من فضلك

من فضلك

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min fadˁ.li.ka/ (to a man)
• IPA^(key): /min fadˁ.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.‎‎ ― ʾaʿṭinī qahwatan ʾuḵrā, min faḍlika. ― Please give me another coffee, please.

   (formal, to a man)

   ‏أَعْطِينِي قَهْوَةً أُخْرَى، مِنْ فَضْلِكِ.‎‎ ― ʾaʿṭīnī qahwatan ʾuḵrā, 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)