Common Greetings in Spoken Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 16, 2020 in Arabic Language, Pronunciation, Vocabulary
Welcome to the second part of this post where we look at some common greeting phrases بعض عبارات التحية الشائعة in different Arabic dialects. To learn about these greeting phrases, , I’m using a short video clip from “Arab Idol”, an adapted version from the original show – American Idol. Last week, we started looking at the first two conversation and their equivalents in standard Arabic (You can read it by clicking here). Today, we continue with the last two.
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Below, you will find a transcription of each conversation, translated into English. For those who would like to know how to say the lines of each conversation in Modern Standard Arabic, you will also find that at the end of this post.
You can watch the clip here >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT3Lr2u0_no
المحادثة الثالثة
Third Conversation:
١: أهلًا
Hello.
٢: يا أهلًا وسهلا
Hello / welcome.
٣: أهلًا وسهلا
Hello.
١: اسمك
Your name.
٣: عصام المُدني
Essam Al-mudni.
من المغرب
From Morocco.
١: إيش بتسمّعنا اليوم؟
What are you going to make us listen today (What are you going to sing for us today?).
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المحادثة الأربعة
Fourth Conversation:
١: أهلًا أهلًا أهلًا
Hello, hello, hello.
٢: أهلًا فيكِ – مرحبا
Hello (to you) – hi.
١: ما شاء الله عليكِ
Bless you.
٢: الله يسلّمِك
May Allah protect you (bless you too).
١: إيش اسمك؟
What’s your name?
٢: هجيرة
Hajeera.
٢٤ سنة
Twenty-four-year-old.
من الجزائر
From Algeria.
١: إيش بتسمّعنا هجيرة؟
What are you going to sing for us, Hajeera?
٢: إن شاء الله راح سمّعكم فيروز
I will, God willing, sing a song by Fairuz for you.
١: أوكى
Ok!
٢: أوكى
Ok
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Spoken Arabic > Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
In this section, you will find the Standard Arabic equivalent to each line of the conversation above.
Please note that many phrases may stay the same as there are common ones that are readily taken from MSA and are used in everyday/spoken Arabic.
المحادثة الثالثة
Third Conversation:
١: أهلًا
أهلًا
٢: يا أهلًا وسهلا
أهلًا وسهًلا
٣: أهلًا وسهلا
أهلًا وسهًلا
١: اسمك
ما اسمك؟
٣: عصام المُدني
عصام المدني
من المغرب
من المغرب
١: إيش بتسمّعنا اليوم؟
ماذا ستُسمِعْنا اليوم؟ – ماذا ستُغنّي لنا اليوم؟
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المحادثة الأربعة
Fourth Conversation:
١: أهلًا أهلًا أهلًا
أهلًا أهلًا أهلًا
٢: أهلًا فيكِ
أهلًا بكِ
١: ما شاء الله عليكِ
عسى الله أن يحفظكِ
٢: الله يسلّمِك
شكرًا لكِ
١: إيش اسمك؟
ما اسمكِ؟
٢: هجيرة
هجيرة
٢٤ سنة
أربع وعشرين سنة
من الجزائر
من الجزائر
١: إيش بتسمّعنا هجيرة؟
ماذا ستسمعينا يا هجيرة؟
٢: إن شاء الله راح سمّعكم فيروز
سأُسمِعُكم فيروز – إن شاء الله
١: أوكى
حسنًا
٢: أوكى
حسنًا
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About the Author: Hanan Ben Nafa
Hi, this is Hanan :) I'm an Arabic linguist. I completed my PhD in Linguistics - 2018. My PhD thesis was entitled Code-switching as an evaluative strategy: identity construction among Arabic-English bilinguals. I'm also a qualified public service translator & interpreter.