Arabic

Phrases

1) Hello

How are you doing?

Marhaba Kaif Haluk? (masculine); Kaif Halek? (feminine)

2) What is your name?

 
Mas-Smuk?  

3) Thank you

You are Welcome

Shukran Afwan

4) Please

Excuse me

Razha'an Lau Samaht

5) Goodbye

 
Maa Al-Salameh  

"Colorful Facts"

The Arabic language is one of the world's most widely used languages. There are two types of Arabic, spoken and writen. Spoken Arabic consists of dialects. Arabic is the descendant of the language of the Koran, the sacred book of the Islamic religion. Many English words come from Arabic: alcohol, algebra, check, magazine, and tariff.

Location: It is the official language of many Arab nations in the Middle East and northern Africa, including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

Geography: The Middle East is made up of mountains, vast arid plateaus, and large deserts.

Population: Estimated 2006 (Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, West Bank/Gaza, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Djibouti) - 322,123,665

Foods: Felafel, small, deep-fried patties of ground chickpeas. Chicken or lamb cooked in yogurt "mansef." The laws of Islam forbid the eating of pork and the drinking of alcoholic beverages.

(Primary Source) World Book Encylopedia, 2006.