Basic Questions in Arabic

Knowing how to ask a few useful questions in Arabic will help you with the basics of communicating. These Arabic questions will help with greetings, directions, and getting information you need.

• man (man; who)

  
  



• ‘ayna (ay-nah; where)

  
  



• mataa (mah-tah; when)

  
  



• kayfa (kay-fah; how)

  
  



• li maadhaa (lee mah-zah; why)

  
  



• kayf al-Haal? (kah-yef al-hal; How are you?)

  
  



• maa ‘ismuka? (mah ees-moo-kah; What’s your name?) (MS)

  
  



• maa ‘ismuki? (mah ees-moo-kee; What’s your name?) (FS)

  
  



• kam as-saa’a? (kam ah-sah-ah; What time is it?)

  
  



• bikam haadhaa? (bee-kam hah-zah; How much is this?)

  
  



• ‘ayna al-mirHaad? (ay-nah al-meer-had; Where is the bathroom?)

  
  



• hal tatakallam al-injliziya? (hal tah-tah-kah-lam al-een-jlee-zee-yah; Do you speak English?)

  
  



• hal yumkin ‘an ta’id min faDlik? (hal yoom-keen an tah-eed meen fad-leek; Could you please repeat that?)

  
  

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