LESSON NOTES

Survival Phrases #1
Thank You!

CONTENTS
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Arabic
Vowelled Arabic
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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VOWELLED ARABIC
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ROMANIZATION
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shukran jaziilan

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shukran

3.

baaraka allahu fiik.

ENGLISH
1.

Thanks a lot.

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2.

Thanks.

3.

God bless you. / Thank you very much.

VOCABULARY
A r abic

R omanization
baaraka allahu
fiik.

English

C lass

Ge nde r

God bless you. /

Thank you very
much.

phrase

shukran jaziilan

Thanks a lot.

expression

Shukran.

Thanks.

expression

baaraka

to bless

verb

allahu

God

noun

fiik

in you

expression

jaziilan

a lot

expression

masculine

SAMPLE SENTENCES
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baraka al-llaahu fik ya ai biliislam.

shukran jazeelan l musaa'adatek

thank you my brother in Islam.

Thanks a lot for your help.

ukraan ala qudumak

baraka al-allahu fihi iinnah auun ad.

Thank you for coming.

God bless him, He is a good man.

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hal ahabta il al-qhirah min qabl?

allah yialik ya rayyis

Have you been to Cairo before?

thank you sir.

iinta fiyik aah abah.

hal ahabta il al-qhirah min qabl?

There is something good in you.

Have you been to Cairo before?

shukran jazeelan l musaa'adatek

Thanks a lot for your help.

GRAMMAR
Wherever your destination maybe, manners are a must! And in this respect, Morocco is no
different. So in our very first lesson, we'll be taking a look at a phrase there is no excuse not to
bring with you to Morocco. Again, I'll stress this over and over, a little bit of the language can
go such a long way! In Arabic "Thank you" is shukran (). The word shukran literally means
thanks. This is rather casual and can be used in restaurants, at shops, and just about
everywhere else. Now in Arabic there is a more formal way to express ones gratitude. Lets
take a look at it. The equivalent of Thank you very much is shukran jaziilan () . The
first word of the phrase shukran ( )means Thanks as we learned earlier. This is followed
by jaziilan (), which means a lot. So, both words together shukran jaziilan ()
mean thanks a lot. This phrase is quite formal and is usually used for writing thank you
notes, or thanking someone when they invite you to their home for lunch or dinner, as well as
in business contexts and other formal situations. On the other hand, for very special
occasions when someone goes above and beyond the call of being kind, when someone is
extremely generous, or for any other time you're extremely grateful, we have the following
phrase to express extreme gratitude: baaraka allahu fiik ( ) and this can mean
something like Thank you very much although the literal meaning is quite different. Let me
explain. The first word baaraka ( )means to bless. This is followed by allahu (), which
is God in Arabic. The last word in this phrase is fiik ( )which means in you. The three
words put together baaraka allahu fiik literally mean God bless you, which in many

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situations can be used to say thank you very much.

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Quick Tip 1
In instances when Moroccans want to express extreme gratitude, they usually place their right
hand on their chest while saying thank you. This gesture indicates that it's really coming from
the heart. It's not required, and don't think about it if it doesn't come out naturally, but if you see
people doing it, that's what it means. Quick Tip 2 Since this is your very first encounter with
Arabic, here is a quick info on this rich language and on what else is spoken in Morocco.
Classical Arabic is Morocco's official language, but the country's distinctive Arabic dialect
(also called Moroccan Arabic) is the most widely spoken in Morocco. Youll find me juggling
between both Classical and Moroccan Arabic to offer you the most relevant Survival Phrases.
In addition, about 10 million Moroccans, mostly in rural areas, speak Berber either as a first
language or bilingually with the spoken Arabic dialect. French which remains Morocco's
unofficial third language, is taught universally and still serves as Morocco's primary language
of commerce, science and economics; it is also widely used in education and government.
Many Moroccans in the northern part of the country speak Arabic. English, while still far
behind French and Arabic in terms of number of speakers, is rapidly becoming the foreign
language of choice among educated youth.

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