Left, right, straight ahead and how to ask the way in Arabic, with English translations.
| English | Arabic | |
|---|---|---|
| left | يَسَارyasār | |
| right | يَمِينyamīn | |
| straight ahead | إِلَى الْأَمَام مُبَاشَرَةًʔilā l-ʔamām mubāšaratan | |
| north | شَمَالšamāl | |
| south | جَنُوبjanūb | |
| east | شَرْقšarq | |
| west | غَرْبḡarb | |
| here | هُنَاhunā | |
| there | هُنَاكَhunāka | |
| near | قَرِيبqarīb | |
| far | بَعِيدbaʕīd | |
| up | إِلَى الْأَعْلَىʔilā l-ʔaʕlā | |
| down | إِلَى الْأَسْفَلʔilā l-ʔasfal | |
| in front of | أمامʔamāma | |
| behind | وَرَاءَwarāʔa | |
| next to | بجانبbijānib | |
| between | بينbayna | |
| opposite | فِي مُوَاجَهَةfī muwājaha | |
| above | فوقfawqa | |
| below | تحت, أسفلtaḥta, asfal | |
| inside | دَاخِلdāḵil | |
| outside | خارجḵārija | |
| corner | زَاوِيَةzāwiya | |
| crossroads | مُفْتَرَق طُرُقmuftaraq ṭuruq | |
| roundabout | دَوَّارdawwār | |
| traffic light | إِشَارَة مُرُورʔišārat murūr | |
| map | خَرِيطَةḵarīṭa | |
| address | عُنْوَانʕunwān | |
| street | شَارِعšāriʕ | |
| turn left | اتجه يسارًاittajih yasāran | |
| turn right | اتجه يمينًاittajih yamīnan | |
| how do I get to…? | كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي الْوُصُولُ إِلَى...؟kayfa yumkinunī l-wuṣūlu ʔilā...? | |
| I'm lost | أَنَا تَائِهʔanā tāʔih | |