Habibi. An informal way of greeting a friend is to call them habibi (when addressing a man) or habibti (when addressing a woman). You can combine this with Yallah to say Yallah habibi, meaning "hello my friend". The Basics. Ay-wa/naam: Yes. La': No. La shu-kran: No, thanks. Min fadlak (when talking to a male); Min fadliki (when talking to
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