School and Education in Lebanese Arabic
School and Education in Lebanese Arabic
| education | ta3līm | تعْليم | |
| educated, literate | mit3állim | مِتْعلِّم | |
| to learn | t3állam, yit3állam | تْعلّم، يِتْعلّم | |
| illiterate | úmmi | أُمّي | |
| illiteracy | ummíyyi | أُمّية | |
| What is the illiteracy rate in Lebanon? | ʔaddē m3áddal ilʔummíyyi b-libnēn? | قدّيْ مْعدّل الأُمّية بْلِبْنان؟ | |
| school | mádrasi (madēris) | مدْرسِة (مدارِس) | |
| student | tilmīz (talamīz) | تِلْميذ (تلاميذ) | |
| preschool | ɧaɖāni | حضانِة | |
| kindergarten | kē djī (KG) | كيْ جي (KG) | |
| kindergarten | ráwɖa | رَوْضة | |
| elementary school, primary school | márɧali ibtidēʔíyyi | مرْحلِة اِبْتِدائية | |
| elementary school, primary school | ibtidēʔi | اِبْتِدائي | |
| when I was in elementary school, ... | lámma kínit b-ilʔibtidēʔi, ... | لمّا كِنِت بِالاِبْتِدائي، ... | |
| first grade (year) | ʂʂaf ilʔáwwal | الصّف الاوّل | |
| Her son is in first grade. | íbna b-iʂʂaf ilʔáwwal. | اِبْنا بِالصّف الاوّل. | |
| middle school | márɧali mutawássiʈa | مرْحلِة مُتوسِّطة | |
| middle school | mutawássiʈ | مُتوسِّط | |
| high school, secondary school | márɧali ŧānawíyyi | مرْحلِة ثانَوية | |
| high school, secondary school | ŧānawi | ثانوي | |
| university, college | jēm3a | جامْعة | |
| academy | akadīmíyyi | أكاديمية | |
| academy | má3had (ma3āhid) | معْهد (معاهِد) | |
| language academy | markaz ta3līm illuɣāt | مرْكز تعْليم اللُّغات | |
| I teach Arabic at a language academy in Lebanon. | 3am dárris 3árabi b-imárkaz ta3līm illuɣāt b-libnēn. | عمْ درِّس عربي بِمرْكز تعْليم اللُّغات بِلِبْنان. | |
| in fifth grade | bi-ʂʂaff ilxāmis | بِالصّفّ الخامِس | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| in sixth grade | bi-ʂʂaff issēdis | بِالصّفّ السّادِس | |
| in one’s second year of middle school | bi-ʂʂaff issēbi3 | بِالصّفّ السّابِع | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| in one’s third year of high school | bi-ʂʂaff ittēmin | بِالصّفّ التّامِن | |
| class(room); class; year | ʂaff (ʂfūf) | صفّ (صْفوف) | |
| period, hour, lesson | ɧíʂʂa (ɧíʂaʂ) | حِصّة (حِصص) | |
| I have six classes a day. | 3índi sitt ɧíʂaʂ ilyōm. | عِنْدي سِتّ حِصص اليوْم. | |
| Class starts at 8 o'clock and finishes at 9 o'clock. | ʂʂaf bibálliš issē3a tmēni u bixálliʂ issē3a tís3a. | الصّفّ بيبلِّش السّاعة تْمانِة وبيخلِّص السّاعة تِسْعة. | |
| lecture | muɧāɖara | مُحاضرة | |
| to attend a lecture | ɧúɖir [55] muɧāɖara | حُضِر مُحاضرة | |
| studies | dirāsi | دِراسِة | |
| lesson | dáris (drūs) | درِس (دْروس) | |
| curriculum | mánhaj (manēhij) | منْهج (مناهِج) | |
| question | suʔāl (ásʔila) | سُؤال (أسْئِلة) | |
| to ask a question in class | sáʔal suʔāl b-iʂʂaff | سأل سُؤال بِالصّفّ | |
| answer | jawēb | جواب | |
| to answer | jēwab, yjēwib | جاوب، يْجاوِب | |
| to raise one’s hand | ráfa3 [23] īdu | رفع اِيدو | |
| right, correct | ʂaɧɧ | صحّ | |
| wrong, incorrect; mistake | ɣálaʈ | غلط | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| He got three questions wrong. | jēwab ɣálaʈ 3ála tlēt ásʔila. | جاوَب غلط على تْلات أسْئِلة. | |
| lecture hall | qā3it ilmuɧāɖarāt | قاعِة المُحاضرات | |
| desk | ʈāwli | طاوْلِة | |
| text book | ktēb (kútub) | كْتاب (كُتُب) | |
| notebook | dáftar (dafētir) | دفْتر (دفاتِر) | |
| to take notes | áxad [55] mulāɧaʐāt | أخد مُلاحظات | |
| to copy | náʔal, yínʔul | نقل، يِنْقُل | |
| backpack | šánʈa (šínaʈ) | شنْطة (شِنط) | |
| blackboard | lōɧ | لوْح | |
| chalk | ʈabšūr | طبْشور | |
| whiteboard | lōɧ ábyaɖ | لوْح أبْيَض | |
| map | xarīʈa (xarāyiʈ) | خريطة (خرايِط) | |
| library | máktabi | مكْتبِة | |
| gymnasium | djim | جيم | |
| playground, school yard | mál3ab (malē3ib) | ملْعب (ملاعِب) | |
| cafeteria | kāfitīrya | كافيِتِرْيا | |
| laboratory | múxtabar | مُخْتبر | |
| auditorium, theater | másraɧ (masēriɧ) | مسْرح (مسارِح) | |
| school bus | bāʂ mádrasi | باص مدْرسِة | |
| summer vacation | 3úʈlit iʂʂēfíyyi | عُطْلِة الصّيْفية | |
| winter vacation | 3úʈlit iššatwíyyi | عُطْلِة الشّتْوية | |
| break(time), recess; lunch break | fúrʂa (fúraʂ) | فُرْصة (فُرص) | |
| We have a fifteen-minute break between classes. | 3ínna ríbi3 sē3a fúrʂa bēn iʂʂfūf. | عِنّا رِبِع ساعة فُرْصة بيْن الصّْفوف. | |
| test, exam | musābaʔa | مُسابقة | |
| test, exam | imtiɧān | اِمْتِحان | |
| to take a test | 3ímil [55] imtiɧān | عِمِل اِمْتِحان | |
| mid-term (exam) | imtiɧān nuʂʂ issíni | اِمْتِحان نُصّ السِّنِة | |
| entrance exam | imtiɧān dxūl | اِمْتِحان دْخول | |
| final exam | imtiɧān ēxir issíni | اِمْتِحان آخِر السِّنِة | |
| an oral exam | imtiɧān šáfawi | اِمْتِحان شفَوي | |
| a written exam | imtiɧān kitābi | اِمْتِحان كِتابي | |
| to pass a test | níjiɧ b-ilʔimtiɧān, yínjaɧ b-ilʔimtiɧān | نِجِح بِالاِمتِحان، يِنْجح بِالاِمتِحان | |
| exam results | natēʔij ilʔimtiɧānēt | نتائِج الاِمْتِحانات | |
| to fail a test | sáʔaʈ b-ilʔimtiɧān, yúsʔuʈbi-lʔimtiɧān | سقط بِالاِمْتِحان، يُسْقُط بِالاِمْتِحان | |
| grade | 3alēmi | علامِة | |
| a passing grade | 3alēmit innijāɧ | علامِة النّجاح | |
| to get a good grade | áxad [55] 3alēmi 3ālyi | أخد علامِة عالْية | |
| a failing grade | 3alēmit issuʔūʈ | علامِة السّْقوط | |
| report card | kārnēh | كارْنيْه | |
| to study | dáras, yídrus | درس، يِدْرُس | |
| He needs to study for the test. | lēzim yídrus la-lmusābaʔa | لازِم يِدْرُس للْمُسابقة. | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
| homework | waʐīfi | وظيفِة | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
| to do homework | 3ímil [55] ilwaʐīfi | عِمِل الوظيِفِة | |
| to check, revise, review | rāja3, yrāji3 | راجع، يْراجِع | |
| essay, paper, composition | mawɖū3 | موْضوع | |
| The students have to write an essay about a historical event. | lēzim yíktub ittalimīz mawɖū3 3an ɧádas tārīxi. | لازِم يِكْتُب التلاِميذ موضوع عن حدث تاريِخي. | |
| teacher | istēz (asádzi) | اِسْتاذ (اساتْذة) | |
| Good morning, teacher! | ʂabāɧilxēr istēz! | صباح الخيْر، اِسْتاذ! | |
| professor | istēz jēm3a | إسْتاذ جامْعة | |
| principal | mudīr | مُدير | |
| to teach | 3állam, y3állim | علّم، يْعلِّم | |
| Do you teach at the university? | bit3állim b-ilmádrasi? | بِتْعلِّم بِالمدْرسِة؟ | |
| to teach a course | 3állam kōrs | علّم كورْس | |
| Ahmad is teaching me Arabic. | áɧmad 3am y3állimni 3árabi. | أحْمد عمْ يْعلِّمْني عربي. | |
| to correct a test | ʂáɧɧaɧ musēbaʔa, yʂáɧɧiɧ musēbaʔa | صحّح مُسابقة، يْصحِّح مُسابقة | |
| to teach a lesson | šáraɧ dáris, yíšraɧ dáris | شرح درِس، يِشْرح درِس | |
| to enroll, register | sájjal, ysájjil | سجّل، يْسجِّل | |
| enrollment | tisjīl | تِسْجيل | |
| I intend to enroll in an Arabic class next month. | nēwi sájjil b-ʂaff 3árabi ššáhir ijjēy. | ناوي سجِّل بْصفّ عربي الشّهِر الجّاي. | |
| school year | síni dirāsíyyi | سِنِة دِراسيِّة | |
| semester | sīméstir | سيمسْتِر | |
| semester | fáʂil | فصِل | |
| tuition | mʂārīf iddirāsi | مْصاريف الدِّراسِة | |
| scholarship | mínɧa | مِنْحة | |
| student loan | qáruɖ ʈullābi | قرُض طُلّابي | |
| university | jēm3a | جامْعة | |
| to get into college, start university | fēt 3ā-jjēm3a, yfūt 3ā-jjēm3a | فات عالجامْعة، يْفوت عالجامْعة | |
| to go to college | dáras b-ijjēm3a | درس بِالجّامْعة | |
| department, faculty | ʔúsum (aʔsām) | قُسُم (أقْسام) | |
| department, faculty | kullíyyi | كُلّية | |
| I got into the faculty of medicine, but later I changed to law. | fítit 3ála kullíyyit iʈʈúbb, ba3dēn ɣayyárit ɧʔūʔ. | فِتِت على كِلّية الطُبّ، بعْديْن غيّرِت حْقوق. | |
| major | taxáʂʂuʂ | تخصُّص | |
| minor | taxáʂʂuʂ fír3i | تخصُص فِرْعي | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| to major in | txáʂʂaʂ bi-, yitxáʂʂaʂ bi- | تْخصّص بْـ، يِتْخصّص بْـ | |
| to major in | dáras __ b-ijjēm3a | درس __ بِالجّامْعة | |
| What are you majoring in? | b-šū mitxáʂʂaʂ? | بِشو مِتْخصّص؟ | |
| What are you majoring in? | šū 3am tídrus b-ijjēm3a? | شو عم تِدْرُس بِالجّامْعة؟ | |
| I'm majoring in English literature. | 3am bídrus ádab inglīzi. | عم بِدْرُس ادب اِنْكْليزي. | |
| I'm majoring in English literature. | mitxáʂʂiʂ ádab inglīzi. | .مِتْخصّص ادب اِنْكْليزي. | |
| university campus | ɧáram jēm3a (aɧrām jēm3a) | حرم جامْعة (احْرام جامْعة) | |
| dormitories | sákan ijjēm3a | سكن جامْعة | |
| Do you live on campus? | 3āyiš b-ijjēm3a? | عايِش بِالجّامْعة؟ | |
| to graduate from | txárraj min, yitxárraj min | تْخرّج مِن، يِتْخرّج مِن | |
| When did you graduate from university? | ēmata txárrajit min ijjēm3a? | أيْمتى تْخرّجِت مِن الجّامعة؟ | |
| I graduated from university in 2005. | txárrajit min ijjēm3a sinit alfēn u xámsi. | تْخرّجِت مِن الجّامْعة سِنِة الْفيْن وخمْسِة. | |
| freshman (1st year university student) | fréšman | فْريشْمان | |
| sophomore (2nd year) | síni tēnyi | سِنِة تانْية | |
| junior (3rd year) | síni tēlti | سِنِة تالْتِة | |
| senior (4th year) | síni rāb3a | سِنِة رابْعة | |
| All the freshmen have to attend an orientation ceremony. | kill talamīz lifréšman ma3zūmīn 3a-lmuɧāɖara ttawjīhíyyi. | كِلّ تلاميِذ الِفْريشْمان معْزومين عالمُحاضرة التَّوْجيهية. | |
| degree, certificate, diploma | šhēdi | شْهادِة | |
| He got a certificate for completing the course. | áxad šháydi ínnu xállaʂ ilkōrs. | أخد شْهادِة إنّو خلّص الكورْس. | |
| to get a Bachelor’s degree | áxad [55] šhēdit līsāns | أخد شْهادِة ليسانْس | |
| college student, undergraduate student | ʈālib jēmi3i | طالِب جامِعي | |
| undergraduate studies | ddirāsēt ijjēmi3íyyi | الدِّراسات الجّامِعية | |
| to do a Master’s degree | 3ímil [55] māstirz | عِمِل ماسْتِرْز | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| to do a Master’s degree | 3ímil [55] mājistēr | عِمِل ماجيستيْر | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| Doctorate | doktōrā | دُكْتوْراه | |
| (Master's) thesis, dissertation | risēlit mājistēr | رِسالِة ماجيسْتيْر | |
| (Doctoral) thesis, dissertation | risēlit doktōrā | رِسالِة دُكْتوْراه | |
| subject | mēddi (mawēdd) | مادِّة (موادّ) | |
| What was your favorite subject in school? | áyya áktar mēddi kinit tɧíbba b-ilmádrasi? | أيّا اكْتر مادِّة كِنِت تْحِبّا بِالمدْرسِة؟ | |
| I really enjoyed studying history, but I hated science class. | kínit ktīr ɧibb ídrus tārīx bass kínt íkrahʂaff issāyins. | كِنِت كْتير حِبّ اِدْرُس تاريخ بسّ كِنْت اِكْره صفّ السّايِنْس. | |
| to be good at | kēn [55] šāʈir bi- | كان شاطِر بْـ | |
| He’s really good at math. | šāʈir ktīr b-irriyāɖiyyēt. | شاطِر كْتير بِالرِّياضِيّات. | |
| biology | bāyōlōji | بايّوْلوْجي | |
| chemistry | kémistri | كيمِسْتْري | |
| dentistry | ʈúbb issnēn | طُبّ السّْنان | |
| economics | 3ílm iliʔtiʂād | عِلْم الاِقْتِصاد | |
| geography | jiɣrāfya | جِغْرافْيا | |
| geology | jīyōlōjya | جِيّوْلوْجْيا | |
| geometry | jīyōmetri | جِيّوْمِتْري | |
| history | tārīx | تاريخ | |
| law | ɧʔūʔ | حْقوق | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| linguistics | 3ílim illuɣawiyyēt | عِلِم اللغوِيّات | |
| literature | ádab | أدب | |
| mathematics | riyāɖiyyēt | رِياضِيّات | |
| mathematics | māŧ | ماث | |
| medicine | ʈubb | طُبّ | |
| philosophy | fálsafi | فلْسفِة | |
| physical education (P.E.) | tarbíyyi riyāɖíyyi | ترْبية رِياضية | |
| physics | fíziks | فيزيكْس | |
| political science | 3lūm siyāsíyyi | عْلوم سِياسية | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| psychology | 3ílim náfis | عِلِم نفِس | |
| science | sāyins | سايِنْس | |
| social studies | dirāsēt ijtimā3íyyi | دِراسات اِجْتِماعية |
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