Language in Modern Standard Arabic

Language in Modern Standard Arabic

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languageluɣatunلُغَةٌ
foreign languageluɣatun ʔajnabiyyatunلُغَةٌ أَجْنَبِيَّةٌ
(foreign) accentlaknatunلَكْنَةٌ
(foreign) accentlahjatunلَهْجَةٌ
native languagealluɣatu -lʔummuاللُّغَةُ الأُمُّ
Chinesealluɣatu -ʂʂīniyyatuاللُّغَةُ الصّينِيَّةُ
Dutchalluɣatu -lhūlandiyyatuاللُّغَةُ الهولَنْدِيَّةُ
Englishalluɣatu -lʔinjilīziyyatuاللُّغَةُ الإِنْجِليزِيَّةُ
Farsialluɣatu -lfārisiyyatuاللُّغَةُ الفارِسِيَّةُ
Frenchalluɣatu -lfaransiyyatuاللُّغَةُ الفَرَنْسِيَّةُ
Germanalluɣatu -lʔalmāniyyatuاللُّغَةُ الأَلْمانِيَّةُ
Greekalluɣatu -lyūnāniyyatuاللُّغَةُ اليونانِيَّةُ
Hebrewalluɣatu -l3ibriyyatuاللُّغَةُ العِبْرِيَّةُ
Hindialluɣatu -lhindiyyatuاللُّغَةُ الهِنْدِيَّةُ
Italianalluɣatu -lʔīʈāliyyatuاللُّغَةُ الإيطالِيَّةُ
Japanesealluɣatu -lyābāniyyatuاللُّغَةُ اليابانِيَّةُ
Koreanalluɣatu -lkūriyyatuاللُّغَةُ الكورِيَّةُ
Portuguesealluɣatu -lburtuɣāliyyatuاللُّغَةُ البُرْتُغالِيَّةُ
Russianalluɣatu -rrūsiyyatuاللُّغَةُ الرّوسِيَّةُ
Spanishalluɣatu -lʔisbāniyyatuاللُّغَةُ الإِسْبانِيَّةُ
Turkishalluɣatu -tturkiyyatuاللُّغَةُ التُّرْكِيَّةُ
Arabicalluɣatu -l3arabiyyatuاللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ
Classical Arabicalluɣatu -l3arabiyyatu -lfuʂɧāاللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحى
Modern Standard Arabicalluɣatu -l3arabiyyatu -lfuʂɧā -lɧadīŧatuاللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحى الحَديثَةُ
colloquial languageluɣatun 3āmmiyyatunلُغَةٌ عامِّيَّةٌ
Egyptian Arabicalluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -lmiʂriyyatuاللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ المِصْرِيَّةُ
Moroccan Arabicalluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -lmaɣribiyyatuاللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ المَغْرِبِيَّةُ
Levantine Arabicalluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -ššāmiyyatuاللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ الشّامِيَّةُ
Gulf Arabicalluɣatu -l3āmmiyyatu -lxalījiyyatuاللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ الخَليجِيَّةُ
to learnta3allama [5s]تَعَلَّمَ
practice, exercisetadrībunتَدْريبٌ
practice, exercisetamrīnun (tamārīnu)تَمْرينٌ (تَمارينُ)
to practicetadarraba [5s]تَدَرَّبَ
to practicetamarrana [5s]تَمَرَّنَ
levelmustawan (mustawayātun)مُسْتَوًى (مُسْتَوَياتٌ)
beginner’smubtadiʔunمُبْتَدِئٌ
intermediatemutawassiʈunمُتَوَسِّطٌ
advancedmutaqaddimunمُتَقَدِّمٌ
writingkitābatunكِتابَةٌ
to writekataba [1s3]كَتَبَ
readingqirāʔatunقِراءَةٌ
to readqaraʔa [1s1(b)]قَرَأَ
alphabet[alɧurūfu] alʔabjadiyyatu[الحُروفُ] الأَبْجَدِيَّةُ
letterɧarfun (ɧurūfun)حَرْفٌ (حُروفٌ)
Chinese charactersalɧurūfu -ʂʂīniyyatuالحُروفُ الصّينِيَّةُ
to spellhajjā [2d]هَجّى
spellingtahjiyatunتَهْجِيَةٌ
How do you spell that?kayfa tuhajjī hađihi?كَيْفَ تُهَجّي هَذِهِ؟
handwriting, penmanshipxaʈʈu -lyadiخَطُّ اليَدِ
I have such bad penmanship.xaʈʈu yadiī sayyiʔun.خَطُّ يَدِي سَيِّئٌ.
legiblemaqrūʔunمَقْروءٌ
illegibleɣayru maqrūʔinغَيْرُ مَقْروءٍ
His handwriting is completely illegible.xaʈʈahu ɣayru maqrūʔin ʔiʈlāqan.خَطَّهُ غَيْرُ مَقْروءٍ إِطْلاقًا.
calligraphyfannu -lxaʈʈiفَنُّ الخَطِّ
speaking, speechtaɧaddunŧunتَحَدٌّثٌ
speaking, speechkalāmunكَلامٌ
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 speaktaɧaddaŧa [5s]تَحَدَّثَ
to speaktakallama [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 Arabicluɣatun 3arabiyyatun rakīkatunلُغَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ رَكيكَةٌ
broken Arabicluɣatun 3arabiyyatun ɣayru salīmatinلُغَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ سَليمَةٍ
fluentlybi-ʈalāqatinبِطَلاقَةٍ
I speak Arabic fluently.ʔataɧaddaŧu -lluɣata -l3arabiyyata bi-ʈalāqatin.أَتَحَدَّثُ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِطَلاقَةٍ.
pronunciationnuʈqunنُطْقٌ
pronunciationlafʐunلَفْظٌ
How do you pronounce this word?kayfa tanʈiqu hađihi -lkalimata?كَيْفَ تَنْطِقُ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةَ؟
to pronouncenaʈaqa [1s3]نَطَقَ
to pronouncelafaʐaلَفَظَ
Your Arabic pronunciation is quite good.nuʈquka li-lluɣati -l3arabiyyati jayyidun jiddan.نُطْقُكَ لِلُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ جَيِّدٌ جِدًّا.
listeningistimā3unاِسْتِماعٌ
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 toistama3a [8s]اِسْتَمَعَ
vocabularymufradātunمُفْرَداتٌ
wordkalimatunكَلِمَةٌ
dictionaryqāmūsun (qawāmīsu)قاموسٌ (قَواميسُ)
to look up a word in the dictionarybaɧaŧa [1s1] 3an kalimatin fī -lqāmūsiبَحَثَ عَنْ كَلِمَةٍ في القاموسِ
flashcardbiʈāqatu -stiđkārinبِطاقَةُ اسْتِذْكارٍ
flashcardbiʈāqatun ta3līmiyyatunبِطاقَةٌ تَعْليمِيَّةٌ
to repeatkarrara [2s]كَرَّرَ
repetitiontakrārunتَكْرارٌ
grammarqawā3iduقَواعِدُ
grammarnaɧwun wa-ʂarfunنَحْوٌ وَصَرْفٌ
grammaticalnaɧwiyyunنَحْوِيٌّ
grammatical ruleqā3idatun naɧwiyyatun (qawā3idu naɧwiyyatun)قاعِدَةٌ نَحْوِيَّةٌ (قَواعِدُ نَحْوِيَّةٌ)
to inflect, conjugate, declineʂarrafa [2s]صَرَّفَ
inflection, conjugation, declensiontaʂrīfunتَصْريفٌ
suffixlāɧiqatunلاحِقَةٌ
prefixbādiʔatunبادِئَةٌ
caseɧālatunحالَةٌ
tensezamanun (ʔazmānun)زَمَنٌ (أَزْمانٌ)
genderjinsun (ʔajnāsun)جِنْسٌ (أَجْناسٌ)
singularmufradunمُفْرَدٌ
dualmuŧannāمُثَنّى
pluraljam3unجَمْعٌ
masculinemuđakkarunمُذَكَّرٌ
femininemuʔannaŧunمُؤَنَّثٌ
neutermuɧāyidunمُحايِدٌ
the present tenseazzamanu -lmuɖāri3uالزَّمَنُ المُضارِعُ
the past tenseazzamanu -lmāɖīالزَّمَنُ الماضي
the future tensezamanu -lmustaqbaliزَمَنُ المُسْتَقْبَلِ
articleʔadātu ta3rīfinأَداةُ تَعْريفٍ
prepositionɧarfu jarrinحَرْفُ جَرٍّ
nounismun (ʔasmāʔun)اِسْمٌ (أَسْماءٌ)
verbfi3lu (ʔaf3ālun)فِعْلُ (أَفْعالٌ)
adjectiveʂifatunصِفَةٌ
adverbʐarfun (ʐurūfun)ظَرْفٌ (ظُروفٌ)
subjectfā3ilunفاعِلٌ
objectmaf3ūlun bihiمَفْعولٌ بِهِ
definiteness; definite [noun]ma3rifatunمَعْرِفَةٌ
definitemu3arrafunمُعَرَّفٌ
indefiniteness; indefinite [noun]nakiratunنَكِرَةٌ
word ordertartību -lkalimātiتَرْتيبُ الكَلِماتِ
sentencejumlatun (jumalun)جُمْلَةٌ (جُمَلٌ)
paragraphfaqratunفَقْرَةٌ
vowelɧarfu 3illatinحَرْفُ عِلَّةٍ
vowelɧarfun mutaɧarrikunحَرْفٌ مُتَحَرِّكٌ
consonantɧarfun sākinunحَرْفٌ ساكِنٌ
syllablemaqʈa3un [lafʐiyyun]مَقْطَعٌ [لَفْظِيٌّ]
punctuationtarqīmunتَرْقيمٌ
punctuation mark3alāmatu tarqīminعَلامَةُ تَرْقيمٍ
periodnuqʈatun (nuqaʈun)نُقْطَةٌ (نُقَطٌ)
commafāʂilatunفاصِلَةٌ
exclamation mark3alāmatu ta3ajjubinعَلامَةُ تَعَجُّبٍ
question mark3alāmatu -stifhāminعَلامَةُ اسْتِفْهامٍ
quotation mark3alāmatā tanʂīʂinعَلامَتا تَنْصيصٍ
colonnuqʈatāni raʔsiyyatāniنُقْطَتانِ رَأْسِيَّتانِ
parenthesis, bracketqawsun (ʔaqwāsun)قَوْسٌ (أَقْواسٌ)
(a pair of) parenthesesqawsāniقَوْسانِ

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