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February 25, 2003
Useful Everyday Words Conversational Arabic
Our last Arabic class was cancelled due to bad weather, so I don't have any new stuff to post from the class notes. Below are some cool Arabic words and phrases. Read them, write them, practice them and memorize them. You should be building your vocabulary slowly. Use the dictionary on the side to look for words. Arabic is great because you can usually take the word and make other words from it, once you understand what the root word is. Enjoy.
Note: If you find errors of any kind, please either leave a comment or e-mail me.
يَوْم - Yaum - Day
أُسْبُوع - Usboo - Week
سَاعَة - Saah - Hour
سَنَة - Sanah - Year
أَمْس - Ams - Yesterday
غَدَاً - Ghadan - Tomorrow
بُكْرَة - Bukrah - Tomorrow
طَبْعاً - Tabaan - Of course
بِالْعَكْس - BilAks - On the contrary
أَيْضاً - Aidhan - Also
أَحْيَاناً - Ahyaanan - Sometimes
قَلِيلاً - Qaleelan - A little
كَثِيراً - Katheeran - A lot
كُلّ - Kull - Every
شَيْء - Shai - Thing
أشْيَاء - Ashyaa - Things
صَبَاحَ الْخَيْر - Sabah Al Khair - Good Morning
مَسَاءَالْخَيْر - Masaa Al Khair - Good Night
أَهْلاً وَ سَهْلاً - Ahlan wa Sahlan - Welcome
إِلَي الِّلقَاء - Illal Liqaa - Until we meet again
مَعَ السَّلاَمَة - Maasalamah - With peace
ألسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُم - Assalamu Alaikum - Peace be upon you
تَعَال - Taal - Come here
إذْهَبْ - Izhab - Go
خُذْ - Khuz - Take
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February 18, 2003
The Muslim Months of the Lunar Year
١- مُحَرَّم - Muharram
٢- صَفَر - Safar
٣- رَبِيْعُ الأَوّل - Rabi al-awwal
٤- رَبِيْعُ الثَّانِي - Rabi al-thani
٥- جَمَادِي الأَوّل - Jumadi al-awwal
٦- جَمَادِي الثَّانِي - Jumadi al-thani
٧- رَجَبْ - Rajab
٨- شَعْبَان - Shaaban
٩- رَمَضَان - Ramadan
١٠- شَوَّال - Shawwal
١١- ذُوالْقَعْدَة - Dhu al-Qaada
١٢- ذُوالْحِجَّة - Dhu al-Hijja
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Months of the Solar Year
يَنَايٍر - Yanayir - January
فِبْرَايِر - Fibrair - February
مَارْسْ - Mars - March
إِبْرِيل - Ibrel - April
مَايُو - Mayu - May
يُوْنِيُو - Yunio - June
يُوْلِيُو - Yulio - July
أَغَسْطُس - Aghustus - August
سِبْتِمْبَر - Sibtimbur - September
أُكْتُوبَر - Uktoober - October
نُوْفِمْبَر - Nofimber - November
دِيْسَمْبَر - Disumber - December
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Arabic Numbers and Days of the Week
Numbers 1- 10
وَاحٍدْ - ١ - Wahid - One
إِثْنَيْن - ٢ - Ithnain - Two
ثَلاَثَة - ٣ - Thalatha - Three
أَرْبَعة - ٤ - Arbaa - Four
خَمْسَة - ٥ - Khamsa - Five
سِتَّة - ٦ - Sitta - Six
سَبْعَة - ٧ - Sabaa - Seven
ثَمَانِيَه - ٨ - Thamaniah - Eight
تِسْعَة - ٩ - Tisaa - Nine
عَشْرَة - ١٠ - Ashra - Ten
Days of the week
يَوْمُ الأَحَدْ - Yaumul Ahad - Sunday
يَوْمُ الإِثْنَيْنْ - Yaumul Ithnain - Monday
يَوْمُ الثُّلاَثَاءْ - Yaumuth Thulatha - Tuesday
يَوْمُ الأَرْبِعَاءْ - Yaumul Arbiaa - Wednesday
يَوْمُ الْخَمِيْسْ - Yaumul Khamees - Thursday
يَوْمُ الْجُمْعَة - Yaumul Jumuah - Friday
يَوْمُ السَّبْتْ - Yaumus Sabt - Saturday
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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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February 09, 2003
Verbs
Here are a few more words you can add to your Arabic Vocabulary: Verbs. Make sure you memorize these words and learn how to read, write and pronounce these. These are the basic building blocks of Arabic. As you will see in the coming lessons, these same verbs are used in various forms in creating sentences. The list below is what is called a root word, from which other verbs and even nouns can be formed. In Arabic, the root words are in the past tense form, as in "He ate" or "He Wrote" not in the usual form or "To Eat" or "To Write".
أَخَذَ - Akhaza - He took
رَكِبَ - Rakiba - He rode
رَسَمَ - Rasama - He painted
نَزَلَ - Nazala - He descended
فَتَحَ - Fataha - He opened
رَجَعَ - Rajaa - He returned
رَفَعَ - Rafaa - He lifted or raised
سَمِعَ - Samiaa - He listened
وَقَعَ - Waqaa - He fell
وَعَدَ - Waada - He promised
وَقَفَ - Waqafa - He stood or stopped
جَلَسَ - Jalasa - He sat
كَشَفَ - Kashafa - He examined
لَمَسَ - Lamasa - He touched
مَسَكَ - Masaka - He caught
شَعَرَ - Shaara - He felt
رَبَحَ - Rabaha - He won
نَظَرَ - Nazara - He looked
رَبَطَ - Rabata - He tied
قَطَعَ - Qataa - He cut
وَصَلَ - Wasala - He arrived
فَصَلَ - Fasala - He separated
أَكَلَ - Akala - He ate
قَتَلَ - Qatala - He killed
رَحَلَ - Rahala - He went away
وَزَنَ - Wazana - He weighed
سَجَدَ - Sajada - He prostrated
غَسَلَ - Ghasala - He washed
مَلَكَ - Malaka - He owned
كَتَبَ - Kataba - He wrote
دَرَسَ - Darasa - He studied
صَدَقَ - Sadaqa - He told the truth
عَجَنَ - Ajana - He kneaded
حَلَبَ - Halaba - He milked
حَفَرَ - Hafara - He dug
ثَقَبَ - Saqaba - He drilled
تَرَكَ - Taraka - He left
حَمَلَ - Hamala - He carried
حَلُمَ - Haloma - He dreamed
أَذِنَ - Azina - He permitted
شَرِبَ - Darasa - He drank
فَهِمَ - Fahama - He understood
تَعِبَ - Taiba - He became tired
كَسَرَ - Kasara - He broke
ضَرَبَ - Daraba - He hit
لَمَعَ - Lamaa - He shone
نَشَرَ - Nashara - He saw
دَفَعَ - Dafaa - He pushed
سَامَحَ - Samaha - He forgave
صَامَ - Saama - He fasted
هَدَمَ - Hadama - He demolished
حَكَمَ - Hakama - He ruled
لَعِبَ - Laiba - He played
سَبَحَ - Sabaha - He swam
بَدَأَ - Badaa - He started
شَرَحَ - Sharaha - He explained
قَرَأَ - Qaraa - He read
دَخَلَ - Dhakhala - He entered
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February 03, 2003
Personal Pronouns
Arabic Pronouns are very descriptive, as you will see in this lesson. Arabic has the usual I, we, you, he, she and them. In addition there are differences when the person being referred to is a male or female, one or more. In the next lesson you will see how these pronouns, attach with the possessive pronouns to specify exactly what we're talking about or whom we're referring to when we are speaking Arabic. I will bring you some examples and exercises in right here in the coming weeks, so you can practice and prepare for the test!
أَنَا - Ana - I - male and female
أَنْتَ - Anta - You - male
أَنْتِ- Anti - You - female
هُوَ - Huwa - He
هِيَ - Hiya - She
نَحْنْ - Nahno - We - male and female
أَنْتُمْ - Antum - You - male - plural
أَنْتُنْ - Antun - You - female - plural
هُمْ - Hum - They - male
هُنْ - Hun - They - female
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