Saudi Arabic for Your First Week as an Expat
Saudi Arabic for Your First Week as an Expat
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Expat Starter Pack — Saudi Arabic Phrasebooks (N° 01 + N° 02 + N° 03)
All three pocket guides — first week, supermarket and workplace — in one download.
$20
Your first seven days in Saudi Arabia, in phrases.
The first week is the loud one: a taxi from the airport, a SIM card, a landlord, a bakala at midnight, a coffee order you get wrong. Nobody expects you to speak Arabic — but the moment you use one real Saudi phrase, the room changes. This is the pocket guide for exactly that week, before you have any idea where to start.
What's inside
- 65+ phrases for the situations week one actually throws at you, one day at a time
- Greetings and the polite replies that keep the conversation going
- Taxis and directions — getting where you meant to go
- Food, coffee and the corner shop
- Asking for help, prices, and what to say when you don't understand
- Every line in Arabic script, easy transliteration and plain English
You'll be able to say things like
- وين الحمام؟ — ween al-Hammaam? — "where's the bathroom?"
- كم؟ — kam? — "how much?"
- ما أفهم — maa afham — "I don't understand"
- شوي شوي — shwayy shwayy — "slowly" — the phrase that gets anyone to repeat themselves kindly
Who it's for
English-speaking expats who have just landed, or are about to. Absolute beginners — no alphabet, no grammar, nothing to study first.
How you get it
Instant download after checkout. PDF, works on any device, yours forever.
Staying longer than a week? Take the Expat Starter Pack — all three phrasebooks for $20 instead of $30 — or start speaking properly with Saudi Arabic for Beginners — Book 1.
Customer Reviews
“It's a nice introduction to learning Arabic as spoken by Saudis. It's basic but allows you at least hold a conversation with someone who only speaks Arabic.”
“I have actually been watching your SaudiLingo videos for a while, and they have been really helpful throughout my Arabic learning journey. For me, it has always been practical and very dialect focused which is really helpful.”
“Nicely done! The phrases are very useful. The text is clearly enunciated and slowly spoken, so one can hear and understand each word. I found it helpful to be able to read the text in Arabic as it’s being spoken, so I could stop and practice saying the words out loud. Repetition, repetition, repetition!”
“Very helpful and unique tools for students wanting to develop Saudi dialect”
“I have been taking private lessons with Saudi Lingo for a couple of months now (I also bought the book for beginners). I can confidently say that everything is 110% worth the money. The lessons are extremely well structured and I very quickly became comfortable with the Saudi dialect. I plan to keep taking lessons with Saudi Lingo until I am fluent and would recommend anyone who wants to learn the dialect quickly book a lesson! The books and their accompanying audio are also excellent, and pair perfectly with the private lessons.”
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Practical Saudi Arabic you can use today — Arabic script, easy pronunciation and English.
