
| Good evening | مساء الخير | masa' al-khayr |
| Goodbye | مع السلامة | ma'a as-salama |
| Please | من فضلك | min fadlik |
| Thank you | شكرا | shukran |
| You're welcome | عفوا | afwan |
| Yes | نعم | na'am |
| No | لا | la |
| Excuse me | لو سمحت | law samaht |
| I'm sorry | أنا آسف | ana aasif |
| How are you? | كيف حالك؟ | kayf halak? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More Arabic phrases
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