🙏 Courtesy phrases

Unit 4 · Working & living in Egypt · 8 min

Courtesy: لَوْ سَمَحْتَ excuse me, تَفَضَّلْ please / come in / here you are, شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا thank you very much, عَفْوًا you're welcome / pardon. تَفَضَّلْ is used for offering, inviting in, letting someone go first.

Words in this lesson

• لَوْ سَمَحْتَ (law samaḥta) — excuse me
• تَفَضَّلْ (tafaḍḍal) — please; here you are
• شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا (shukran jazīlan) — thank you very much
• عَفْوًا (ʿafwan) — you're welcome; pardon
• مَعْذِرَةً (maʿdhiratan) — excuse me; sorry
• أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ahlan wa sahlan) — welcome

Project: Use تَفَضَّلْ or لَوْ سَمَحْتَ at least three times today.