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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

Posted by webmaster at February 18, 2003 09:12 PM

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