basics · conversation
كيفَك؟
How are you?
How to ask how someone is feeling
Today's lesson is about asking and answering the question "How are you?" in colloquial Levantine Arabic. This is a basic and essential part of everyday conversation.
The most important word for asking how someone is, is the keyword كيف meaning 'how'.
Keywords
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In order to ask someone how they are, you need to add the personal pronoun suffix for that person. For example...
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Comments (3)
Learn Levantine ·
Isn't also كيف حالَك correct?
Albert ·
The lesson did start by saying it would teach the colloquial phrase, but “كيف حالَك” is where that comes from
Ella ·
𝓘𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓬𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓸𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓴𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓪𝓴 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓪 𝓫𝓸𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓴𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓪𝓴
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