When introducing yourself in Arabic, you might want to talk about where you’re from and which languages you speak. Most Arabic names of countries and languages are quite different from English, so make sure to memorize at least those that are most important to you.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Arabic“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Countries & Languages

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America

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Americaأمريكاamrika
American languageاللغة الأمريكيةal loghah al amrikiyah
in American (English)بالإنجليزية (الأمريكية)bil enjilizeyah (al amrikiyah) [6]
from Americaمن أمريكاmin amrika
American (Person from America)أمريكي, أمريكيةamriki (m), amrikeyah (f)
American (Adjective relating to America, e.g. American food)أمريكي, أمريكيةamriki (m), amrikeyah (f)

Austria

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Austriaالنمساannemsa
Austrian languageاللغة النمساويةal loghah annemsawiyah
in Austrianبالنمساويةbin-nemsawiyah
from Austriaمن النمساmina annemsa
Austrian (Person from Austria)نمساوي, نمساويةnemsawi (m), nemsawiyah (f)
Austrian (Adjective relating to Austria, e.g. Austrian food)نمساوي, نمساويةnemsawi (m), nemsawiyah (f)

England

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Englandإنجلتراenjiltera
English languageاللغة الإنجليزيةal loghah al enjliziyah
in Englishبالإنجليزيةbil enjliziyah
from Englandمن إنجلتراmin enjiltera
English (Person from England) / Englishmanإنجليزي, إنجليزيةenjilizi (m), enjiliziyah (f)
English (Adjective relating to England, e.g. English food)إنجليزي, إنجليزيةenjilizi (m), enjiliziyah (f)

France

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Franceفرنساfaransa
French languageاللغة الفرنسيةal loghah al faransiyah
in Frenchبالفرنسيةbil faransiyah
from Franceمن فرنساmin faransa
French (Person from France) / Frenchmanفرنسي, فرنسيةfaransi (m), faransiyah (f)
French (Adjective relating to France, e.g. French food)فرنسي, فرنسيةfaransi (m), faransiyah (f)

Germany

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Germanyألمانياalmanya
German languageاللغة الألمانيةal loghah al almaniyah
in Germanبالألمانيةbil almaniyah
from Germanyمن ألمانياmin almanya
German (Person from Germany)ألماني, ألمانيةalmani (m), almaneyah (f)
German (Adjective relating to Germany, e.g. German food)ألماني, ألمانيةalmani (m), almaneyah (f)

Italy

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Italyإيطالياitalya
Italian languageاللغة الإيطاليةal loghah al italiyah
in Italianبالإيطاليةbil italiyah
from Italyمن إيطالياmin italya
Italian (Person from Italy)إيطالي, إيطاليةitali (m), italiyah (f)
Italian (Adjective relating to Italy, e.g. Italian food)إيطالي, إيطاليةitali (m), italiyah (f)

Poland

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Polandبولنداbolanda
Polish languageاللغة البولنديةal loghah al bolandiyah
in Polishبالبولنديةbil bolandiyah
from Polandمن بولنداmin bolanda
Polish (Person from Poland)بولندي, بولنديةbolandi (m), bolandeyah (f)
Polish (Adjective relating to Poland, e.g. Polish food)بولندي, بولنديةbolandi (m), bolandeyah (f) [2]

Russia

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Russiaروسياrosya
Russian languageاللغة الروسيةal loghah arrosiya
in Russianبالروسيةbirrosiyah
from Russiaمن روسياmin rosya
Russian (Person from Russia)روسي, روسيةrosi (m), rosiyah (f)
Russian (Adjective relating to Russia, e.g. Russian food)روسي, روسيةrosi (m), rosiyah (f)

Spain

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Spainإسبانياispanya
Spanish languageاللغة الإسبانيةal loghah al ispaniyah
in Spanishبالإسبانيةbil ispaniyah
from Spainمن إسبانياmin ispanya
Spanish (Person from Spain) / Spaniardإسباني, إسبانيةispani (m), ispaniyah (f)
Spanish (Adjective relating to Spain, e.g. Spanish food)إسباني, إسبانيةispani (m), ispaniyah (f)

Switzerland

EnglishArabicArabic
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
Switzerlandسويسراswisra
Swiss languageاللغة السويسريةal loghah asswisriyah
in Swissبالسويسريةbisswisriyah
from Switzerlandمن سويسراmin swisra
Swiss (Person from Switzerland)سويسري, سويسريةswisri (m), swisriyah (f)
Swiss (Adjective relating to Switzerland, e.g. Swiss food)سويسري, سويسريةswisri (m), swisriyah (f)

Notes:

1 Please note that in Arabic most nouns have masculine and feminine forms. So If we were to say 'A Polish shirt', noting that in Arabic the word shirt is masculine قميص, qamis, then we will have to use the masculine adjective of Polish as well بولندي, bolandi. So that the final result of 'a Polish shirt' would be قميص بولندي, qamis bolandi, and not بولندية, bolandeyah. This applies to the other country related adjectives below as well.2 Please note that in Arabic we usually flip adjective positions. The literal translation for this Arabic sentence is 'in English (American)'. This is because in Arabic, we have to put the noun first. So the adjective 'English' is the noun here, and 'American' is the adjective for that noun.

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