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Posted on 04 April 2010.
| Iraqi | عربي | English |
| marHaba | مَرحَبا | hello |
| ustaath | أستاذ | sir, professor |
| ahlan wa sahlan | أهلاً وسَهلاً | hello, welcome |
| Shlohnak? | شلونَك | How are you? |
| zehn | زین | good |
| al Hamdulillah | الحَمدُلله | praise be to God |
| aani | آني | I |
| ismi | إسمي | my name |
| Tsharrafna | تشَرفنا | Nice to meet you (you honor us). |
| Wili ishsharraf | وإلي الشَرَف | And nice to meet you (and the honor is ours). |
| sayyid | سَیِّد | sir, mister |
| w | و | and |
| assalaam | السَّلام | peace |
| ‘alaykum | عَلَیکُم | upon you |
| As salaamu ‘alaykum. | السَّلامُ عَلَیکُم | Peace be upon you. |
| wa | و | and |
| Wa ‘alaykum assalaam | وعَلَیکُم السَّلام | And upon you be peace. |
| inta | إنتَ | you |
| min | مِن | from |
| wehn | وین | where |
| ‘Iraqi | عِراقي | Iraqi(s) (masculine, feminine, |
| ‘Iraqiyya | عِراقِيِّة | singular; masculine, feminine |
| ‘Iraqiyyeen | عِراقِیین | plural; hereafter abbreviated as |
| ‘Iraqiyyaat | عِراقِیات | msg, fsg, mpl, fpl) |
| la | لا | no |
| mu | مو | not |
| Amriiki | أمریکي | American (masculine, feminine, |
| Amriikiyya | أمریکِیِّة | plural, hereafter abbreviated as |
| Amriikaan | أمریکان | m,f,fpl) |
| madiina | مَدینة | city |
| madiinat ATlanTa | مَدینَة أطلانطا | city of Atlanta |
| wilayat | وِلایَة | State |
| wilayat Georgia | وِلایَة جورجیا | State of Georgia |
| il Wilayat il MutaHida | الوِلایات المُتَحِدة | United States |
| Amriika | أمریکا | America |
| hnaa | هنا | here |
| na’am | نَعَم | yes |
| aani wilaadat | آني وِلادَة | I was born |
| il ‘Iraq | العِراق | Iraq- country name are preceded by the definite article “il” which is “the”. |
| il/al | إلـ /الـ | the – both spellings are common (“al” Hamdulillah, but “il” Iraq) |
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