Shopping in Arabic: Ask Prices and Choose What You Need

01Browse three clear choices

Practice prices: these invented tags use UAE dirhams, labelled AED. They are for the lesson, not a guide to real shop prices.

First identify the product: kitab is a book, qalam is a pen, and haqiba is a bag. The amount belongs to that particular tag. Check both the item and the number before answering; a price alone does not identify what you are buying.

02Ask about the book

Point to the book while asking. If the object is already obvious, بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ bikam hadha is enough: “How much is this?” Use hadhihi for our feminine noun bag: بِكَمْ هَذِهِ الْحَقِيبَة؟.

For the book’s practice price, a possible reply is بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ biasharati darahim, “For ten dirhams.” Learn this reply as one chunk; the forms of numbers and currency words can change with the amount.

03Say which one you want

أُرِيدُ uridu works for any speaker saying “I want.” To choose the bag, say أُرِيدُ هَذِهِ الْحَقِيبَة uridu hadhihi alhaqiba.

• Hadha points to the book or pen.
• Hadhihi points to the bag.
• Pointing and naming the product together makes the choice clear.

These are complete requests, not questions about price. Decide which job your next sentence needs to do.

04Choose a size

The describing word follows the noun. Saghira and kabira match the feminine noun haqiba. Here, small and large describe the bags themselves; they are not clothing size codes. These comparison pictures have no price tags, so ask before assuming a size has the same price.

05Finish a short exchange

Use مِنْ فَضْلِكَ min fadlika when addressing one man, or مِنْ فَضْلِكِ min fadliki when addressing one woman. This distinction concerns the person you speak to, not the product.

Finish with شُكْرًا shukran, thank you. Rehearse the three turns, then change the product. Plain reading aids simplify sounds and some endings; keep the Arabic beside them.