Your first hours in the country. You walk into a shop, pass a neighbor, or meet a colleague. Saudis greet warmly and often — getting the greeting and the reply right is the single most useful social move you can make. It opens every door before you say anything else.

1. 1السلام عليكمas-salām ʿalaykumthe universal greeting
2. 2وعليكم السلامwa ʿalaykum as-salāmthe reply to it
3. 3هلاhalāhi / hey
4. 4كيفkēfhow
5. 5حالَكḥālak / ḥālikyour condition
6. 6بخيرbi-khērfine, well
7. 7الحمد للهal-ḥamdu lillāhpraise God (tag of gratitude)
8. 8صباح الخيرṣabāḥ al-khērgood morning
9. 9مساء الخيرmasā al-khērgood evening
10. 10مع السلامةmaʿ as-salāmagoodbye

Saudi Arabic doesn't use a separate word for "your." You glue a tiny ending onto the noun. The ending ـك means "your / you." Say it -ak to a man and -ik to a woman.

So حال (ḥāl, condition) becomes حالَك (ḥālak, "your condition"). You'll meet this exact ending on dozens of words later — اسمك (your name), عندك (do you have). Learn it once, reuse it forever.

كيف حالك = كيف (how) + حال (condition) + ـك (your). Literally "how your-condition."

وأنت = و (and) + أنت (you). Bounces the question back: "and you?"

بخير = بـ (in / with) + خير (good) → "in a good state," i.e. "I'm fine."

To say "not" before a describing word, Saudis use مو (mū) or مب (mub). Lead with مو.

You rarely tell a stranger you're "not fine," but learn مو / مب now — it negates words all through the course (مو غالي = not expensive, مب بعيد = not far).

1. What do you reply to السلام عليكم?
2. How do you say "how are you?" to a woman?
3. Translate: بخير الحمد لله.
4. Give the reply to صباح الخير.

This is Lesson 1 — your foundation, so there's nothing to review yet. Everything here comes back. Next lesson you'll reuse هلا, the greeting pair, and the -ak / -ik ending right away.

You've greeted someone (Lesson 1). Now you introduce yourself, ask their name, and say where you're from. This is how a neighbor, a colleague, a shopkeeper, or a taxi driver turns from a stranger into a conversation.

1. 1أناanāI new
2. 2اسميismimy name new
3. 3وشweshwhat (the key Saudi question word) new
4. 4اسمَكismak / ismikyour name ♻ -ak / -ik
5. 5منminfrom new
6. 6وينwēnwhere new
7. 7أنتinta / intiyou ♻ from "wa inta?" in L1
8. 8تشرّفناtsharrafnānice to meet you new
9. 9ساكنsākin / sāknaliving, a resident new
10. 10هناhinahere new

Last lesson you met ـك "your." Now meet its partner ـي "my." Glue ـي for "my" and ـك for "your" onto the same noun.

اسم (ism, name) → اسمي (my name), اسمَك (your name). So وش اسمك؟ = "what your-name?" and you answer أنا اسمي… = "I, my-name is…". The Saudi word for "what" is وش (wesh) — you'll lean on it constantly.

أنا اسمي سارة = أنا (I) + اسمي (my name) + Sāra. The أنا adds warmth; اسمي سارة alone also works.

وش اسمك = وش (what) + اسم (name) + ـك (your).

من وين = من (from) + وين (where) → "from where."

ساكنة هنا = ساكنة (living, said by a woman) + هنا (here). A man says ساكن.

Use the same مو / مب from Lesson 1 to say "not." ♻ مو / مب from L1

1. Say "my name is ___" in Saudi Arabic.
2. Ask a man "what's your name?"
3. What does وش mean?
4. Translate: من وين أنتي؟
5. Fix it: وش اسمَك؟ said to a woman.