Language/Standard-arabic/Vocabulary/Say-Yes

What are the differents ways to say "Yes" in Arabic?

If you want to better understand and speak everyday Arabic, you need to learn other ways than "YES". In this lesson, we will focus on expanding your Standard-arabic Vocabulary to help you express agreement and affirmation more naturally. After mastering this lesson, you can also explore other related topics such as "How to Say No", Arabic words for birds, Arabic breakfast vocabulary, and Arabic art terms. Dive in and enrich your language skills! 😊📚

Summary

Word	Meaning	Formality Level
نعم	Yes	Formal
(ايوا) /Aywa/	Yep (Egyptian slang)	Informal
اجل /Ajal/	Alright	More formal
تمام /Tamam/	Alright / OK	Semi-formal
طبعا /T'ab3an/	Of course	Formal
اكيد /akid/	Sure	Formal
حاضر /Harder/	OK	Formal

نعم /Na3am/

yes

To say you agree in Arabic, you can simply say "Yes" or you may repeat the whole sentence:

• هل تحب المثلجات؟ نعم/ نعم ,احب المثلجات. = Do you like icecream? yes/ yes, I like icecream .
• Also, you can say "Na3am" when you want the speaker to repeat his speach again.

(ايوا) /Aywa/ (Egyptian slang)

yep (in Egyptian and some country in Midel East)

ايوى /Aywa/ is the informal way of saying "yes" in Arabic.

You'll hear this a lot in casual conversation:

• انت عايش في القاهرة ؟ ايوى , أنا عايش هنا .= Do you live in Cairo ? Yep, I live here.

اجل /Ajal/ (more formal)

alright

"اجل" is the Arabic equivalent of "allright".

Example:

• هل ستأتي معنا ؟ اجل . = Are you coming with us? Alright.

تمام /Tamam/ (semi formal)

alright /OK (in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and the environs)

"Ok" has the same meaning as "تمام" but a little less formal.

• افتح هديتك . تمام . = Open your gift. Ok.

طبعا /T'ab3an/

of course

If a person asks you something and the answer seems obvious, you could answer:

• طبعا /T'b3an/ (of course)
• اكيد /Akid/ (sure)

You can use "طبعا" in all situations, but "ااكيد" is more formal.

Example:

• ! هل تحب المثلجات ؟ طبعا . = Do you like icecream? Of course! .

اكيد /akid/

sure

when you are very sure in your answer:

• هل انت فرنسي ؟ اكيد .= Are you French ? sure

حاضر /Harder/

OK

When someone ask you to do something and you will do it then you say حاضر. It's a polite way to say yes or OK.

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