Let’s Talk to Each Other!
Welcome: ahlan wa
sahlan
good morning: sabah al-khair
good afternoon: masaa al-khair
hello: marhaba
goodbye: ma'as-salama
please: min fadlak (to a man) min fadlek (to a woman)
thank you: shukran
you’re welcome: ahlan
excellent: mumtaz
good: tayyeb
very good: tayyeb jiddan
Thank God! Al hamdulillah!
yes: na’am, ayawa
no: la’a
maybe, possibly: yumkin
God willing Inshallah
happy holiday: eid saeed
(at Ramadan): (for eid al-fitr): fitr saeed!
(for eid al-adha): adha mubarak!
good luck! Muwaffaq (to a man) muwaffaqa (to a woman)
professor: ustaz (man) ustaza (woman)
(at Rosh Hashanah): Happy new year shanah tova (Hebrew)
(at Yom Kippur): May you be inscribed in the Book of Life
gmar khatima tova (Hebrew)