School and Education in Palestinian Arabic
School and Education in Palestinian Arabic
| education | ta3līm | تعْليم | |
| educated, literate | mit3állim | مِتْعلِّم | |
| to learn | (i)t3állam, yit3állam | اِتْعلّم، يِتْعلّم | |
| illiterate | úmmi | أُمّي | |
| illiteracy | ummíyya | أُمّية | |
| illiteracy | jáhil | جهِل | |
| What is the illiteracy rate in Palestine? | gaddēš mu3áddal ilʔummíyya fi falasʈīn? | قدّيْش مُعدّل الأُمّية في فلسْطين؟ | |
| school | mádrasa (madāris) | مدْرسة (مدارِس) | |
| student | ʈālib (ʈullāb) | طالِب (طُلّاب) | |
| preschool | ɧaɖāna | حضانة | |
| kindergarten | ráwɖa | رَوْضة | |
| elementary school, primary school | mádrasa ʔibtidāʔíyyi | مدْرسة اِبْتِدائية | |
| elementary school, primary school | ibtidāʔi | اِبْتدائي | |
| when I was in elementary school, ... | lámma kúnit fi -lʔibtidāʔi,... | لمّا كُنِت في الاِبْتِدائي، ... | |
| first grade (year) | ʂaff áwwal | صفّ أوّل | |
| Her son is in first grade. | íbinha b-ʂaff áwwal. | اِبِنْها بْصفّ أوّل. | |
| middle school | mádrasa ʔi3dādíyya | مدْرسة إعْدادية | |
| middle school | i3dādi | إعْدادي | |
| high school, secondary school | mádrasa sānawíyya | مدْرسة ثانَوية | |
| high school, secondary school | sānawi | ثانوي | |
| university, college | jām3a | جامْعة | |
| university, college | kullíyya | كُلية | |
| academy | akadīmíyya | أكاديمية | |
| academy | má3had (ma3āhid) | معْهد (معاهِد) | |
| language academy | márkaz ta3līm luɣāt | مرْكز تعْليم لُغات | |
| I teach Arabic at a language academy in Lebanon. | ána bagárri 3árabi fi -márkaz ta3līm luɣāt fi -falasʈīn. | أنا بقرّي عربي في مرْكز تعْليم لُغات في فلسْطين. | |
| class(room); class; year | ʂaff (ʂfūf) | صفّ (صْفوف) | |
| fifth grade | ʂaff xāmis | صفّ خامِس | |
| in the sixth grade | b-ʂʂaff issādis | بِالصّفّ السّادِس | |
| period, hour, lesson | ɧíʂʂa (ɧíʂaʂ) | حِصّة (حِصص) | |
| I have six classes a day. | bāxud sitt ɧíʂaʂ fi -lyōm. | باخُد سِتّ حِصص في اليوْم. | |
| Class starts at 8 o'clock and finishes at 9 o'clock. | ilɧíʂʂa btíbda -ssā3a tamānya w bitxálliʂ issā3a tís3a. | الحِصّة بْتِبْدا السّاعة تمانْيَة وبِتْخلِّص السّاعة تِسْعة. | |
| lecture, class | muɧāɖara | مُحاضرة | |
| to attend a lecture | ɧíɖir [55] muɧāɖara | حِضِر مُحاضرة | |
| studies | grāya | قْرايَة | |
| studies | drāsa | دْراسة | |
| lesson | dars (drūs) | درْس (دْروس) | |
| curriculum | mánhaj (manāhij) | منْهج (مناهِج) | |
| question | suʔāl (ásʔila) | سُؤال (أسْئِلة) | |
| to ask a question in class | sáʔal suʔāl fi -lɧíʂʂa | سأل سُؤال في الحِصّة | |
| answer | jawāb | جَواب | |
| to answer | jāwab, yjāwib | جاوَب، يْجاوِب | |
| to raise one's hand | ráfa3 [23] īdu | رفع إيدو | |
| right, correct | ʂaɧɧ | صحّ | |
| wrong, incorrect; mistake | ɣálaʈ | غلط | |
| He got three questions wrong. | jāwab ɣálaʈ 3ála tálat ásʔila. | جاوَب غلط على تلات أسْئِلة. | |
| lecture hall | qā3it ilmuɧāɖarāt | قاعِةْ المُحاضرات | |
| desk | ʈāwla | طاوْلة | |
| text book | ktāb (kútub) | كْتاب (كُتُب) | |
| notebook | dáftar (dafātir) | دفْتر (دفاتِر) | |
| to take notes | sájjal mulāɧaʐāt | سجّل مُلاحظات | |
| to copy | nágal, yíngil | نقل، يِنْقِل | |
| backpack | šánta (šúnat) | شنْطة (شُنط) | |
| blackboard | lōɧ | لوْح | |
| chalk | ʈabāšīr | طباشير | |
| whiteboard | lōɧ ábyaɖ | لوْح أبْيَض | |
| map | xarīʈa (xarāyiʈ) | خريطة (خرايِط) | |
| library | máktaba | مكْتبة | |
| gymnasium | nādi ɧadīd | نادي حديد | |
| gymnasium | jim | جيْم | |
| playground, school yard | mál3ab (malā3ib) | ملْعب (ملاعِب) | |
| cafeteria | kāftērya | كافْتيْريا | |
| cafeteria | istirāɧa | اِسْتِراحة | |
| laboratory | muxtábar | مُخْتبر | |
| auditorium, theater | másraɧ (masāriɧ) | مسْرح (مسارِح) | |
| school bus | bāʂ mádrasa | باص مدْرسة | |
| summer vacation | ijāzit iʂʂēf | إجازِةْ الصّيْف | |
| summer vacation | 3úʈlit iʂʂēf | عُطْلِةْ الصّيْف | |
| winter vacation | ijāzit iššáta | إجازِةْ الشّتا | |
| winter vacation | 3úʈlit nuʂʂ issána | عُطلِةْ نُصّ السّنة | |
| break(time), recess; lunch break | fōrʂa | فوْرْسة | |
| break(time), recess; lunch break | istirāɧa | اسْتِراحة | |
| We have a fifteen-minute break between classes. | bnāxud rúbi3 sā3a fōrʂa bēn ilɧíʂaʂ. | بْناخُد رُبِع ساعة فوْرْسة بيْن الحِصص. | |
| test, exam | imtiɧān | اِمْتِحان | |
| to take a test | áxad [55] imtiɧān | أخد اِمْتِحان | |
| mid-term (exam) | imtiɧān nuʂʂ issána | اِمْتِحان نُصّ السّنة | |
| final exam | imtiɧān āxir issána | اِمْتِحان آخِر السّنة | |
| entrance exam | imtiɧān duxūl | اِمْتِحان دُخول | |
| an oral exam | imtiɧān šáfawi | اِمْتِحان شفَوي | |
| a written exam | imtiɧān kitābi | اِمْتِحان كِتابي | |
| to pass a test | níjiɧ bi-lʔimtiɧān, yínjaɧ bi-lʔimtiɧān | نِجِح بِالاِمتِحان، يِنْجح بِالاِمتِحان | |
| to fail a test | ságaʈ bi-lʔimtiɧān, yúsguʈ bi-lʔimtiɧān | سقط بِالاِمْتِحان، يُسْقُط بِالاِمْتِحان | |
| exam results | natāyij ilʔimtiɧānāt | نتايِج الاِمْتِحان | |
| grade, mark | 3alāma | علامة | |
| to get a good grade | áxad [55] 3alāma 3ālya | أخد علامة عالْيَة | |
| a passing grade | 3alāmit innajāɧ | علامِةْ النّجاح | |
| a failing grade | 3alāmit irrusūb | علامِةْ الرُّسوب | |
| a failing grade | 3alāmit lisgūʈ | علامِةْ الِسْقوط | |
| report card | šihāda | شِهادة | |
| to study | gára, yígra | قرا، يِقْرا | |
| to study | dáras, yídrus | درس، يُدْرُس | |
| He needs to study for the test. | lāzim yígra la-lʔimtiɧān | لازِم يِقْرا للِامْتِحان. | |
| homework | wājib | واجِب | |
| to do homework | ɧall ilwājib, yɧill ilwājib | حلّ الواجِب، يْحِلّ الواجِب | |
| to check, revise, review | rāja3, yrāji3 | راجع، يْراجِع | |
| essay, paper, composition | mawɖū3 ta3bīr | مَوْضوع تعْبير | |
| The students have to write an essay about a historical event. | lāzim iʈʈullāb yíktibu mawɖū3 ta3bīr 3an ɧádas tārīxi. | لازِم الطُلّاب يِكْتِبوا مَوْضوع تعْبير عن حدث تاريخي. | |
| teacher | ustāz (asádza) | أُسْتاذ (أساتْذة) | |
| Good morning, teacher! | ʂabāɧ ilxēr, ustāz! | صباح الخيْر أُسْتاذ! | |
| professor | ustāz jām3a | أُسْتاذ جامْعة | |
| principal | mudīr | مُدير | |
| to teach | gárra, ygárri | قرّا، يْقرّي | |
| to teach | dárras, ydárris | درّس، يْدرِّس | |
| to teach a course | á3ʈa [55] dáwra | أعْطى دَوْرة | |
| Do you teach at the university? | bitgárri fi -jjām3a? | بِتْقرّي في الجّامْعة؟ | |
| Ahmad is teaching me Arabic. | áɧmad bigarrīni 3árabi. | أحْمد بيقرّيني عربي. | |
| to teach a lesson | šáraɧ dars, yíšraɧ dars | شرح درْس، يِشْرح درْس | |
| to correct a test | ʂállaɧ imtiɧān, yʂálliɧ imtiɧān | صلّح اِمْتِحان، يْصلِّح اِمْتِحان | |
| to enroll, register | sájjal, ysájjil | سجّل، يْسجِّل | |
| enrollment | tasjīl | تسْجيل | |
| I intend to enroll in an Arabic class next month. | nāwi ʔasájjil fi -l3árabi -ššahr ijjāy. | ناوي أسجِّل في العربي الشّهْر الجّاي. | |
| school year | sána dirāsíyya | سنة دِراسية | |
| semester | fáʂil | فصِل | |
| tuition | rusūm ijjām3a | رُسوم الجّامْعة | |
| scholarship | mínɧa | مِنْحة | |
| student loan | qarɖ | قرْض | |
| university | jām3a | جامْعة | |
| to get into college, start university | ʂār fi -jjām3a, yʂīr fi -jjām3a | صار في الجّامْعة، يْصير في الجّامْعة | |
| to go to college, study at university | gára fi -jjām3a | قرا في الجّامْعة | |
| department, faculty | qísim (aqsām) | قِسِم (أقْسام) | |
| department, faculty | kullíyya | كُلّية | |
| I got into the faculty of medicine, but later I changed to law. | sajjálit fi kullíyyit iʈʈíbb, ba3dēn ɧawwálit ɧuqūq. | سجّلِت في كُلّيِّةْ الطِبّ، بعْديْن حوَّلِت حُقوق. | |
| major | taxáʂʂuʂ | تخصُّص | |
| minor | taxáʂʂuʂ fár3i | تخصُّص فرْعي | |
| to major in | dáras __ fi -jjām3a | درس __ في الجّامْعة | |
| to major in | itxáʂʂaʂ, yitxáʂʂaʂ | اِتْخصّص، يِتْخصّص | |
| What are you majoring in? | šū btígra fi -jjām3a? | شو بْتِقْرا في الجّامْعة؟ | |
| What are you majoring in? | šū mitxáʂʂiʂ? | شو مِتْخصِّص؟ | |
| I'm majoring in English literature. | bágra ādāb inglīzi. | بقْرا آداب إنْجْليزي. | |
| I'm majoring in English literature. | mitxáʂʂiʂ ādāb inglīzi. | مِتْخصِّص آداب إنْجْليزي. | |
| university campus | ɧáram jām3a (aɧrām jām3a) | حرم جامْعة (احْرام جامْعة) | |
| dormitories | sákan jām3a | سكن جامْعة | |
| Do you live on campus? | ínta 3āyiš fi sákan ijjām3a? | إنْتَ عايِش في سكن الجّامْعة؟ | |
| to graduate from | (i)txárraj min, yitxárraj min | اِتْخرّج مِن، يِتْخرّج مِن | |
| When did you graduate from university? | wagtēš itxárrajit min ijjām3a? | وَقْتيْش اِتْخرّجِت مِن الجّامعة؟ | |
| I graduated from university in 2005. | (i)txárrajit min ijjām3a fi -lʔalfēn w xámsa. | اِتْخرّجِت مِن الجّامْعة في الألْفيْن وخمْسة. | |
| freshman (1st year university student) | sána ʔūla | سنة أولى | |
| freshman (1st year university student) | ʈālib jdīd | طالِب جْديد | |
| sophomore (2nd year) | sána tānya | سنة تانْية | |
| junior (3rd year) | sána tālta | سنة تالْتة | |
| senior (4th year) | sána rāb3a | سنة رابْعة | |
| senior (4th year) | xirrīj | خِرّيج | |
| All the freshmen have to attend an orientation ceremony. | kull ʈullāb sána ʔūla lāzim yíɧɖaru -lliqāʔ itta3rīfi. | كُلّ طُلّاب سنة أولى لازِم يِحْضروا اللِّقاء التّعْريفي. | |
| degree, certificate, diploma | šihāda | شِهادة | |
| He got a certificate for completing the course. | áxad šiháda bá3id ma xállaʂ iddáwra. | أخد شِهادة بعِد ما خلّص الدَوْرة. | |
| to get a Bachelor's degree | áxad [55] šihādit ilbakālōryus | أخد شِهادِةْ البكالوْرْيوس | |
| college student, undergraduate student | ʈālib jām3a | طالِب جامْعة | |
| to do a Master's degree | áxad [55] māstar | أخد ماسْتر | |
| to do a Master's degree | áxad [55] mājistēr | أخد ماجِسْتيْر | |
| Doctorate | duktōrā | دُكْتوْراه | |
| thesis, dissertation | risālit mājistēr | رِسالِةْ ماجِسْتيْر | |
| thesis, dissertation | risālit duktōrā | رِسالِةْ دُكْتوْراه | |
| subject | mādda (mawādd) | مادّة (مَوادّ) | |
| What was your favorite subject in school? | šū ʔáktar mādda kunt tɧíbbha fi -lmádrasa? | شو أكْتر مادّة كُنْت تْحِبّْها في المدْرسة؟ | |
| I really enjoyed studying history, but I hated science class. | kunt aɧíbb ittārīx, bass kúnit ákrah ɧíʂʂit il3ulūm. | كُنْت أحِبّ التّاريخ، بسّ كُنِت أكْرهْ حِصِّةْ العُلوم. | |
| to be good at | kān [55] šāʈir fi | كان شاطِر في | |
| He's really good at math. | húwwa šāʈir ktīr fi -rriyāɖiyyāt. | هُوَّ شاطِر كْتير في الرِّياضِيّات. | |
| biology | aɧyāʔ | أحْياء | |
| chemistry | kīmya | كيمْيا | |
| dentistry | ʈibb ilʔasnān | طِبّ الأسْنان | |
| economics | iqtiʂād | اِقْتِصاد | |
| geography | juɣrāfya | جُغْرافْيا | |
| geology | jiyōlōjya | جِيوْلوْجْيا | |
| geometry | hándasa riyāɖíyya | هنْدسة رِياضية | |
| history | tārīx | تاريخ | |
| law | ɧuqūq | حُقوق | |
| linguistics | luɣāt | لُغات | |
| literature | ādāb | آداب | |
| literature | ádab | أدب | |
| mathematics | riyāɖiyyāt | رِياضِيّات | |
| medicine | ʈibb | طِبّ | |
| philosophy | fálsafa | فلْسفة | |
| physical education (P.E.) | tárbiya riyāɖíyya | ترْبِيَة رِياضية | |
| physics | fīzya | فيزْيا | |
| political science | 3ulūm siyāsíyya | عُلوم سِياسية | |
| psychology | 3ilm nafs | عِلْم نفْس | |
| science | 3ulūm | عُلوم | |
| social studies | dirāsāt ijtimā3íyya | دِراسات اِجْتِماعية |
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