28/09/2026
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Meeting up with friends in Dubai or letting a colleague know you are on the way? ๐๐ฆ๐ช If you want to stop sounding like a textbook and start speaking like a local, ditch the formal words and use "Al-heen" (ุงูุญููู - Right now)!
In spoken Emirati and Gulf Arabic, "Al-heen" is the everyday word you will hear everywhereโfrom work meetings to weekend plans. โจ
Swipe through to master these essential daily phrases:
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Right now = ุงูุญููู (Al-heen)
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Where are you right now? = ูููููู ุงูุญูููุ (Waynak al-heen?)
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I am coming right now = ุฃูููุง ุฌูุงู ุงูุญููู (Ana jay al-heen)
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I am busy right now = ุฃูููุง ู
ูุดูุบููู ุงูุญููู (Ana mashghool al-heen)
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Not right now = ู
ูู ุงูุญููู (Moo al-heen)
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Let's go right now! = ูููููุง ููุฑููุญ ุงูุญููู! (Yalla nrooh al-heen!)
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