Most Common Arabic Words for Beginners
Learn 150+ common Arabic words and phrases with diacritics, transliteration, and examples. Master greetings, question words, connectors, and more.
Most Common Arabic Words for Beginners
Learn 150+ common Arabic words and phrases with diacritics, transliteration, and examples. Master greetings, question words, connectors, and more.
Learning the most frequent, everyday Arabic words gives you instant comprehension. These words show up in greetings, simple questions, directions, shopping, prayer spaces, and online chats. In Arabanion, we teach Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as your foundation, then help you flow into dialects (Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf) without friction.
You’ll see fully vowelled Arabic (tashkīl) + transliteration + meaning so your brain connects spelling, sound, and sense.
Use these daily. They’re the “hello–thanks–please” of Arabic.
peace be upon you | as-salāmu ʿalaykum | السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ |
hello / welcome | marḥaban | مَرْحَبًا |
good morning | ṣabāḥu al-khayr | صَبَاحُ الخَيْر |
good evening | masāʾu al-khayr | مَسَاءُ الخَيْر |
how are you? | kayfa ḥāluka/-ki? | كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ |
I’m well, thanks | bi-khayrin, shukran | بِخَيْرٍ، شُكْرًا |
please | min faḍlika/-ki | مِنْ فَضْلِكَ / فَضْلِكِ |
please / if you allow | law samaḥta/-ti | لَوْ سَمَحْتَ / سَمَحْتِ |
thank you | shukran | شُكْرًا |
you’re welcome / excuse me | ʿafwan | عَفْوًا |
sorry | āsif/ āsifa | آسِف/ آسِفَة |
yes | naʿam | نَعَمْ |
no | lā | لَا |
possible? / could I…? | mumkin? | مُمْكِن؟ |
where…? | ayna…? | أَيْنَ…؟ |
when…? | matā…? | مَتَى…؟ |
how much/how many…? | kam…? | كَمْ…؟ |
what is this? (m.sg) | mā hādhā? | مَا هَذَا؟ |
I want | urīdu | أُرِيدُ |
I can | astaṭīʿu | أَسْتَطِيعُ |
I like / love | uḥibbu | أُحِبُّ |
(is) not | laysa | لَيْسَ |
here / there | hunā / hunāka | هُنَا / هُنَاكَ |
understood | mafhūm | مَفْهُوم |
okay / fine | ṭayyib | طَيِّب |
One Important thing we can say this.
