Language in Lebanese Arabic
Language in Lebanese Arabic
| language | lúɣa | لُغة | |
| foreign language | lúɣa ajnabíyyi | لُغة أجْنبية | |
| (foreign) accent | lákni | لكْنِة | |
| native language | lúɣit umm | لُغِة أُمّ | |
| Chinese | ʂīni | صيني | |
| Dutch | holándi | هوْلنْدي | |
| English | inglīzi | إنْكْليزي | |
| Farsi | fērsi | فارْسي | |
| French | frinsēwi | فْرِنْساوي | |
| German | almāni | ألْماني | |
| Greek | yūnēni | يوناني | |
| Hebrew | 3íbri | عِبْري | |
| Hindi | híndi | هِنْدي | |
| Italian | īʈāli | إيطالي | |
| Japanese | yābāni | ياباني | |
| Korean | kūri | كوري | |
| Portuguese | burtuɣāli | بُرْتُغالي | |
| Russian | rūsi | روسي | |
| Spanish | isbāni | إسْباني | |
| Turkish | tírki | تِرْكي | |
| Arabic | 3árabi | عربي | |
| Classical Arabic | 3árabi lqurʔān | عربي القُرْآن | |
| Modern Standard Arabic | lfúʂɧa | الفُصْحى | |
| dialect | láhji | لهْجِة | |
| colloquial language | 3ammíyyi | عامّية | |
| Egyptian Arabic | l3árabi lmáʂri | العربي المصْري | |
| Moroccan Arabic | l3árabi lmáɣribi | العربي المغْرِبي | |
| Levantine Arabic | l3arabi ššēmi | العربي الشّامي | |
| Gulf Arabic | l3arabi lxalīji | العربي الخليجي | |
| to learn | t3állam, yit3állam | تْعلم، يِتْعلّم | |
| practice, exercise | tadrīb | تدْريب | |
| practice, exercise | tamrīn (tamarīn) | تمْرين (تمارين) | |
| to practice | ddárab 3ála, yiddárrab 3ála | تْدرّب على، يِتْدرّب على | |
| to practice | tmárran 3ála, yitmárran 3ála | تْمرّن على، يِتْمرّن على | |
| level | mústawa (mustawayēt) | مُسْتَوى (مُسْتوَيات) | |
| beginner’s | mbállaš | مْبلش | |
| intermediate | wásaʈ | وَسط | |
| advanced | 3āli | عالي | |
| writing | kitēbi | كِتابِة | |
| to write | kátab, yíktub | كتب، يِكْتُب | |
| reading | ʔrāyi | قْراية | |
| to read | ʔára, yíʔra | قرا، يِقْرا | |
| alphabet | liɧrūf ilʔabjadíyyi | الِحْروف الابْجدية | |
| letter | ɧárif (ɧrūf) | حرِف (حْروف) | |
| Chinese characters | liɧrūf iʂʂīníyyi | الِحْروف الصّينية | |
| to spell | hájja, yhájji | هجى، يِهجي | |
| spelling | ɧijēʔ | هِجاء | |
| handwriting, penmanship | xaʈʈ | خطّ | |
| I have such bad penmanship. | ána xáʈʈi bíši3. | أنا خطّي بِشِع. | |
| is legible | byinʔára | بْيِنْقرا | |
| is illegible | mā byinʔára | ما بْيِنْقرا | |
| His handwriting is completely illegible. | xáʈʈu mā byinʔára ábadan. | خطُّه ما بْيِنْقرا أبداً. | |
| calligraphy | fann irrásim b-ilxaʈʈ | فنّ الرّسِم بِالخطّ | |
| speaking, speech | ɧáki | حكي | |
| I need to practice speaking more. | ána lēzim itmárran 3a-lɧáki áktar. | أنا لازِم إتْمرّن عالحكي أكْتر. | |
| You can’t understand anything he says. | mā btíʔdir tífham ɧákyu. | ما بْتِقْدِر تِفْهم حكْيو. | |
| to speak | ɧíki [55] | حِكي | |
| Can you speak Arabic? | btá3rif tíɧki 3árabi? | بْتعْرِف تِحْكي عربي؟ | |
| I know a few words. | bá3rif kam kílmi. | بعْرِف كم كِلْمِة. | |
| I know some basic Arabic. | bá3rif ášya basīʈa b-il3árabi. | بعْرِف أشْيا بسيطة بِالعربي. | |
| I can speak a little Arabic. | bá3rif íɧki 3árabi šwayy. | بعْرِف اِحْكي عربي شْوَيّ. | |
| I can get by in Arabic. | bmárriʔ ɧāli b-il3árabi. | بْمرِّق حالي بِالعربي. | |
| I speak Arabic pretty well. | bíɧki 3árabi mnīɧ. | بِحْكي عربي مْنيِح. | |
| broken Arabic | 3árabi mkássar | عربي مْكسّر | |
| fluently | b-ʈalāʔa | بْطلاقة | |
| I am fluent in Arabic. | ána ʈíliʔ b i-l3árabi. | أنا طِلِق بِالعربي. | |
| pronunciation | nuʈuʔ | نُطُق | |
| pronunciation | láfiʐ | لفِظ | |
| to pronounce | láfaʐ, yílfuʐ | لفظ ، يِلْفُظ | |
| How do you pronounce this word? | kīf btínʈuʔ ha-lkílmi? | كيف بْتِنْطُق هالكِلْمِة؟ | |
| Your Arabic pronunciation is quite good. | btílfuʐ 3árabi ktīr mnīɧ. | بْتِلْفُظ عربي كْتير مْنيح. | |
| I need to work on my listening skills in Arabic. | lēzim ištíɣil 3ála tamārīn issamā3 b-il3árabi. | لازِم اِشْتِغِل على تمارين السّماع بِالعربي. | |
| listening | smā3 | سْماع | |
| to listen to | sími3, yísma3 | سِمِع، يِسْمع | |
| vocabulary | mufradēt | مُفْردات | |
| word | kílmi (kalimēt) | كِلْمِة (كلِمات) | |
| dictionary | ʔāmūs (ʔawamīs) | قاموس (قواميس) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| to look up a word in the dictionary | dáwwar [9] 3ála kílmi min ilʔāmūs | دوِّر على كِلْمِة مِن القاموس | |
| flashcard | biʈāʔit istiskār | بِطاقِة اِسْتِذْكار | |
| to repeat | 3ād, y3īd | عاد، يْعيد | |
| grammar | náɧu | نحو | |
| repetition | i3ādi | إعادِة | |
| grammatical | náɧawi | نَحَوي | |
| grammatical rule | qā3di naɧawíyyi (qawā3id naɧawíyyi) | قاعْدِة نَحَوية (قَواعِد نَحَوية) | |
| inflection, conjugation, declension | taʂrīf | تصْريف | |
| to inflect, conjugate, decline | ʂárraf, yʂárrif | صرّف، يْصرِّف | |
| prefix | ɧárif b-ʔáwwal ilkílmi | حرِف بْأوَّل الكِلمِة | |
| suffix | ɧárif b-ʔēxir ilkílmi | حرِف بْآخِر الكِلْمِة | |
| case | ɧāli | حالِة | |
| tense | záman (azmēn) | زمن (أزْمان) | |
| gender | jínis (ajnēs) | جِنِس (أجْناس) | |
| singular | múfrad | مُفْرد | |
| dual | muŧánna | مُثنّى | |
| plural | jámi3 | جمِع | |
| feminine | muʔánnaŧ | مُؤنّث | |
| masculine | muđákkar | مُذكّر | |
| neuter | muɧāyid | مُحايِد | |
| the present tense | záman ilmuɖāri3 | زمن المُضارِع | |
| the future tense | záman ilmustáʔbal | زمن المُسْتقْبل | |
| the past tense | záman ilmāɖi | زمن الماضي | |
| article | adēt ta3rīf | أداة تعْريف | |
| preposition | ɧárif jarr | حرِف جرّ | |
| noun | ísim (asmēʔ) | اِسِم (أسْماء) | |
| verb | fí3il (af3āl) | فِعِل (أفْعال) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| adjective | ʂífa | صِفة | |
| adverb | ʐárif (ʐurūf) | ظرِف (ظُروف) | |
| subject | fā3il | فاعِل | |
| object | maf3ūl bíhi | مفْعول بِهِ | |
| definite | mɧáddad | مْحدّد | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| indefinite | ɣēr mɧáddad | غيْر مْحدّد | |
| sentence | jímli (jímal) | جِمْلِة (جِمل) | |
| word order | tartīb ilkalimēt | ترْتيب الكلِمات | |
| paragraph | fáqara | فقرة | |
| vowel | ɧárif mutaɧárrik | حرِف مُتحرِّك | |
| consonant | ɧárif sēkin | حرِف ساكِن | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| syllable | máʔʈa3 | مقْطع | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| punctuation | tarʔīm | ترْقيم | |
| punctuation mark | 3alēmit tarʔīm | علامِة ترْقيم | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| period | núʔʈa (núʔaʈ) | نُقْطة (نُقط) | |
| comma | fāʂli | فاصْلِة | |
| exclamation mark | 3alēmit ta3ájjub | علامِة تعجُّب | |
| question mark | 3alēmit istifhēm | علامِة اِسْتِفْهام | |
| quotation marks | faʂiltēn [dual] | فصِلْتيْن | |
| colon | nuʔuʈtēn [dual] | نُقُطْتيْن | |
| parenthesis, bracket | ʔūs (aʔwēs) | قوس (أقْواس) | |
| (a pair of) parentheses | ʔawsēn [dual] | قَوْسيْن |
Language in Lebanese Arabic
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