Arabic salutations

Socializing with Arabic-speaking people? Knowing these Arabic salutations will help you fit right in. After this free audio lesson you'll have a range of common Arabic expressions to use in the company of native speakers.

Perhaps you want to welcome someone, wish them luck, or a good vacation. Maybe you want to congratulate someone, or even apologize – either way, this Arabic language lesson is not to be missed. Listen carefully to the Arabic pronunciation and practice saying the phrases aloud until you’re ready to try them out in Arabic conversation for real!

As hard as you try, without helpful feedback your Arabic pronunciation is never going to be the same as a native speaker’s. If you've found it difficult to perfect the way you say Arabic words and phrases, this lesson will help you.

Using the blue Rocket Record buttons you can record the way you say each word or phrase, and compare it with the way a native speaker of Arabic does. That’s right, with Rocket Languages voice mapping technology you can record your voice as many times as you need until your pronunciation matches the Arabic speaker!

In this lesson, all gender specific words are in the masculine form.

Let’s review how to apologize again. The easiest way to apologize in Arabic is to say…

Or in a more casual way…

You could also say…

A very polite, but less common way of apologizing in Arabic is to say…

If someone stepped on your toes and apologized you might want to say…

That’s it for this lesson.

Bye باي

Amira

Rocket Arabic

P.S. You can test your Arabic skills below…

Exercise: Match the Arabic word with its English translation.