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Welcome to the official "Learn Arabic" thread. Here I will be writing basic components of the Arabic language including basic vocabulary, verbs, grammar, use of alphabet and links to enrich learning. Please bare with me, I know I have close to nothing now but I want to steadily develop this so it can actually be helpful.
Alphabet:
ا - Aleph (straightforward, similar to Alpha)
ب- "Baa (pronounced with a long A)
ت - Ta' (with a long A)
ث - Tha'
ج - Jeem(in some dialects it is pronounced gim or geem)
ح - "Ha (heavy emphasis on the H, then lightly pronc. A)
Subject Pronouns:
Me - ana
You(M) - enta
You(F) - anti
We - Nahnu
Her - Hu'wa
She - He'ya
They(f) - hun
They(m) - hum
Vocabulary:
All - kol
blessing - baraka
blood - dam
boy or son - ibn
brother - akh
camel - jamal
carrot- jazar
cheese- jibna
child - waled
day - yom
death -mawt
dog - keleb
donkey - 'himor
earth - alam
eye - ayn
father - ab
flame - lahab
fly - thubaba
food - akel
girls - banat
godly - elahi
hair - sha'r or sha'rot (plural)
head - ros
hear - qalb
heaven or sky - sam'aa
hell - jehennam
holy - qudos / quds
holy - muqadas
horn - qarn
hour - sa'a
house - bayt
how much? - Kam?
key - mufta'ah
king - melek
knife - sikeen
left - shimal
leg - regel
life - hayat
lightning - barak
market - souq
mercy rah'ma
mother - umm
my name - ismi
nail - mismar
nature - tebee'a
night - layl or laylat (usually plural)
no - la
nut - jooz
olive- zayton
onion - basal
open - mafto'h
peace - salam
rain - matar
revenge - intiqam
right - yemeen
river - nahar
salt - mel'h
shade - dzil
ship - safina
sister - ucht
smell - ree'h
spirit - rou'h
stomatch - baten
sun - shams
translation - tarjama
under - ta'het
bed - takhet
water - ma'aa
wind - reeh
writing - kitaba
year - sana
you - antav
abdomen - betn
tooth - sin
tongue - les'san (sometimes just san)
thigh - fakhed
Verbs:
to inherit - yer'eth
to draw - rasama
to write - kataba
to hit - dar'eba
to go - dah'eba
to run away - uh'rob
to advise - nas'saha
to run - ruk'oda
to play - 'leh'eba
to rise - nah'ada
to wear - leb'esa
to understand - feh'ema
Numbers:
0 - sifr
1 - wahed
2 - th'nayn
3- thal'atha
4- arba'a
5- hamsa (sometimes khemsa)
6 - sit'a
7- seb'a
8- themen'ya
9- tis'a
10 ash'ara
Welcome to the official "Learn Arabic" thread. Here I will be writing basic components of the Arabic language including basic vocabulary, verbs, grammar, use of alphabet and links to enrich learning. Please bare with me, I know I have close to nothing now but I want to steadily develop this so it can actually be helpful.
Alphabet:
ا - Aleph (straightforward, similar to Alpha)
ب- "Baa (pronounced with a long A)
ت - Ta' (with a long A)
ث - Tha'
ج - Jeem(in some dialects it is pronounced gim or geem)
ح - "Ha (heavy emphasis on the H, then lightly pronc. A)
Subject Pronouns:
Me - ana
You(M) - enta
You(F) - anti
We - Nahnu
Her - Hu'wa
She - He'ya
They(f) - hun
They(m) - hum
Vocabulary:
All - kol
blessing - baraka
blood - dam
boy or son - ibn
brother - akh
camel - jamal
carrot- jazar
cheese- jibna
child - waled
day - yom
death -mawt
dog - keleb
donkey - 'himor
earth - alam
eye - ayn
father - ab
flame - lahab
fly - thubaba
food - akel
girls - banat
godly - elahi
hair - sha'r or sha'rot (plural)
head - ros
hear - qalb
heaven or sky - sam'aa
hell - jehennam
holy - qudos / quds
holy - muqadas
horn - qarn
hour - sa'a
house - bayt
how much? - Kam?
key - mufta'ah
king - melek
knife - sikeen
left - shimal
leg - regel
life - hayat
lightning - barak
market - souq
mercy rah'ma
mother - umm
my name - ismi
nail - mismar
nature - tebee'a
night - layl or laylat (usually plural)
no - la
nut - jooz
olive- zayton
onion - basal
open - mafto'h
peace - salam
rain - matar
revenge - intiqam
right - yemeen
river - nahar
salt - mel'h
shade - dzil
ship - safina
sister - ucht
smell - ree'h
spirit - rou'h
stomatch - baten
sun - shams
translation - tarjama
under - ta'het
bed - takhet
water - ma'aa
wind - reeh
writing - kitaba
year - sana
you - antav
abdomen - betn
tooth - sin
tongue - les'san (sometimes just san)
thigh - fakhed
Verbs:
to inherit - yer'eth
to draw - rasama
to write - kataba
to hit - dar'eba
to go - dah'eba
to run away - uh'rob
to advise - nas'saha
to run - ruk'oda
to play - 'leh'eba
to rise - nah'ada
to wear - leb'esa
to understand - feh'ema
Numbers:
0 - sifr
1 - wahed
2 - th'nayn
3- thal'atha
4- arba'a
5- hamsa (sometimes khemsa)
6 - sit'a
7- seb'a
8- themen'ya
9- tis'a
10 ash'ara
