Casual and colloquial Arabic expressions used in everyday spoken conversation across the Arab world that a Modern Standard Arabic textbook usually skips. Front: the Arabic word or phrase with romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.
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- يلا (yalla)
- Come on, let's go, hurry up (extremely common in casual speech)
- حبيبي (habibi)
- My dear, my love (used casually and affectionately between friends and family, not only romantically)
- خلص (khalas)
- That's it, enough, done (very common casual expression)
- شو هالحكي؟ (shu hal-haki?)
- What's this nonsense? (casual Levantine expression of disbelief)
- تمام (tamam)
- Okay, fine, perfect (very common casual response)
- ولاء (walla)
- I swear, really (casual emphasis, short for wallahi)
- إيش (esh)
- What (casual Gulf/Levantine shortening of ayyu shay')
- حلو (helu)
- Nice, sweet, cool (casual, used to describe something good)
- مبسوط (mabsut)
- Happy, pleased (very common casual word for feeling good)
- معقول؟ (ma'qul?)
- Really? Seriously? (casual expression of disbelief)
- يا زلمة (ya zalame)
- Man, dude (casual address to a man, common in the Levant)
- شكلك تعبان (shaklak ta'ban)
- You look tired (casual observation about someone)
- ماشي الحال (mashi al-hal)
- So-so, it's okay (casual response about how things are going)
- على راحتك (ala rahtak)
- Take your time, as you like (casual, relaxed phrase)
- فش حدا (fesh hada)
- There's nobody, no one's around (casual Levantine expression)
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