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ahlan wa sahlan al-Hamdu li-llah ism ismii masaa al-khayr tasbaH alaa khayr ilaa al-liqaa ahel-an wa sah-lan al-ham-dou lee-lah ee-ssam ees-mee ma-saa al-kha-yer tas-bah a-la kha-yer hi; or nice to meet you, depending on the context I m doing well (Praise to God) name my name good evening good night

When you meet someone for the first time, you may want to know what country he or she is from Fortunately for English speakers, the Arabic names of many countries are similar to their names in English

You can use these two phrases to ask someone where they re from: min ayna anta (min ay-na ann-ta) if you re asking a man min ayna anti (min ay-na ann-tee) if you re asking a woman

If you want to ask if a man is from a certain place for example, America you say hal anta min amriikaa (hal ann-ta min am-reekaa; Are you from America ) (M) If you re speaking with a woman, you simply replace anta with anti

To say I am from , you use the preposition min (from) and the personal pronoun anaa (I/me) Therefore, I m from America is anaa min amriikaa It s that simple! Table 4-1 lists the names of various countries and corresponding nationalities in Arabic

Table 4-1

Pronunciation al-magh-rib magh-ree-bee magh-ree-bee-ya al-jah-zah-eer ja-zaa-ee-ree ja-zaa-ee-ree-ya tuu-nis tuu-nee-see tuu-nee-see-ya mee-sar mees-ree mees-ree-ya al-i-raa-q Translation Morocco Moroccan (M) Moroccan (F) Algeria Algerian (M) Algerian (F) Tunisia Tunisian (M) Tunisian (F) Egypt Egyptian (M) Egyptian (F) Iraq

Country/Nationality al-maghrib maghribii maghribiiyya al-jazaa ir jazaa irii jazaa iriiyya tuunis tuunisii tuunisiiyya miSr miSrii miSriiyya al- iraaq

Country/Nationality iraaqii iraaqiiyya as-sa uudiiyya sa uudii sa uudiiyya amriikaa amriikii amriikiiyya Pronunciation ee-raa-qee ee-raa-qee-ya as-sa-uu-dee-ya sa-uu-dee sa-uu-dee-ya am-ree-kaa am-ree-kee am-ree-kee-ya

Translation Iraqi (M) Iraqi (F) Saudi Arabia Saudi (M) Saudi (F) America/USA American (M) American (F)

To tell someone I am from Morocco, you say anaa min al-maghrib (ann-aa min al-magh-rib) Alternatively, you may also say anaa maghribii (annaa magh-ree-bee; I am Moroccan) (M)

One of the best ways to start a conversation is to ask a su aal (soo-aahl; question) To get you started, here are some key question words in Arabic: man (meh-n; Who ) ayna (eh-yeh-nah; Where ) mataa (mah-taah; When ) maa (maah; What ) maadhaa (maah-zaah; What ) (used with verbs) lii maadhaa (lee maah-zaah; Why ) kayfa (keh-yeh-fah; How ) bikam (bee-kah-m; How much ) kam min (kam meen; How many )

You may use these question words to ask more elaborate and detailed questions Here are some examples: maa ismuka (maah ees-moo-kah; What s your name ) (MS) maa ismuki (maah ees-moo-kee; What s your name ) (FS) maa mihnatuka (maah meeh-nah-too-kah; What do you do ; literally What is your job ) (MS) maa mihnatuki (maah meeh-nah-too-kee; What do you do ; literally What is your job ) (FS) maadha taf al (maah-zaah tah-feh-al; What are you doing ) (MS) maadha taf aliina (maah-zaah tah-feh-alee-nah; What are you doing ) (FS) min ayna anta (meh-n eh-yeh-nah ahn-tah; Where are you from ) (MS) min ayna anti (meh-n eh-yeh-nah ahn-tee; Where are you from ) (FS) hal tuHibbu al-qiraa a (hal too-hee-buh al-keeraa-ah; Do you like to read ) (MS) hal haadhaa kitaabuka (hal hah-zah kee-tahboo-kah; Is this your book ) ayna maHaTTatu al-qiTaar (eh-yeh-nah mah-hahtah-too al-kee-taar; Where is the train station ) mataa satadhhab ilaa al-maTaar (mah-taah sataz-hab ee-laah al-mah-taar; When will she go to the airport ) ayna aHsan maT am (eh-yeh-nah ah-sah-n mah-tam; Where is the best restaurant ) Notice that some of the questions above refer to either masculine or feminine subjects When you ask a question in Arabic, you choose the gender of the subject by modifying the gender suffix of the noun in question For example, kitaab (kee-tab) means book, but kitaabuka (kee-tah-boo-kah) means your book (M), and kitaabuki (kee-tah-boo-kee) means your book (F) So if you want to ask a man for his book, you use kitaabuka