How are you? in Arabic
So you’ve mastered “hello” but what do you say next? How do you ask "How are you?" in Arabic – and how do you reply? Whether you’re feeling well, a little tired, or not so good, you’ll know how to explain after this free Rocket Arabic audio lesson.
Pronunciation help for asking "how are you?" in Arabic
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!
For friends and family:
For strangers or more senior persons:
What do you say if someone asks you one of these questions?
A common follow-up question is, “And you?”, “wenta?” or more formal, “w7adretak?”
If someone tells you that he or she is not feeling well you could say the following…
Allah yesalemak is the response of alf salama. If someone is feeling great you might want to say the following…
The above words are extremely important. From experience, I know that the most important phrase in any language is how to say you’re sorry!
Others disagree. They say that there are THREE important phrases that you absolutely must know in any language. They are:
Hmm, I can’t think of a situation in which I’d need to use all three, but I’ll leave it to your imagination! That’s it for today’s lesson.
مع السلامة Ma3a el salama.
Amira
Rocket Arabic
P.S. If you’d like to improve your learning, practice makes perfect!
Exercise 1. Pretend that you are meeting a friend of yours named Amgad. Write in your response in Arabic to the questions below. (There’s not a single right answer.)
Amgad: Hallo!
You: _________________________________________________
Amgad: Ezayak?
You: _________________________________________________
Amgad: Kowayes!!
You: _________________________________________________
Exercise 2. Read the following conversation and translate it into English below.
Amgad : Ahlan ya Amgad, ezayak?
اهلا يا امجد, ازيك؟
Hany : Ta3ban shewaya
تعبان شوية
Amgad : Alf salama
الف سلامة
Hany : Allah yesalemak
الله يسلمك
Ahmad: _______________________________________________
Hany: ________________________________________________
Ahmad: _______________________________________________
Hany: ________________________________________________
