How to say "please" in Modern Standard Arabic
مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
min fadlika
- Without tashkeel
- من فضلك
- Franco / chat alphabet
- min fadlak
- Literally
- from your grace
When to use it
This is the standard, polite way to say please in Modern Standard Arabic when making a request. It is highly versatile, used in formal writing, news broadcasts, and polite speech across the Arab world. The ending pronoun must change depending on the gender and number of the people being addressed.
Other ways to say it
to a man
مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
min fadlika
please
Use when addressing a single male.
to a woman
مِنْ فَضْلِكِ
min fadliki
please
Use when addressing a single female.
to a group
مِنْ فَضْلِكُمْ
min fadlikum
please
Use when addressing a group of three or more people, or a mixed group.
I beg you
أَرْجُوكَ
arjooka
I beg you / please
Use for a stronger, more emotional plea rather than a simple polite request.
if you permit
لَوْ سَمَحْتَ
law sama7ta
excuse me / please
Another very common polite request marker, slightly less formal than min fadlika.
How people reply
بِكُلِّ سُرُورٍ
bikulli suroorin
with pleasure
طَبْعاً
tab3an
certainly / of course
تَحْتَ أَمْرِكَ
ta7ta amrika
at your service
In a sentence
أَعْطِنِي الْكِتَابَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
a3tini al-kitaba min fadlika.
Please give me the book.
تَفَضَّلْ بِالْجُلُوسِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
tafaddal bil-juloosi min fadlika.
Please sit down.
هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ مُسَاعَدَتِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ؟
hal yumkinuka musa3adati min fadlika?
Can you help me, please?