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February 18, 2003
Common Arabic Words For Everyday
This is a sampling of some of the most basic of Arabic words that are used in everyday language to construct sentences. Memorize these words and practice them everyday. Practicing to pronounce these will help start you start conversing Arabic. Soon you should be able to recognize, understand and create simple everyday phrases.
لاَ - Laa - No
نَعَمْ - Naam - Yes
لٰكِنْ - Laakin - But
وَ - Wa - And
أَوْ - Aw - Or
لَيْسَ - Laisa - Not
بل - Bal - Infact
إِلاَّ - Illa - Except
بعد - Baad - After
قَبْل - Qabl - Before
إِنَّ - Inna - Indeed
مِنْ - Min - From
مَعَ - Maa - With
فِي - Fee - In
عَلٰي - Ala - On Top
تَحْتَ - Taht - Under
فَوْقَ - Fawq - Above
ذَالِكَ - Zalika - That -male
تِلْكَ - Tilka - That - female
هٰذَا - Haza - This - male
هٰذِهِ - Hazihi - This - female
هُوَ - Huwa - Him
هِيَ - Hiya - Her
إِلٰي - Ila - To or toward
مَا - Maa - What or Nought
أَيّ - Ayy - Which
أيْنَ - Ayna - Where
مَنْ - Mun - Who
كَيْف - Kaif - How
كَمْ - Kum - How much
عِنْدِي - Indi - With Me
عٍنْدَكَ - Indaka - With you - male
عِنْدَكِ - Indaki - With you - female
عِنْدَه - Indaho - With him
عِنْدَهَا - Indaha - With her
عِنْدَهُمْ - Indahom - With them
عِنْدَكُمْ - Indakom - With you - plural - male
عِنْدَكُن - Indakon - With you - plural - female
عِنْدَهُنّ - Indahom - With theml - female
لِي - Lee - For me
لَكَ - Laka - For you - male
لَكِ - Laki - For you - female
لَهُ - Laho - For him
لَهَا - Laha - For her
لَهُمْ - Lahom - For them - male
لَكُمْ - Lakom - For you - plural - male
لَكُن - Lakon - For you - plural - female
لَهُنّ - Lahon - For them- plural - female
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