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Survival Phrases

 

Levantine Arabic / Damascus

 

Spoken dialects of Arabic use more vowels than those of formal Arabic. You may click here in order to see a list of vowels in the spoken dialects.

A feature of the dialect in Damascus is that short vowels in the final syllables of words are often extended to become the corresponding long vowels (e.g. a becomes aa, and e becomes ai ). However, this is not shown in the phrases below.

 

I. Basics

 

Yes

na"am

نَعَمْ

'ai

إي

'ai wa

إي وَ

 

No

la'<

لاءْ

 

 

 

O.K.

tayyeb

طَيّبْ

fine

 

Please

(to a male)

mėn fadl-ak

منْ فَضْلَكْ

of your favor

law samahėt

لَوْ سَمَحتْ

if you allowed

'ėzaa samahėt

إِذَاْ سَمَحتْ

if you allowed

'ėzaa bėtreed

إِذَاْ بتْرِيْدْ

if you want

Please

(to a female)

mėn fadl-ek

منْ فَضْلكْ

of your favor

law samahti

لَوْ سَمَحتِ

if you allowed

'ėzaa samahti

إِذَاْ سَمَحتِ

if you allowed

'ėzaa bėtreedee

إِذَاْ بتْرِيْدِيْ

if you want

 

 

Thank you

(to a male)

shukran

شُكْرًا

thanks

yėslamoo

يسْلَمُوْا

(may) they be safe (your hands)

ya"teek ėl-"aafye

يَعْطِيْكْ الْعَاْفْيةْ

(may he) give you the well-being

Thank you

(to a female)

shukran

شُكْرًا

thanks

yėslamoo

يسْلَمُوْا

(may) they be safe (your hands)

ya"teeki ėl-"aafye

يَعْطِيْكِ الْعَاْفْيةْ

(may he) give you the well-being

 

 

You're welcome

(responding to thank you)

"afwan

عَفْوًا

(I beg) pardoning

yaa 'ahlain

يَاْ أَهْلينْ

welcome

 

Excuse me

"afwan

عَفْوًا

(I beg) pardoning

"adam ėl-mu'aakhaze

عَدَمْ الْمُؤَاْخَذةْ

no objection

 

I am sorry

(male)

'anaa 'aasef

أَنَاْ آسفْ

I (am) sorry

I am sorry

(female)

'anaa 'aasfe

أَنَاْ آسْفة

I (am) sorry

 

Sorry

(male)

'aasef

آسفْ

sorry

Sorry

(female)

'aasfe

آسْفة

sorry

 

 

No problem

maa fee mėshkle

مَاْ فِيْ مشْكْلة

not exists a problem

"aadee

عَاْدِيْ

normal

 

Hello

ės-salaamu "alaikom

السَّلامُ عَليكمْ

the peace on you

marhabaa

مَرْحَبَاْ

welcome

 

Hello

(response)

wa-"alaikom ės-salaam

وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ

and on you the peace

'ahlain

أَهْلينْ

welcome

 

Welcome

marhabaa

مَرْحَبَاْ

welcome

'ahlain

أَهْلينْ

welcome

'ahlain w-sahlain

أَهْلينْ وْسَهْلينْ

welcome

 

Good morning

sabaah ėl-khair

صَبَاْحْ الْخيرْ

(the) morning of well-being

 

Good morning

(response)

sabaah ėn-noor

صَبَاْحْ الْنُّوْرْ

(the) morning of brightness

 

Good afternoon

Not used

 

Good evening

masaa ėl-khair

مَسَاْء الْخيرْ

(the) evening of well-being

 

Good evening

(response)

masaa ėn-noor

مَسَاْء الْنُّوْرْ

(the) evening of brightness

 

Good night

(to a male)

tėsbah "alaa khair

تصْبَحْ عَلَىْ خيرْ

you be in morning with well-being

Good night

(to a female)

tėsėbahee "alaa khair

تصبَحِيْ عَلَىْ خيرْ

you be in morning with well-being

 

Good night

(response)

(to a male)

w-'ėnte mėn 'ahl-o

وْإنْت منْ أَهْله

and you (are) of its people

Good night

(response)

(to a female)

w-'ėnti mėn 'ahl-o

وْإنْتِ منْ أَهْله

and you (are) of its people

 

Goodbye

salaam

سَلامْ

peace

ma" ės-salaame

مَعْ السَّلامة

with safety

 

 

 

 

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