Gabriel Chase

The Arabic word for a restaurant menu is قَائِمَة (qāʔima). In a restaurant you can ask for القائمة, the menu.

The English word ‘darkness’ can be translated into Arabic using several forms, most commonly ظَلَام.

In Arabic, “America” is said as أمريكا. أمريكا is the common name used to refer to the United States of America.

To say welcome in Arabic, use أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ʔahlan wa-sahlan), the classic greeting for someone who has just arrived.

In Syrian Arabic, ‘goodbye’ is مع السلامة (ma3 as-salame). مع السلامة is said when someone leaves, by both the person going and the people staying.

The English phrase “I love her” is translated into Arabic as أحبها.

To dribble is said in Arabic as يراوغ. The verb يراوغ is used to describe the action of moving with a ball, typically by kicking or bouncing it.

In Iraqi Arabic, ‘good’ is زين (zein). طيب (tayyib) means the same thing and is used just as widely, often for people’s character as well as things.

The Arabic word for cheap is رخيص. رخيص is used to describe something that has a low or reduced price.

The Arabic word for mother is أم (ʔumm). أُمّ is the standard word for mother in Modern Standard Arabic and is used in formal contexts.