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قُبَّعَة
qubbaʿah
hat
أَلْبَسُ قُبَّعَة فِي الشَّمْس. (Albasu qubbaʿah fī al-shams.) I wear a hat in the sun.
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مَوْز
mawz
bananas
Collective; one banana is مَوْزَة.
أَشْتَرِي الْمَوْز مِنَ السُّوق. (Ashtarī al-mawz mina al-sūq.) I buy bananas from the market.
بَطَاطِس
baṭāṭis
potatoes
A standard form; بَطَاطَا is also used in MSA in some regions.
أَطْبُخُ الْبَطَاطِس فِي الْفُرْن. (Aṭbukhu al-baṭāṭis fī al-furn.) I cook potatoes in the oven.
حَاسُوب
ḥāsūb
computer
أَسْتَخْدِمُ الْحَاسُوب فِي الْعَمَل. (Astakhdimu al-ḥāsūb fī al-ʿamal.) I use the computer at work.
زَمِيل
zamīl
colleague
Feminine: زَمِيلَة; also used for a fellow student.
زَمِيلِي فِي الِاجْتِمَاع. (Zamīlī fī al-ijtimāʿ.) My colleague is in the meeting.
دَفَعَ
dafaʿa
to pay
Dictionary form: past, third-person masculine singular. The English infinitive names the action. Chosen as paying money; another sense is 'push'.
دَفَعَ أَبِي الْفَاتُورَة. (Dafaʿa abī al-fātūrah.) My father paid the bill.
All 342 Arabic cards
Every Arabic card in the deck, in study order.
Arabic Reading English Type
قُبَّعَة qubbaʿah hat noun
زَمِيل zamīl colleague noun
دَفَعَ dafaʿa to pay verb
صَيْف ṣayf summer noun
صِفْر ṣifr zero numeral
رِحْلَة riḥlah trip noun
مَوْز mawz bananas noun
طَلَبَ ṭalaba to request verb
الْيَوْم al-yawm today adverb
أَمَامَ amāma in front of preposition
شَخْص shakhṣ person noun
اِمْتِحَان imtiḥān exam noun
اِجْتِمَاع ijtimāʿ meeting noun
مُرِيح murīḥ comfortable adjective
ذَهَبَ dhahaba to go verb
عَمَّة ʿammah paternal aunt noun
يُولْيُو Yūlyū July proper noun
أَزْرَق azraq blue adjective
اِمْرَأَة imraʼah woman noun
خَفِيف khafīf light (in weight) adjective
مَفْتُوح maftūḥ open adjective
صَفْحَة ṣafḥah page noun
حَمَّام ḥammām bathroom noun
سُؤَال suʼāl question noun
رَبِيع rabīʿ spring noun
ثَمَانِيَة thamāniyah eight numeral
ثُمَّ thumma then conjunction
أَيْنَ ayna where interrogative
بَطَاطِس baṭāṭis potatoes noun
عَفْوًا ʿafwan you're welcome interjection
حَاسُوب ḥāsūb computer noun
كَلِمَة kalimah word noun
جَيِّد jayyid good adjective
تَحْتَ taḥta under preposition
سَعِيد saʿīd happy adjective
لِأَنَّ li-anna because conjunction
غَدًا ghadan tomorrow adverb
حَدِيقَة ḥadīqah garden noun
مَاء māʼ water noun
فَاتُورَة fātūrah bill noun
بِنْت bint girl noun
شِتَاء shitāʼ winter noun
رَأَى raʼá to see verb
شَجَرَة shajarah tree noun
نَحْنُ naḥnu we pronoun
دَخَلَ dakhala to enter verb
زَارَ zāra to visit verb
مَطَار maṭār airport noun
زَوْج zawj husband noun
جَوْرَب jawrab sock noun
صُدَاع ṣudāʿ headache noun
قِطَار qiṭār train noun
سَمِعَ samiʿa to hear verb
جَار jār neighbor noun
تِلْكَ tilka that pronoun
أَسْتَطِيعُ astaṭīʿu I can verb form
مَكْتَب maktab desk noun
شَرِبَ shariba to drink verb
خَرَجَ kharaja to go out verb
عَاصِمَة ʿāṣimah capital city noun
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فُنْدُق funduq hotel noun
كَتَبَ kataba to write verb
شُكْرًا shukran thank you interjection
سِتَّة sittah six numeral
هَاتِف hātif telephone noun
جَامِعَة jāmiʿah university noun
مِنْ min from preposition
عَصِير ʿaṣīr juice noun
مُوَظَّف muwaẓẓaf employee noun
صَدِيق ṣadīq friend noun
فَقَط faqaṭ only adverb
جَلَسَ jalasa to sit verb
تَذْكِرَة tadhkirah ticket noun
هَادِئ hādiʼ quiet adjective
مَايُو Māyū May proper noun
أَمْس ams yesterday adverb
جَدّ jadd grandfather noun
هُمْ hum they pronoun
سِرْوَال sirwāl trousers noun
سَمَاء samāʼ sky noun
هُوَ huwa he pronoun
وَضَعَ waḍaʿa to put verb
حَيَوَان ḥayawān animal noun
بَدَأَ badaʼa to begin verb
أُذُن udhun ear noun
طَبِيب ṭabīb doctor noun
طَبَخَ ṭabakha to cook verb
مَرِيض marīḍ patient noun
حَسَاء ḥasāʼ soup noun
سُوق sūq market noun
جَدِيد jadīd new adjective
دَرَّاجَة darrājah bicycle noun
فَهِمَ fahima to understand verb
طَعَام ṭaʿām food noun
صَغِير ṣaghīr small adjective
جِدَار jidār wall noun
شَمْس shams sun noun
قَرِيب qarīb near adjective
أَلْف alf one thousand numeral
فَوْقَ fawqa above preposition
سَائِق sāʼiq driver noun
مِلْح milḥ salt noun
قَرَأَ qaraʼa to read verb
قِطَّة qiṭṭah cat noun
سَرِيع sarīʿ fast adjective
طَالِب ṭālib student noun
ثَلْج thalj snow noun
مَسَاء masāʼ evening noun
رَجَعَ rajaʿa to return verb
قَدِيم qadīm old adjective
ثَلَاثَة thalāthah three numeral
الْخَمِيس al-Khamīs Thursday proper noun
شَاي shāy tea noun
دِيسَمْبِر Dīsambir December proper noun
مَطَر maṭar rain noun
يَد yad hand noun
السَّلَام عَلَيْكُمْ al-salām ʿalaykum hello phrase
حَلِيب ḥalīb milk noun
قَبْلَ qabla before preposition
كُرْسِيّ kursī chair noun
عِنْدِي ʿindī I have phrase
غَسَلَ ghasala to wash verb
أَحْتَاجُ aḥtāju I need verb form
صِحَّة ṣiḥḥah health noun
يَوْم yawm day noun
جَاهِز jāhiz ready adjective
قَدَم qadam foot noun
حِذَاء ḥidhāʼ shoe noun
مَطْبَخ maṭbakh kitchen noun
شَابّ shābb young man noun
مُسْتَشْفَى mustashfá hospital noun
أَيْضًا ayḍan also adverb
فَم fam mouth noun
مَطْعَم maṭʿam restaurant noun
هُنَا hunā here adverb
لَعِبَ laʿiba to play verb
وَقْت waqt time noun
رِيح rīḥ wind noun
طَوِيل ṭawīl long adjective
مَدْرَسَة madrasah school noun
حَجْم ḥajm size noun
وَ wa- and conjunction
هُنَاكَ hunāka there adverb
حَقِيبَة ḥaqībah bag noun
أَنَا anā I pronoun
عَرَفَ ʿarafa to know verb
بَارِد bārid cold adjective
أَبْيَض abyaḍ white adjective
أُخْت ukht sister noun
أَلَم alam pain noun
شَارِع shāriʿ street noun
أُسْبُوع usbūʿ week noun
لَا lā no particle
عَشَرَة ʿasharah ten numeral
لَيْل layl night noun
مِنْ فَضْلِك min faḍlik please phrase
خَرِيف kharīf autumn noun
شَهْر shahr month noun
كَمْ kam how many interrogative
أَبْرِيل Abrīl April proper noun
بَيْنَ bayna between preposition
أَخْضَر akhḍar green adjective
سُكَّر sukkar sugar noun
هَذَا hādhā this pronoun
يَنَايِر Yanāyir January proper noun
دَقِيقَة daqīqah minute noun
بَطْن baṭn belly noun
السَّبْت al-Sabt Saturday proper noun
كَلْب kalb dog noun
بَاعَ bāʿa to sell verb
مَتْجَر matjar shop noun
مَعَ maʿa with preposition
وَجْه wajh face noun
مِائَة miʼah one hundred numeral
أَصْفَر aṣfar yellow adjective
أُحِبُّ uḥibbu I like verb form
تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥah apple noun
قَصِير qaṣīr short adjective
آسِف āsif sorry adjective
زَهْرَة zahrah flower noun
بَصَل baṣal onions noun
بَعِيد baʿīd far adjective
أَنْتِ anti you pronoun
أُمّ umm mother noun
نَاس nās people noun
عُطْلَة ʿuṭlah holiday noun
فِبْرَايِر Fibrāyir February proper noun
شَقَّة shaqqah apartment noun
نُوفَمْبِر Nūfambir November proper noun
مَال māl money noun
حَمَلَ ḥamala to carry verb
ثَلَّاجَة thallājah refrigerator noun
أُرْز urz rice noun
قَلَم qalam pen noun
نَامَ nāma to sleep verb
الْآن al-ān now adverb
سِبْتَمْبِر Sibtambir September proper noun
صُنْدُوق ṣundūq box noun
جُبْن jubn cheese noun
وَاحِد wāḥid one numeral
مَعَ السَّلَامَة maʿa al-salāmah goodbye phrase
كِتَاب kitāb book noun
سَكَنَ sakana to live verb
الثُّلَاثَاء al-Thulāthāʼ Tuesday proper noun
مَحَطَّة maḥaṭṭah station noun
هِيَ hiya she pronoun
خَضْرَاوَات khaḍrāwāt vegetables noun
لَكِنْ lākin but conjunction
طَائِر ṭāʼir bird noun
لُغَة lughah language noun
لَحْم laḥm meat noun
مَارِس Māris March proper noun
مِعْطَف miʿṭaf coat noun
دَرْس dars lesson noun
دَفْتَر daftar notebook noun
هَذِهِ hādhihi this pronoun
نَعَم naʿam yes particle
رَكِبَ rakiba to ride verb
جَدَّة jaddah grandmother noun
أَيّ ayy which interrogative
رَجُل rajul man noun
لَيْمُون laymūn lemons noun
مَا mā what interrogative
مَلَابِس malābis clothes noun
مَكْتَبَة maktabah library noun
فَاكِهَة fākihah fruit noun
دَرَسَ darasa to study verb
عَرَبِيّ ʿarabī Arabic adjective
وَلَد walad boy noun
خُبْز khubz bread noun
مِفْتَاح miftāḥ key noun
مِصْبَاح miṣbāḥ lamp noun
أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا ahlan wa-sahlan welcome phrase
فُسْتَان fustān dress noun
كَبِير kabīr big adjective
أَنْتُمْ antum you all pronoun
جَبَل jabal mountain noun
أَكَلَ akala to eat verb
تِسْعَة tisʿah nine numeral
تِلْفَاز tilfāz television noun
سِعْر siʿr price noun
نَظَرَ naẓara to look verb
قَمِيص qamīṣ shirt noun
مَكَان makān place noun
خَمْسَة khamsah five numeral
اِبْن ibn son noun
مَدِينَة madīnah city noun
أَنْتَ anta you pronoun
بَيْضَة bayḍah egg noun
غُرْفَة ghurfah room noun
فَتَحَ fataḥa to open verb
رَأْس raʼs head noun
أَب ab father noun
ذَلِكَ dhālika that pronoun
أَخ akh brother noun
مَخْرَج makhraj exit noun
أَحْمَر aḥmar red adjective
جِسْر jisr bridge noun
قَالَ qāla to say verb
لَيْسَ laysa is not verb
لَبِسَ labisa to wear verb
بَيْت bayt house noun
اِسْم ism name noun
ضَيْف ḍayf guest noun
مَوْعِد mawʿid appointment noun
فِي fī in preposition
زَوْجَة zawjah wife noun
طَائِرَة ṭāʼirah airplane noun
مُغْلَق mughlaq closed adjective
طَاوِلَة ṭāwilah table noun
سَاعَة sāʿah clock noun
يُونْيُو Yūnyū June proper noun
مِرْآة mirʼāh mirror noun
إِلَى ilá to preposition
ثَقِيل thaqīl heavy adjective
وَصَلَ waṣala to arrive verb
أُرِيدُ urīdu I want verb form
طَمَاطِم ṭamāṭim tomatoes noun
لِمَاذَا li-mādhā why interrogative
حَارّ ḥārr hot adjective
حَافِلَة ḥāfilah bus noun
صَبَاح ṣabāḥ morning noun
أَرْبَعَة arbaʿah four numeral
عَيْن ʿayn eye noun
سَرِير sarīr bed noun
مَرْحَبًا marḥaban hello interjection
مَشَى mashá to walk verb
أَنْف anf nose noun
بَعْدَ baʿda after preposition
بُرْتُقَالَة burtuqālah orange noun
مَتَى matá when interrogative
كَانَ kāna to be (past) verb
كَأْس kaʼs glass noun
سَيِّئ sayyiʼ bad adjective
هَلْ hal yes/no question marker particle
صَبَاح الْخَيْر ṣabāḥ al-khayr good morning phrase
عَلَى ʿalá on preposition
زَيْت zayt oil noun
مَسْجِد masjid mosque noun
مُدَرِّس mudarris teacher noun
بِدُون bi-dūn without preposition
سَبْعَة sabʿah seven numeral
سَنَة sanah year noun
ظَهْر ẓahr back noun
سَمَك samak fish (as food) noun
أَوْ aw or conjunction
أَخَذَ akhadha to take verb
بَطِيء baṭīʼ slow adjective
أُسْرَة usrah family noun
رِسَالَة risālah message noun
بَلَد balad country noun
أَسْوَد aswad black adjective
الْجُمُعَة al-Jumʿah Friday proper noun
عَمّ ʿamm paternal uncle noun
قَهْوَة qahwah coffee noun
خَلْفَ khalfa behind preposition
مَسَاء الْخَيْر masāʼ al-khayr good evening phrase
جِدًّا jiddan very adverb
سِنّ sinn tooth noun
خَرِيطَة kharīṭah map noun
لَذِيذ ladhīdh delicious adjective
وَجْبَة wajbah meal noun
كُلّ kull every quantifier
الِاثْنَيْن al-Ithnayn Monday proper noun
الْأَرْبِعَاء al-Arbiʿāʼ Wednesday proper noun
عَمِلَ ʿamila to work verb
خَال khāl maternal uncle noun
أُكْتُوبَر Uktūbar October proper noun
أُغُسْطُس Ughusṭus August proper noun
مِلْعَقَة milʿaqah spoon noun
مَخْبَز makhbaz bakery noun
جَمِيل jamīl beautiful adjective
مَتْحَف matḥaf museum noun
سَيَّارَة sayyārah car noun
غَدَاء ghadāʼ lunch noun
مَنْ man who interrogative
نَافِذَة nāfidhah window noun
اِثْنَان ithnān two numeral
كَيْفَ kayfa how interrogative
مَدْخَل madkhal entrance noun
الْأَحَد al-Aḥad Sunday proper noun
بَاب bāb door noun
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