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Tariq and his friends are looking for pen friends in other countries ...

Countries

To say
* I am from ...

you just need two words:

* ana min ...

Go to these lessons to practice saying your name and asking others what their names are.

Youtube Arabic lesson 1

Learn to say and write
*hello
* my name is
* goodbye
* 4 Arabic names

What's your name?

What’s your name?

maa ism-ak? (when you’re asking a boy)
maa ism-ik? (when you’re asking a girl)

My name is ….

ism-ee … (doesn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl)



Practice this in Youtube Arabic lesson 2

Where are you from?

Where are you from?

min ayna anta? (when you’re asking a boy)
min ayna anti? (when you’re asking a girl)

I'm from ….

ana min … (doesn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl)


note that...
anta = you (male)

anti = you (female)
ana = I (no gender)

I'm Scottish, me

ana bariTanee I (am) British
ana inglizee I (am) English


You can ask someone if they are British as follows:
anta bariTanee? (are) you British?
or if you’re speaking to a girl,
anti bariTaniyah? (are) you British?
anti iTaliyah? (are) you Italian?


Reply with yes or no

na3m, ana ingliziyah yes, I’m English

laa, ana faransee! no, I’m French!

laa, ana iskotlandiyah! no, I’m Scottish!

These are two extremely useful words:

laa no

na3m yes

• Are you puzzled about this number 3 in the word na3m? This article explains how some of the more unusual Arabic letters are transliterated into English (coming soon)
  
• Go here for more on pronouns - the Arabic for I, you, she, he etc.
  
• Go here for more nationalities

Languages and nationalities

أسباني Spanish

ألماني German

فرنسي French

ويلزي Welsh

إيرلندي Irish

إسكتلندي Scottish

إنجليزي English

بريطاني British

عَرَبيْ Arabic