هل يمكن الدخول؟
“هل يمكن الدخول؟” (халь юмкин ад-духууль؟) — may I come in? in Arabic. Phrase, level A2. Literally "is the entry possible?": dukhuul is the entry — the same as in hotel check-in. Listen for the short answer: naam, tafaddal — yes, please. In a live sentence: “هل يمكن الدخول؟ — نعم, تفضل” — May I come in? — Yes, please. Written with the characters ه, ل, ي, م, ك, ن, ا, ل, د, خ, و, ل. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | هل يمكن الدخول؟ |
| Read in Latin letters | халь юмкин ад-духууль؟ |
| Translation | may I come in? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "is the entry possible?": dukhuul is the entry — the same as in hotel check-in. Listen for the short answer: naam, tafaddal — yes, please
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- هل يمكن الدخول؟ — نعم, تفضلхаль юмкин ад-духууль؟ — наам, тафаддальMay I come in? — Yes, please
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “may I come in?” in Arabic?
«هل يمكن الدخول؟», read “халь юмкин ад-духууль؟”. In a live sentence: “هل يمكن الدخول؟ — نعم, تفضل” — May I come in? — Yes, please. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ه, ل, ي, م, ك, ن, ا, ل, د, خ, و, ل.
How is “هل يمكن الدخول؟” written in Latin letters?
халь юмкин ад-духууль؟. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "is the entry possible?": dukhuul is the entry — the same as in hotel check-in. Listen for the short answer: naam, tafaddal — yes, please. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.