Ask who, what, where, when, why, and how — plus the words that join sentences.

• مَنْmanwho | مَنْ هَذَا؟ = Who is this?
• ماmāwhat (with nouns) | ما هَذَا؟ = What is this?
• مَاذَاmāḏāwhat (with verbs) | مَاذَا تُرِيدُ؟ = What do you want?
• أَيْنَʾaynawhere | أَيْنَ الْبَيْتُ؟ = Where is the house?
• مَتَىmatāwhen | مَتَى تَأْتِي؟ = When are you coming?
• لِمَاذَاlimāḏāwhy | لِمَاذَا تَبْكِي؟ = Why are you crying?
• كَيْفَkayfahow | كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ = How are you?
• كَمْkamhow much / how many | كَمْ عُمْرُكَ؟ = How old are you?
• بِكَمْbikamhow much (price) | بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ = How much is this?
• أَيّʾayywhich | أَيُّ كِتَابٍ تُرِيدُ؟ = Which book do you want?
• هَلْhalyes/no question marker | هَلْ أَنْتَ طَالِبٌ؟ = Are you a student?
• مِنْ أَيْنَmin ʾaynafrom where | مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ = Where are you from?
• وَwaand | أَنَا وَأَنْتَ = me and you
• أَوْʾawor | شَايٌ أَوْ قَهْوَةٌ؟ = Tea or coffee?
• لَكِنْlākinbut | أُرِيدُ لَكِنْ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ = I want to, but I can't
• لِأَنَّliʾannabecause | لِأَنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ = because he is sick
• ثُمَّṯummathen / and then | أَكَلَ ثُمَّ نَامَ = he ate then slept
• فَfaso / and so / and then | دَرَسَ فَنَجَحَ = he studied, so he succeeded