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Gulf Arabic
Pronunciation

Gulf Arabic
Vocabulary

...V.2.1 Greetings
...V.2.2 Short Descriptive Phrases

...V.3.1 At the Airport
...V.3.2 Asking for Directions
...V.3.3 Expressions of Location
...V.3.4 Professions
...V.3.5 Nationalities

...V.4.1 How Much Does it Cost?
...V.4.2 At the Market
...V.4.3 The Days of the Week
...V.4.4 The Months
...V.4.5 The Colours

Gulf Arabic
Grammar

...G.2.1. Definite Article
...G.2.2 Personal Pronouns
...G.2.3 Possessive Pronouns
...G.2.4. Possessives with maal-
...G.2.5 Commands and Requests
...G.2.6 Broken Plural
...G.2.7 Plural -aat
...G.2.8 Plural -iin
...G.2.9 Plural -iyya

...G.3.1 The Construct State - iDaafat
...G.3.2 The Dual Form
...G.3.3 Adjectives
...G.3.4 Personal Pronoun Suffixes
...G.3.5 Prepositions
...G.3.6 To Have, 3ind-
...G.3.7 Past Tense I

...G.4.1 More on Adjectives
...G.4.2 Comparison Forms
...G.4.3 Numbers: Cardinals and Ordinals
...G.4.4 Telling the Time
...G.4.5 Question Words
...G.4.6 This, That, These (Demonstrative Pronouns)
...G.4.7 Past Tense II

Gulf Arabic Vocabulary - Greeting People 1

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As-salaam 3alaykum. - literally Peace be upon you.

Wa 3alaykum is-salaam. - literally And upon you be Peace.

7ayyaak allaa. – May God give you life.

Allaa yi7ayyiik. – {reply to the above}

Mar7aba. - Hello. Hi.

Mar7abtayn. - {reply to the above meaning "two hellos")

Ya hala. - Hi.

Ahlan wa sahlan. - Hi. also Welcome.

Ahlan, ahlan, ahlan wa sahlan ya 3aziizi / 3aziizti / 3azaa’i. - Welcome my dear (masc. / fem. / plural)

… ya rifiiji / rifiijti / rufaga’i. - ... my friend.
… ya sadeegi / sadeegti / asdigaa’i. - ... my friend.
… ya 7abeebi / 7abeebti / a7ibbaa - ...my beloved, my dear

Sabaa7 il-xayr. - Good morning.

Sabaa7 in-noor. - {reply to the above}

Masa il-xayr. - Good evening.

Masa in-noor. - {reply to the above}

Shloonik? Insha’lla zayn. - How are you? I hope you're fine. (literally What's your color? If God willed, fine.)

Shloonich? - How are you? (said to a female)

Shloonkum? - How are you? (said to two or more people)

Chayf il-7aal? - How's it going? (literally How's the condition?)

Chayf 7aalik? - How's it going? (literally How's your condition? said to a male)

Chayf 7aalich? - How's it going? (literally How's your condition? said to a female)

Chayf 7aalkum? - How's it going? (literally How's your condition?, plural version)

Shu xbaarik? - How are you? (literally What are your news?, said to a male)

Shu xbaarich? - How are you? (literally What are your news?, said to a female)

Shu xbaarkum? - How are you? (literally What are your news?, said to two or more people)

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