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Key words: Arabic greetings, Egyptian Arabic, conversation starters, cultural context, language learning.

summary In this episode, Eslam Badawy introduces listeners to essential Arabic greetings and conversation starters, focusing on their cultural significance and appropriate contexts for use. The discussion covers various greetings for different times of the day, how to inquire about someone's well-being, and ways to say goodbye, providing a comprehensive guide for learners of Egyptian Arabic.

Takeaways:

• Ahlan wa sahlan is a warm welcome in Arabic.
• Salamu alaykum is a religious greeting, to use cautiously.
• Good morning is expressed as sabah el khair and to answer, you say Sabah elnoor, el ful, el yasmiin
• Masaa el Kheer is used for good evening greetings.
• It's customary to ask how someone is doing after greeting. Ezzayyak? Ezzayyek? 3aamil eah? 3aamlah eah? How are you?
• Responses to how are you include Alhamdulillah, Kowayyes, and Tamaam.
• Mafeesh gideed means there is nothing new to share.
• Salam is a simple way to say goodbye. ma3 elsalamah also can be used.
• Ha shufak indicates future meetings, personalized by time. Hashofak Bokrah= see you tomorrow.

أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا — Ahlan wa sahlan
سَلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ — Salāmu ʿalaykum
صَبَاح الخَيْر — Ṣabāḥ el-kheir
صَبَاح النُّور — Ṣabāḥ el-noor
صَبَاح الفُل — Ṣabāḥ el-ful
صَبَاح اليَاسْمِين — Ṣabāḥ el-yasmiin
مَسَاء الخِير — Masāʾ el-kheir

إِزَّيَّك؟ — Ezzayyak? (m)
إِزَّيِّكِ؟ — Ezzayyek? (f)
عَامِل إِيه؟ — ʿĀmil eeh? (m)
عَامْلَة إِيه؟ — ʿĀmlah eeh? (f)

الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ — El-ḥamdu lillāh
كُوَيِّس — Kowayyes (m)
كُوَيِّسَة — Kowayyisah (f)
تَمَام — Tamām

مَافِيش جِدِيد — Mafeesh gideed

سَلَام — Salām
مَعَ ٱلسَّلَامَة — Maʿ el-salāmah

هَشُوفَك — Ha-shufak (m)
هَشُوفِك — Ha-shufek (f)
هَشُوفَك بُكْرَة — Ha-shufak bokrah

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