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Arabic in Everyday Life
(TUESDAY LESSON)
GREETINGS (TAH(E)YIA)
HELLO/HI - MARHABAN (PLURAL “MARHABTEIN”)/ AHLAN (HI)
BY SAYING “HELLO”, ONE CAN RESPONSE IN DIFFERENT WAYS
1. AH(A)LAN (HI)
2. AH(A)LEIN (MORE HI’S)
3. HALAA (HEY)
4. MARHABTEYN (MORE HELLO’S)
INTRODUCING SELF
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? - MAA ISMUKA? (MUSC) / MAA ISMUKI? (FEM)
NAME - ISM
MY NAME MAHA- ISMEE MAHA
I AM YEE – ANA YEE
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? - MIN AYNA ANTA? (MUSC) / MIN AYNA ANTI?
(FEM)
I’M FROM… - ANA (I’M) MIN (FROM)
I AM FROM AMERICA - ANA MIN AMRIKA
I’M AN AMERICAN - ANA AMRIKIYYA
HOW OLD ARE YOU? - KAM U(H)’MRUKA? (MUSC) / KAM U(H)’MRUKI?
(MUSC)
AGE - UMREE
YEAR - SANA
I’M 35 YEARS OLD - UMREE KHAMSA WA THALATOON (5 AND 30) SANA
CIVIL STATUS
SINGLE - AZBAA
MARRIED - MUTAZAWIJA
DIVORCED - MUTALAQA
I’M SINGLE - ANA AZBAA
THANKS
THANK YOU - SHUKRAN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH - SHUKRAN JAZILAN (MUCH)
I AM THANKFUL – (MUSC) MUTASAKKIR / (FEM) MUTASAKKIRA
GOD BLESS YOU (MUSC)- BARAK (TO BLESS) ALLAH (GOD) FIK (IN YOU)
GOD BLESS YOU (FEM)- BARAK (TO BLESS) ALLAH (GOD) FIKI (IN YOU)
GOD BLESS YOU (PLURAL)- BARAK (TO BLESS) ALLAH (GOD) FIKU (IN
YOU)
MAY GOD COMPENSATE YOU (MUSC) - YIKHLIF AH-LEK
MAY GOD COMPENSATE YOU (FEM)- YIKHLIF AH-LEKI
MAY GOD COMPENSATE YOU (PLU)- YIKHLIF AH-LEKU
MAY GOD KEEP YOUR HANDS IN PEACE (MUSC)- SALLIM (FROM THE WORD
PEACE) EDEK (YOUR HANDS)
MAY GOD KEEP YOUR HANDS IN PEACE (FEM)- SALLIM (FROM THE WORD
PEACE) EDEKI (YOUR HANDS)
MAY GOD KEEP YOUR HANDS IN PEACE (PLU)- SALLIM (FROM THE WORD
PEACE) EDEKU (YOUR HANDS)
MAY ALLAH MULTIPLY YOUR GOODNESS (MUSC) - KATTIR/KATTAR (KATIR OR
A LOT) (ALLAH) KHERAK (GOODNESS)
MAY ALLAH MULTIPLY YOUR GOODNESS (FEM)- KATTIR/KATTAR (KATIR OR A
LOT) (ALLAH) KHERIK (GOODNESS)
MAY ALLAH MULTIPLY YOUR GOODNESS (PLU)- KATTIR/KATTAR (KATIR OR A
LOT) (ALLAH) KHERKU (GOODNESS)
FAREWELL
GOODBYE - WADA AN
TAKE CARE - MA ASSALAMAH
SEE YAH - ILA AL-LIQA
SEE YOU SOON - ILA -ALIQA’I QARIBAN
BE CAREFUL - ENTAB(EH)
BEWARE - EH(E)THAR
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF - ENTAB(E) HALA NAFSIK(A)
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
I AM - ANA
YOU (MUSC) - ANTA
YOU (FEM) - ANTI
QUESTIONS
WHEN - MATAA?
WHO - MAN?
where - ayna
WHAT - MA/ MATHA
YES - NA’AM
NO - LA / MA/ KALLA
“LA” WHEN PLACED BEFORE THE VERB BECOMES “DON’T”
OKEY – TAYYEB
DIRECTIONS
THE - AL
WITH - MA
HERE - HUNA
THERE - HUNAK
VERBS 1
I HAVE - (A)’INDEE
I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA - MA (A)’INDEE FIKRA (IDEA)
I WANT - UREEDU
I DON’T WANT - LA UREED
I CAN’T - LA ASTATEE(A)
I LOVE - UHIBBU
EXPRESSION 1
ONE MOMENT PLEASE - LAH(A)THA MIN FADLIKA
PLEASE / FROM YOUR FAVOR– MIN FADLIKA/KI
ITS POSSIBLE - YUMKIN
LET’S GO/ HURRY – YALLA
I’M SO SORRY - ANA A(H)ASIF (MUSC) / ANA A(H)ASIFA (FEM)
WHAT DO YOU THINK? / WHAT IS YOUR OPINION - MAA RA’YUKA?(MUSC) /
MAA RA’YUKI?(FEM)
DON’T WORRY - LA TAQLAQ (MUSC)/ LA TAQLAQI (FEM)
NO PROBLEM - MA FI MUSHKILA (PROBLEM) / LA TOOJAD (DOESN’T EXIST)
MUSHKILA
VOCABULARY
JOBS:
TEACHER - MUDARRIS /MUDARISA
DOCTOR - TABEEB / TABIBA
LAWYER - MUHAAMEE / MUHAAMEEYA
ELECTRICIAN - KAH(A)RABA’EE / KAH(A)RABA’EEYA
ACTOR - MUMATHIL / MUMATHILA
WORKER - A’AMIL
DRIVER - SAAI’Q /SAAI’QA
DOORKEEPER /JANITOR - BAWWAAB/ BAWWAABA
SELLER - BAAEE / BAAEE’A
MERCHANT - TAAJEER /TAAJEERA
SECRETARY - SIKRTEER/ SIKRTEERA
ENGINEER - MUHANDIS / MUHANDISA
DIRECTOR - MUKHRIJ / MUKHRIJA
MANAGER (COMPANY) - MUDEER SHARIKA / MUDEERA SHARIKA
PRINCIPAL - MUDEER MADRASA / MUDEERA MADRASA
CARPENTER - NAJJAR / NAJJARA
HAIRDRESSER - HALLAQ / HALLAQA
STUDENT - TAALEB / TAALEBA
PLAYER - LAAE’B / LAAE’BA
ARTIST - FANNAAN / FANNAANA
SINGER - MUGHANNEY / MUGHANNEEYA (WHERE UGHNIYAH MEANS SONG)
COOK - TABBAKH / TABBAKHA
SPY - JASOOS / JASOOSA
JOURNALIST - SAHAFI / SAHAFIYA (WHERE SAHIFA MEANS JOURNAL)
WRITER - KAATEEB/ KATEEBA
ACCOUNTANT - MUHASEB / MUHASEBA
SECURITY GUARD - HARIS’ AMN
POLICE - SHURTA / SHURTATUN (PLURAL)
POLITICIAN - SIYA-SIYUN
NUMBERS
1 – wahid
2 – itnan
3 – thalatha
4 – arba’a
5 – hamsa
6 – sitta
7 – saba’a
8 – thaman’ia
9 – tis’ah
0 – sifr
10 – ashara
11 – i(h)ida ashar
12 – itna ashar
13 – talatatah ashar
14 – arba’ atah ashar
15 – hamsa’tah ashar
16 – sitta’tah ashar
17 – sabaa’atah ashar
18 – thamaniatah ashar
19 – tisa’atah ashar
20 – isrun (ash’run)
30 – thalatun
40 – arba’un
50 – hamsun
60 – sittun
70 – saba’un
80 – thama’nun
90 – tisa’un
100 – mi’ah
56 – sitta’tun wa hamsun
98 – thamania’tun wa tisa’un
SHOPPING
How much is this? – bikam hada?
What is the price of this? – Kam tamanu hada/ hadihi?
What is the price of (name of the object)? – Kam tamanu hada/
hadihi al- (name of the object)
What is the price of this pen? - Kam tamanu hada al-qalam?
(qalam is a masculine term)
What is the price of this wallet? – Kam tamanu hadihi al-
mihfaza? (mihfaza is a feminine term)
It costs . . . – tamanuhu/tamanuha
Its costs 20 liras - Tamanuhu ashruna lira
VERBS
PAST TENSE
To open - fataha
Fatahtu - I opened
Fatahta - you opened
Fatahti - fem: you opened
Fataha - He opened
Fatahat - she opened
to do - fa'ala
Fa'altu - I did
Fa'alta - You did
Fa'alti - fem: you did
Fa'ala - he did
Fa'alat - she did
to teach - al'lama
al'lamtu - I taught
al'lamta - you taught
al'lamti - fem: you taught
al'lama - he taught
al'lamat - she taught
to work - a'mala
to bring/ to fetch - ah'dara
to take - akh'ada
to put - wada'a
FRIEND
What are you doing? – Mada tafalu?
- “mada” is a ready-made formula for the word “what”
- Note, whenever the word “what” will be followed by a noun,
we have to use the Arabic question of “ma”, but if the word
“what” will be followed by a verb, then we have to use the
Arabic “mada”
- In asking quantity or number, we have to use the Arabic
“kam” instead of “ma”
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