Language in Modern Standard Arabic
Language in Modern Standard Arabic
| language | luɣatun | لُغَةٌ | |
| foreign language | luɣatun ʔajnabiyyatun | لُغَةٌ أَجْنَبِيَّةٌ | |
| (foreign) accent | laknatun | لَكْنَةٌ | |
| (foreign) accent | lahjatun | لَهْجَةٌ | |
| native language | alluɣatu -lʔummu | اللُّغَةُ الأُمُّ | |
| Chinese | alluɣatu -ʂʂīniyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الصّينِيَّةُ | |
| Dutch | alluɣatu -lhūlandiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الهولَنْدِيَّةُ | |
| English | alluɣatu -lʔinjilīziyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الإِنْجِليزِيَّةُ | |
| Farsi | alluɣatu -lfārisiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الفارِسِيَّةُ | |
| French | alluɣatu -lfaransiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الفَرَنْسِيَّةُ | |
| German | alluɣatu -lʔalmāniyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الأَلْمانِيَّةُ | |
| Greek | alluɣatu -lyūnāniyyatu | اللُّغَةُ اليونانِيَّةُ | |
| Hebrew | alluɣatu -l3ibriyyatu | اللُّغَةُ العِبْرِيَّةُ | |
| Hindi | alluɣatu -lhindiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الهِنْدِيَّةُ | |
| Italian | alluɣatu -lʔīʈāliyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الإيطالِيَّةُ | |
| Japanese | alluɣatu -lyābāniyyatu | اللُّغَةُ اليابانِيَّةُ | |
| Korean | alluɣatu -lkūriyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الكورِيَّةُ | |
| Portuguese | alluɣatu -lburtuɣāliyyatu | اللُّغَةُ البُرْتُغالِيَّةُ | |
| Russian | alluɣatu -rrūsiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الرّوسِيَّةُ | |
| Spanish | alluɣatu -lʔisbāniyyatu | اللُّغَةُ الإِسْبانِيَّةُ | |
| Turkish | alluɣatu -tturkiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ التُّرْكِيَّةُ | |
| Arabic | alluɣatu -l3arabiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ | |
| Classical Arabic | alluɣatu -l3arabiyyatu -lfuʂɧā | اللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحى | |
| Modern Standard Arabic | alluɣatu -l3arabiyyatu -lfuʂɧā -lɧadīŧatu | اللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحى الحَديثَةُ | |
| colloquial language | luɣatun 3āmmiyyatun | لُغَةٌ عامِّيَّةٌ | |
| Egyptian Arabic | alluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -lmiʂriyyatu | اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ المِصْرِيَّةُ | |
| Moroccan Arabic | alluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -lmaɣribiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ المَغْرِبِيَّةُ | |
| Levantine Arabic | alluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -ššāmiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ الشّامِيَّةُ | |
| Gulf Arabic | alluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -lxalījiyyatu | اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ الخَليجِيَّةُ | |
| to learn | ta3allama [5s] | تَعَلَّمَ | |
| practice, exercise | tadrībun | تَدْريبٌ | |
| practice, exercise | tamrīnun (tamārīnu) | تَمْرينٌ (تَمارينُ) | |
| to practice | tadarraba [5s] | تَدَرَّبَ | |
| to practice | tamarrana [5s] | تَمَرَّنَ | |
| level | mustawan (mustawayātun) | مُسْتَوًى (مُسْتَوَياتٌ) | |
| beginner’s | mubtadiʔun | مُبْتَدِئٌ | |
| intermediate | mutawassiʈun | مُتَوَسِّطٌ | |
| advanced | mutaqaddimun | مُتَقَدِّمٌ | |
| writing | kitābatun | كِتابَةٌ | |
| to write | kataba [1s3] | كَتَبَ | |
| reading | qirāʔatun | قِراءَةٌ | |
| to read | qaraʔa [1s1(b)] | قَرَأَ | |
| alphabet | [alɧurūfu] alʔabjadiyyatu | [الحُروفُ] الأَبْجَدِيَّةُ | |
| letter | ɧarfun (ɧurūfun) | حَرْفٌ (حُروفٌ) | |
| Chinese characters | alɧurūfu -ʂʂīniyyatu | الحُروفُ الصّينِيَّةُ | |
| to spell | hajjā [2d] | هَجّى | |
| spelling | tahjiyatun | تَهْجِيَةٌ | |
| How do you spell that? | kayfa tuhajjī hađihi? | كَيْفَ تُهَجّي هَذِهِ؟ | |
| handwriting, penmanship | xaʈʈu -lyadi | خَطُّ اليَدِ | |
| I have such bad penmanship. | xaʈʈu yadiī sayyiʔun. | خَطُّ يَدِي سَيِّئٌ. | |
| legible | maqrūʔun | مَقْروءٌ | |
| illegible | ɣayru maqrūʔin | غَيْرُ مَقْروءٍ | |
| His handwriting is completely illegible. | xaʈʈahu ɣayru maqrūʔin ʔiʈlāqan. | خَطَّهُ غَيْرُ مَقْروءٍ إِطْلاقًا. | |
| calligraphy | fannu -lxaʈʈi | فَنُّ الخَطِّ | |
| speaking, speech | taɧaddunŧun | تَحَدٌّثٌ | |
| speaking, speech | kalāmun | كَلامٌ | |
| I need to practice speaking more. | ʔaɧtāju li-mumārasati -ttaɧadduŧi ʔakŧara. | أَحْتاجُ لِمُمارَسَةِ التَّحَدُّثِ أَكْثَرَ. | |
| You can’t understand anything he says. | lā yumkinuka fahma ʔayyi šayʔin yaqūluhu. | لا يُمْكِنُكَ فَهْمَ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَقولُهُ. | |
| to speak | taɧaddaŧa [5s] | تَحَدَّثَ | |
| to speak | takallama [5s] | تَكَلَّمَ | |
| Can you speak Arabic? | hal tastaʈī3u -ttaɧadduŧa bi-l3arabiyyati? | هَلْ تَسْتَطيعُ التَّحَدُّثَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ؟ | |
| Can you speak Arabic? | ʔayumkinuka -ttakalluma bi-l3arabiyyati? | أَيُمْكِنُكَ التَّكَلُّمَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ؟ | |
| I know a few words. | ʔa3rifu ba3ɖa -lkalimāti. | أَعْرِفُ بَعْضَ الكَلِماتِ. | |
| I know some basic Arabic. | ʔa3rifu ba3ɖa ʔsāsyyāti -lluɣati -l3arabiyyati. | أَعْرِفُ بَعْضَ أساسيّاتِ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ. | |
| I can speak a little Arabic. | ʔastaʈī3u -ttaɧadduŧa bi-l3arabiyyati qalīlan. | أَسْتَطيعُ التَّحَدُّثَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ قَليلًا. | |
| I can get by in Arabic. | ʔataɧaddaŧu -l3arabiyyata bi-ba3ɖin mina -ʂʂu3ūbati. | أَتَحَدَّثُ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِبَعْضٍ مِنَ الصُّعوبَةِ. | |
| I can get by in Arabic. | ʔajidu ba3ɖa -ʂʂu3ūbati fī -ttaɧadduŧi bi-l3arabiyyati. | أَجِدُ بَعْضَ الصُّعوبَةِ في التَّحَدُّثِ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ. | |
| I speak Arabic pretty well. | ʔataɧaddaŧu -l3arabiyyata bi-šaklin jayyidin. | أَتَحَدَّثُ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِشَكْلٍ جَيِّدٍ. | |
| broken Arabic | luɣatun 3arabiyyatun rakīkatun | لُغَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ رَكيكَةٌ | |
| broken Arabic | luɣatun 3arabiyyatun ɣayru salīmatin | لُغَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ سَليمَةٍ | |
| fluently | bi-ʈalāqatin | بِطَلاقَةٍ | |
| I speak Arabic fluently. | ʔataɧaddaŧu -lluɣata -l3arabiyyata bi-ʈalāqatin. | أَتَحَدَّثُ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِطَلاقَةٍ. | |
| pronunciation | nuʈqun | نُطْقٌ | |
| pronunciation | lafʐun | لَفْظٌ | |
| How do you pronounce this word? | kayfa tanʈiqu hađihi -lkalimata? | كَيْفَ تَنْطِقُ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةَ؟ | |
| to pronounce | naʈaqa [1s3] | نَطَقَ | |
| to pronounce | lafaʐa | لَفَظَ | |
| Your Arabic pronunciation is quite good. | nuʈquka li-lluɣati -l3arabiyyati jayyidun jiddan. | نُطْقُكَ لِلُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ جَيِّدٌ جِدًّا. | |
| listening | istimā3un | اِسْتِماعٌ | |
| I need to work on my listening skills in Arabic. | ʔaɧtāju ʔilā taʈwīri mahārāti -listimā3i bi-lluɣati -l3arabiyyati. | أَحْتاجُ إِلى تَطْويرِ مَهاراتِ الِاسْتِماعِ بِاللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ. | |
| to listen to | istama3a [8s] | اِسْتَمَعَ | |
| vocabulary | mufradātun | مُفْرَداتٌ | |
| word | kalimatun | كَلِمَةٌ | |
| dictionary | qāmūsun (qawāmīsu) | قاموسٌ (قَواميسُ) | |
| to look up a word in the dictionary | baɧaŧa [1s1] 3an kalimatin fī -lqāmūsi | بَحَثَ عَنْ كَلِمَةٍ في القاموسِ | |
| flashcard | biʈāqatu -stiđkārin | بِطاقَةُ اسْتِذْكارٍ | |
| flashcard | biʈāqatun ta3līmiyyatun | بِطاقَةٌ تَعْليمِيَّةٌ | |
| to repeat | karrara [2s] | كَرَّرَ | |
| repetition | takrārun | تَكْرارٌ | |
| grammar | qawā3idu | قَواعِدُ | |
| grammar | naɧwun wa-ʂarfun | نَحْوٌ وَصَرْفٌ | |
| grammatical | naɧwiyyun | نَحْوِيٌّ | |
| grammatical rule | qā3idatun naɧwiyyatun (qawā3idu naɧwiyyatun) | قاعِدَةٌ نَحْوِيَّةٌ (قَواعِدُ نَحْوِيَّةٌ) | |
| to inflect, conjugate, decline | ʂarrafa [2s] | صَرَّفَ | |
| inflection, conjugation, declension | taʂrīfun | تَصْريفٌ | |
| suffix | lāɧiqatun | لاحِقَةٌ | |
| prefix | bādiʔatun | بادِئَةٌ | |
| case | ɧālatun | حالَةٌ | |
| tense | zamanun (ʔazmānun) | زَمَنٌ (أَزْمانٌ) | |
| gender | jinsun (ʔajnāsun) | جِنْسٌ (أَجْناسٌ) | |
| singular | mufradun | مُفْرَدٌ | |
| dual | muŧannā | مُثَنّى | |
| plural | jam3un | جَمْعٌ | |
| masculine | muđakkarun | مُذَكَّرٌ | |
| feminine | muʔannaŧun | مُؤَنَّثٌ | |
| neuter | muɧāyidun | مُحايِدٌ | |
| the present tense | azzamanu -lmuɖāri3u | الزَّمَنُ المُضارِعُ | |
| the past tense | azzamanu -lmāɖī | الزَّمَنُ الماضي | |
| the future tense | zamanu -lmustaqbali | زَمَنُ المُسْتَقْبَلِ | |
| article | ʔadātu ta3rīfin | أَداةُ تَعْريفٍ | |
| preposition | ɧarfu jarrin | حَرْفُ جَرٍّ | |
| noun | ismun (ʔasmāʔun) | اِسْمٌ (أَسْماءٌ) | |
| verb | fi3lu (ʔaf3ālun) | فِعْلُ (أَفْعالٌ) | |
| adjective | ʂifatun | صِفَةٌ | |
| adverb | ʐarfun (ʐurūfun) | ظَرْفٌ (ظُروفٌ) | |
| subject | fā3ilun | فاعِلٌ | |
| object | maf3ūlun bihi | مَفْعولٌ بِهِ | |
| definiteness; definite [noun] | ma3rifatun | مَعْرِفَةٌ | |
| definite | mu3arrafun | مُعَرَّفٌ | |
| indefiniteness; indefinite [noun] | nakiratun | نَكِرَةٌ | |
| word order | tartību -lkalimāti | تَرْتيبُ الكَلِماتِ | |
| sentence | jumlatun (jumalun) | جُمْلَةٌ (جُمَلٌ) | |
| paragraph | faqratun | فَقْرَةٌ | |
| vowel | ɧarfu 3illatin | حَرْفُ عِلَّةٍ | |
| vowel | ɧarfun mutaɧarrikun | حَرْفٌ مُتَحَرِّكٌ | |
| consonant | ɧarfun sākinun | حَرْفٌ ساكِنٌ | |
| syllable | maqʈa3un [lafʐiyyun] | مَقْطَعٌ [لَفْظِيٌّ] | |
| punctuation | tarqīmun | تَرْقيمٌ | |
| punctuation mark | 3alāmatu tarqīmin | عَلامَةُ تَرْقيمٍ | |
| period | nuqʈatun (nuqaʈun) | نُقْطَةٌ (نُقَطٌ) | |
| comma | fāʂilatun | فاصِلَةٌ | |
| exclamation mark | 3alāmatu ta3ajjubin | عَلامَةُ تَعَجُّبٍ | |
| question mark | 3alāmatu -stifhāmin | عَلامَةُ اسْتِفْهامٍ | |
| quotation mark | 3alāmatā tanʂīʂin | عَلامَتا تَنْصيصٍ | |
| colon | nuqʈatāni raʔsiyyatāni | نُقْطَتانِ رَأْسِيَّتانِ | |
| parenthesis, bracket | qawsun (ʔaqwāsun) | قَوْسٌ (أَقْواسٌ) | |
| (a pair of) parentheses | qawsāni | قَوْسانِ |
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