من فضلك

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min fadˤ.li.ka/ (to a man)
• IPA^(key): /min fadˤ.li.ki/ (to a woman)

Adverb

مِنْ فَضْلِكَ • (min faḍlika) (to a man)
مِنْ فَضْلِكِ • (min faḍliki) (to a woman)

1. please (“interjection to make commands polite”)

   أَعْطِنِي قَهْوَةً أُخْرَى، مِنْ فَضْلِكَ. ― ʔaʕṭinī qahwatan ʔuḵrā, min faḍlika. ― Please give me another coffee, please. (formal, to a man)

   أَعْطِينِي قَهْوَةً أُخْرَى، مِنْ فَضْلِكِ. ― ʔaʕṭīnī qahwatan ʔuḵrā, min faḍliki. ― Please give me another coffee, please. (formal, to a woman)

See also

• مِنْ فَضْلِكُمْ (min faḍlikum) (formal, to a group of men or a mixed group)
• مِنْ فَضْلِكُنَّ (min faḍlikunna) (formal, to a group of women)
• مِنْ فَضْلِكُمَا (min faḍlikumā) (formal, to two people)