How to Say “Thank You” in Arabic? | عبارات شكر و تقدير
How to Say “Thank You” in Arabic? | عبارات شكر و تقدير
There’s More Than One Way to Say Thank You in Arabic!
The following eLearning resource is a collection of expressions that Arabs use throughout the Arab world to express thanks and gratitude. The list includes a variety of colloquial and MSA expressions in addition to standard Islamic expressions.
You can study these resources in a variety of formats, namely:
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- Read: Downloadable PDF list (the document is embedded online in its original “printed” layout)
- eSelf-Assess: Interactive online quiz
Call for further expressions: How do you say “Thank you” in your own Arabic local dialect?
This is not in anyway a exhaustive list and I am sure that they are a lot more ways of saying “Thank you” in the different dialects/varieties of Arabic.
Your suggestions and contributions with further expressions would be most welcome.
Glossary
- MSA: Modern Standard Arabic
- Col.: Colloquial
- Lit.: Literally
- Number 1: Expressions used to thank someone.
- Number 2: Expressions used as a reply
How to Say “Thank You” in Arabic? | عبارات شكر و تقدير
Author: Mourad Diouri, CASAW, University of Edinburgh
19 Cards
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How to Say “Thank You” in Arabic? | عبارات شكر و تقدير
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(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
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Feedback received from Jane Wightwick, co-author of Mastering Arabic 1 & 2 and many other publications
“Your flashcards are very good – I really like the multiple ways to say ‘thank you’. I’m going to insist my students don’t say ‘shukran’ from now on!”
Dear Mourad,
Thank you so much for sharing your great resources with us.
I am, for sure, will be using them in my teaching as they are accessible, clear and covering a huge range of topics and vocabulary I have hardly seen anywhere else.
You have done a great job!!!!
I am certain your students have benefited and progressed a great deal from this valuable support and developed their Arabic rapidly.
I am really grateful for your update, and thankful for your role in giving the teaching of Arabic a new modern dimension.
Wishing you all the best.
Kind regards,
Doha Kudsi
Language Consultant
SSAT
Allah ya3Teek al 3aafiya for this. Its great to know another word other than shukran.
@Ruwayda: Salam Ruwayda. I can assure there are even more other ways of saying Thank you than the ones in this set!
Mourad, the flash cards are user friendly and cover an appropriate range of topics, from what I can see at all levels. I’m also a fan of the software you use to make the flashcards interactive. Thanks, Chris Hurn.
salaam mourad, afwan (!) i didn’t mean to put one star on your rating, i’m afraid i’m not very computer literate and thought you had to put the stars in one at a time. pls feel free to delete that. It’s a wonderful resource. one query though - with the ‘know it’ sectio, the problem is that you have to put the answer in exactly as it is on the back of the card, with the same number of spaces, commas or whatever which means the answer mostly comes up as incorrect even when it’s basically right. is there any way of making the software a little less sensitive? (eg: for la shokran ala wajb you have to put in Not at all! (with capital and exclamation mark) followed by (lit. Don’t thank me, it’s my duty) exactly as on the card or it comes back wrong. any thoughts?
@cgilmore: you are right. The software is very sensitive to the answer which must match 100%, otherwise it’ll be rejected. There is not much we can do about it. I’ll get in touch with the software programmers to see what they think . Salam .