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Generally speaking, Arabic is fairly simple to learn and is phonetic to a fair extent. Having a few Lebanon local phrases on your Overlanding Africa.com trip will help you get around the markets, talk to locals, put Lebanese people you meet at ease and help you make friends and show respect.
Some of the most useful phrases and their pronunciation include the following:
• Hello: as-salaam-alaikum (ah sull aam ull ay coom)
• Goodbye: ma'assalama (ehm ahss ahlama)
• Thank you: shokran (shoh cran)
• Please: men fadlak (male) / men fadlik (female) (mein fadluk / mein fadlik)
• Yes/no: na'am/la (nah ahm/lah)
• My name is: ismi... (iz me)
• How much: bikam? (bee come)
• Where is: fein? (feen)
• I don't understand: ana la afham (ana la ufhum)
• One, two, three, four, five: wahid, ithinin, talatha, arba'a, khamisa (wah-hid, eetineen, talata, arba, kaamissa)
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