Airport & Customs

1. من فضلك أرني جواز سفرك

   Min faḍlak arinī jawāz safarik

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Arabic is written right-to-left

2. ما هو الغرض من زيارتك؟

   Mā huwa al-gharaḍ min ziyāratik?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Ma" = what

3. كم ليلة تخطط للبقاء؟

   Kam layla takhṭaṭ lil-baqāʾ?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Kam" = how many

4. هل لديك ما تصرح به؟

   Hal ladayka mā tuṣarriḥ bihi?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Hal" starts yes/no questions; "ma tuṣarriḥ bihi" = what you declare. Customs declaration uses the verb sarraha bi-

5. حقيبتي لم تصل بعد

   Ḥaqībatī lam taṣil baʿd

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Lam taṣil" = has not arrived

6. هذه حقيبة اليد

   Hādhihi ḥaqībat al-yad

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Yad" = hand

7. أنا في العبور

   Anā fī al-ʿubūr

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Fil" = in the

8. أين البوابة؟

   Ayn al-bawwāba?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Ayn" = where

9. متى يبدأ الصعود للطائرة؟

   Matā yabdaʾ al-ṣuʿūd lil-ṭāʾira?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Matā" = when

10. أين السوق الحرة؟

    Ayn al-sūq al-ḥurra?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    "al-sūq al-ḥurra" (lit. "free market") is the standard Arabic term for a duty-free shop. Suq is feminine, so the adjective takes the feminine form al-ḥurra

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