Arabic

In Syrian Arabic, ‘merry christmas’ is ميلاد مجيد (milad majid).

In Algerian Arabic, a gentle, gender neutral way to say ‘my love’ is قلبي (galbi), literally ‘my heart’.

jamal is the English transliteration for the Arabic male given name جمال. جمال is a male given name.

The phrase “you smell” is translated into Arabic as رائحتك كريهة. This phrase is used to tell someone that their body has an unpleasant odor.

To say “stop that” in Arabic, use توقف عن ذلك. The phrase is a command used to tell someone to end an action they are currently doing.

The English phrase “allah will punish you” is translated into Arabic as الله يعاقبك.

The English word “soup” can be translated into Arabic as شُورَبَة, شُرْبَة or حَسَاء.

The Arabic word for destiny is قدر. قدر refers to a predetermined condition, fate or the fixed order of things.

The English phrase ‘hopefully’ can be translated into Arabic as إن شاء الله.

To say hey to get someone’s attention in Arabic, put يا (yā) right before their name or title, as in يَا كَرِيمُ, hey Kareem.