School and Education in Modern Standard Arabic
School and Education in Modern Standard Arabic
| education | ta3līmun | تَعْليمٌ | |
| educated, literate | muta3allimun | مُتَعَلِّمٌ | |
| to learn | ta3allama [5s] | تَعَلَّمَ | |
| illiterate | ʔummiyyun | أُمِّيٌّ | |
| illiterate | jāhilun | جاهِلٌ | |
| illiteracy | ʔummiiyyatun | أُمِِّيَّةٌ | |
| What is the illiteracy rate in Egypt? | mā hiya nisbatu -lʔummiyyati fī miʂra? | ما هِيَ نِسْبَةُ الأُمِّيَّةِ في مِصْرَ؟ | |
| school | madrasatun (madārisu) | مَدْرَسَةٌ (مَدارِسُ) | |
| student | ʈālibun (ʈullābun) | طالِبٌ (طُلّابٌ) | |
| preschool | ɧaɖānatun | حَضانَةٌ | |
| kindergarten | rawɖatu ʔaʈfālin | رَوْضَةُ أَطْفالٍ | |
| elementary school, primary school | madrasatun ibtidāʔiyyatun | مَدْرَسَةٌ اِبْتِدائِيَّةٌ | |
| when I was in elementary school, ... | 3indamā kuntu fī -lmadrasati -libtidāʔiyyati,... | عِنْدَما كُنْتُ في المَدْرَسَةِ الِابْتِدائِيَّةِ،... | |
| first grade (year) | aʂʂaffu -lʔawwalu | الصَّفُّ الأَوَّلُ | |
| Her son is in first grade. | ibnuhā fī -ʂʂaffi -lʔawwali. | اِبْنُها في الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ. | |
| middle school | madrasatun ʔi3dādiyyatun | مَدْرَسَةٌ إِعْدادِيَّةٌ | |
| middle school | madrasatun mutawassiʈatun | مَدْرَسَةٌ مُتَوَسِّطَةٌ | |
| high school, secondary school | madrasatun ŧānawiyyatun | مَدْرَسَةٌ ثانَوِيَّةٌ | |
| university, college | jāmi3atun | جامِعَةٌ | |
| academy | ʔakādīmiyyatun | أَكاديمِيَّةٌ | |
| academy | ma3hadun (ma3āhidu) | مَعْهَدٌ (مَعاهِدُ) | |
| language academy | ʔakādīmiyyatu luɣātin | أَكاديمِيَّةُ لُغاتٍ | |
| I’m studying Arabic at a language academy in Cairo. | ʔana ʔadrusu -lluɣata -l3arabiyyata fī ʔakādīmiyyati luɣātin fī -lqāhirati. | أَنا أَدْرُسُ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ في أَكاديمِيَّةِ لُغاتٍ في القاهِرَةِ. | |
| in fifth grade | fī -ʂʂaffi -lxāmisi | في الصَّفِّ الخامِسِ | |
| in sixth grade | fī -ʂʂaffi -ssādisi | في الصَّفِّ السّادِسِ | |
| in one’s second year of middle school | fī -ssanati -ŧŧāniyati -lʔi3dādiyyati | في السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ الإِعْدادِيَّةِ | |
| in one’s third year of high school | fī -ssanati -ŧŧāliŧati -ŧŧānawiyyati | في السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ الثّانَوِيَّةِ | |
| in one's final year of high school | fī ʔāxiri sanatin fī -ŧŧānawiyyati | في آخِرِ سَنَةٍ في الثّانَوِيَّةِ | |
| class, period | ɧiʂʂatu (ɧiʂaʂun) | حِصَّةُ (حِصَصٌ) | |
| I have six classes a day. | 3indī sittu ɧiʂaʂin fī -lyawmi. | عِنْدي سِتُّ حِصَصٍ في اليَوْمِ. | |
| Class starts at 8 o'clock and finishes at 9 o'clock. | tabdaʔu -lɧiʂʂatu -ssā3ata -ŧŧāminata ʂabāɧan wa-tantahī -ssā3ata -ttāsi3ata ʂabāɧan. | تَبْدَأُ الحِصَّةُ السّاعَةَ الثّامِنَةَ صَباحًا وَتَنْتَهي السّاعَةَ التّاسِعَةَ صَباحًا. | |
| lecture | muɧāɖaratun | مُحاضَرَةٌ | |
| to attend a lecture | ɧaɖara [1s3] muɧāɖaratan | حَضَرَ مُحاضَرَةً | |
| lesson | darsun (durūsun) | دَرْسٌ (دُروسٌ) | |
| to study | darasa [1s3] | دَرَسَ | |
| studies | dirāsātun | دِراساتٌ | |
| curriculum | manhajun dirāsiyyun (manāhiju dirāsiyyatun) | مَنْهَجٌ دِراسِيٌّ (مَناهِجُ دِراسِيَّةٌ) | |
| question | suʔālun (ʔasʔilatun) | سُؤالٌ (أَسْئِلَةٌ) | |
| to ask a question in class | ʈaraɧa [1s1] suʔālan fī -lɧiʂʂati | طَرَحَ سُؤالًا في الحِصَّةِ | |
| to ask a question in class | saʔala [1s1] suʔālan fī -lɧiʂʂati | سَأَلَ سُؤالًا في الحِصَّةِ | |
| answer | ʔijābatun | إِجابَةٌ | |
| to answer | ʔajāba [4h | أَجابَ | |
| to answer | ] | رَدَّ | |
| to raise one’s hand | rafa3a [1s1] yadahu | رَفَعَ يَدَهُ | |
| right, correct | ʂaɧīɧun | صَحيحٌ | |
| incorrect | ɣayru ʂaɧīɧin | غَيْرُ صَحيحٍ | |
| wrong, incorrect; mistake | xāʈiʔun | خاطِئٌ | |
| mistake | xaʈaʔun | خَطَأٌ | |
| to make a mistake | ʔaxʈaʔa [4s(c)] | أَخْطَأَ | |
| He got three questions wrong. | laqad ʔaxʈaʔa fī ŧalāŧati ʔasʔilatin. | لَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ في ثَلاثَةِ أَسْئِلَةٍ. | |
| classroom | faʂlun dirāsiyyun (fuʂūlun dirāsiyyatun) | فَصْلٌ دِراسِيٌّ (فُصولٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ) | |
| lecture hall | qā3atu muɧāɖarātin | قاعَةُ مُحاضَراتٍ | |
| desk | maq3adun (maqā3idu) | مَقْعَدٌ (مَقاعِدُ) | |
| textbook | kitābun madrasiyyun (kutubun madrasiyyatun) | كِتابٌ مَدْرَسِيٌّ (كُتُبٌ مَدْرَسِيَّةٌ) | |
| notebook | daftarun (dafātiru) | دَفْتَرٌ (دَفاتِرُ) | |
| notebook | mufakkiratun | مُفَكِّرَةٌ | |
| notebook | kurraāsun (karārīsu) | كُرَّاسٌ (كَراريسُ) | |
| to take notes | dawwana [2s] mulāɧaʐātin | دَوَّنَ مُلاحَظاتٍ | |
| to copy | nasaxa [1s1] | نَسَخَ | |
| Copy these sentences into your notebook. | insax hađihi -ljumala fī daftarika. | اِنْسَخْ هَذِهِ الجُمَلَ في دَفْتَرِكَ. | |
| backpack | ɧaqībatu ʐaharin (ɧaqāʔibu ʐahrin) | حَقيبَةُ ظَهَرٍ (حَقائِبُ ظَهْرٍ) | |
| blackboard | subbūratun | سُبّورَةٌ | |
| chalk | ʈabāšīru | طَباشيرُ | |
| whiteboard | subbūratun bayɖāʔu | سُبّورَةٌ بَيْضاءُ | |
| map | xarīʈatun (xarāʔiʈu) | خَريطَةٌ (خَرائِطُ) | |
| library | maktabatun | مَكْتَبَةٌ | |
| gymnasium | ʂālatun ryāɖiyyatun | صالَةٌ رياضِيَّةٌ | |
| playground, schoolyard | sāɧatu madrasatin | ساحَةُ مَدْرَسَةٍ | |
| playground, schoolyard | fināʔu madrasatin | فِناءُ مَدْرَسَةٍ | |
| cafeteria | maqʂafun (maqāʂifu) | مَقْصَفٌ (مَقاصِفُ) | |
| laboratory | muxtabarun | مُخْتَبَرٌ | |
| laboratory | ma3malun (ma3āmilu) | مَعْمَلٌ (مَعامِلُ) | |
| auditorium, theater | masraɧun (masāriɧu) | مَسْرَحٌ (مَسارِحُ) | |
| auditorium, theater | ʂālatu 3arɖin | صالَةُ عَرْضٍ | |
| school bus | ɧāfilatun madrasiyyatun | حافِلَةٌ مَدْرَسِيَّةٌ | |
| summer vacation | 3uʈlatu -ʂʂayfi | عُطْلَةُ الصَّيْفِ | |
| summer vacation | 3uʈlatun ʂayfiyyatun | عُطْلَةٌ صَيْفِيَّةٌ | |
| winter vacation | 3uʈlatu -ššitāʔi | عُطْلَةُ الشِّتاءِ | |
| winter vacation | 3uʈlatun šatwiyyatun | عُطْلَةٌ شَتْوِيَّةٌ | |
| break, recess | istirāɧatun | اِسْتِراحَةٌ | |
| We have a fifteen-minute break between classes. | naʔxuđu -stirāɧatan li-muddati xamsa 3ašrata daqīqatan bayna -lɧiʂaʂi. | نَأْخُذُ اسْتِراحَةً لِمُدَّةِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ دَقيقَةً بَيْنَ الحِصَصِ. | |
| lunch break | istirāɧatu ɣadāʔin | اِسْتِراحَةُ غَداءٍ | |
| test, exam | ixtibārun | اِخْتِبارٌ | |
| test, exam | imtiɧāni | اِمْتِحانِ | |
| to take a test | ʔaxađa [1s3a] -xtibāran | أَخَذَ اخْتِبارًا | |
| to take a test | xāɖa [1h3] -xtibāran | خاضَ اخْتِبارًا | |
| mid-term (exam) | ixtibāru niʂfi -lfaʂli | اِخْتِبارُ نِصْفِ الفَصْلِ | |
| final exam | ixtibārun nihāʔiyyun | اِخْتِبارٌ نِهائِيٌّ | |
| entrance exam | ixtibāru qabūlin | اِخْتِبارُ قَبولٍ | |
| an oral exam | ixtibārun šafahiyyun | اِخْتِبارٌ شَفَهِيٌّ | |
| an oral exam | imtiɧānun šafawiyyun | اِمْتِحانٌ شَفَوِيٌّ | |
| a written exam | ixtibārun taɧrīriyyun | اِخْتِبارٌ تَحْريرِيٌّ | |
| to pass a test | ijtāza -xtibāran | اِجْتازَ اخْتِبارًا | |
| to pass a test | najaɧa fī -mtiɧānin | نَجَحَ في امْتِحانٍ | |
| to fail a test | rasaba [1s3] fī -xtibārin | رَسَبَ في اخْتِبارٍ | |
| to fail a test | fašala fī -mtiɧānin | فَشَلَ في امْتِحانٍ | |
| exam results | natāʔiju -lixtibārāti | نَتائِجُ الِاخْتِباراتِ | |
| exam results | natāʔiju -limtiɧānāti | نَتائِجُ الِامْتِحاناتِ | |
| grade | darajatun | دَرَجَةٌ | |
| to get a good grade | ɧaʂala [1s3] 3alā darajatin jayyidatin | حَصَلَ عَلى دَرَجَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ | |
| a passing grade | darajatu najāɧin | دَرَجَةُ نَجاحٍ | |
| a failing grade | darajatu rusūbin | دَرَجَةُ رُسوبٍ | |
| report card | sijillu -ddarajāti | سِجِلُّ الدَّرَجاتِ | |
| report card | taqrīrun madrasiyyun | تَقْريرٌ مَدْرَسِيٌّ | |
| to study | darasa [1s3] | دَرَسَ | |
| He needs to study for the test. | ʔinnahu yaɧtāju ʔan yadrusa li-lixtibāri. | إِنَّهُ يَحْتاجُ أَنْ يَدْرُسَ لِلِاخْتِبارِ. | |
| homework | wājibun manziliyyun | واجِبٌ مَنْزِلِيٌّ | |
| to do homework | ɧalla [1g3] -lwājiba | حَلَّ الواجِبَ | |
| to do homework | ʔaddā [2da] -lwājiba -lmanziliyya | أَدّى الواجِبَ المَنْزِلِيَّ | |
| to check, revise, review | rāja3a [3s] | راجَعَ | |
| to check, revise, review | taʔakkada [5sa] min | تَأَكَّدَ مِنْ | |
| essay, paper, composition | maqālun | مَقالٌ | |
| essay, paper, composition | mawɖū3un (mawāɖī3u) | مَوْضوعٌ (مَواضيعُ) | |
| The students have to write an essay about a historical event. | yajibu 3alā -ʈʈullābi kitābatu maqālin 3an ɧadaŧin tārīxiyyin. | يَجِبُ عَلى الطُّلّابِ كِتابَةُ مَقالٍ عَنْ حَدَثٍ تاريخِيٍّ. | |
| teacher | mu3allimun | مُعَلِّمٌ | |
| teacher | mudarrisun | مُدَرِّسٌ | |
| Good morning, teacher! | ʂabāɧu -lxayri ʔayyuhā -lmu3allimu! | صَباحُ الخَيْرِ أَيُّها المُعَلِّمُ! | |
| lecturer | muɧāɖirun | مُحاضِرٌ | |
| professor | ʔustāđun jāmi3iyyun (ʔasātiđatun jāmi3iyyīna) | أُسْتاذٌ جامِعِيٌّ (أَساتِذَةٌ جامِعِيّينَ) | |
| principal | mudīru madrasatin | مُديرُ مَدْرَسَةٍ | |
| principal | nāʐirun | ناظِرٌ | |
| to teach | darrasa [2s] | دَرَّسَ | |
| to teach | 3allama [2s] | عَلَّمَ | |
| to teach a course | ʔa3ʈā [4d] darsan | أَعْطى دَرْسًا | |
| to teach a course | ʔa3ʈā [4d] muɧāɖaratan | أَعْطى مُحاضَرَةً | |
| to teach a course | ʔa3ʈā [4d] dawratan [tadrībiyyatan] | أَعْطى دَوْرَةً [تَدْريبِيَّةً] | |
| She teaches at the university. | hiya tudarrasu fī -ljāmi3ati. | هِيَ تُدَرَّسُ في الجامِعَةِ. | |
| Ahmad is teaching me Arabic. | yu3allimunī ʔaɧmadu -lluɣata -l3arabiyyata. | يُعَلِّمُني أَحْمَدُ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ. | |
| to teach a lesson | 3allama [2s] darsan | عَلَّمَ دَرْسًا | |
| to correct a test | ʂaɧɧaɧa [2s] -xtibāran | صَحَّحَ اخْتِبارًا | |
| to enroll | sajjala [2s] | سَجَّلَ | |
| enrollment | tasjīlun | تَسْجيلٌ | |
| I intend to enroll in an Arabic class next month. | ʔanwī -ttasjīla fī faʂli -lluɣati -l3arabiyyati -ššahra -lmuqbila. | أَنْوي التَّسْجيلَ في فَصْلِ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ الشَّهْرَ المُقْبِلَ. | |
| school year | 3āmun dirāsiyyun | عامٌ دِراسِيٌّ | |
| school year | sanatun dirāsiyyatun | سَنَةٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ | |
| semester | faʂlun dirāsiyyun | فَصْلٌ دِراسِيٌّ | |
| tuition | rusūmun dirāsiyyatun | رُسومٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ | |
| scholarship | minɧatun dirāsiyyatun | مِنْحَةٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ | |
| student loan | qarɖun ʈullābiyyun (qurūɖun ʈullābiyyatun) | قَرْضٌ طُلّابِيٌّ (قُروضٌ طُلّابِيَّةٌ) | |
| university, college | jāmi3atun | جامِعَةٌ | |
| to get into college | iltaɧaqa bi-ljāmi3ati | اِلتَحَقَ بِالجامِعَةِ | |
| to go to college | darasa [1s3] fī -ljāmi3ati | دَرَسَ في الجامِعَةِ | |
| department, faculty | qismu (ʔaqsāmun) | قِسْمُ (أَقْسامٌ) | |
| department, faculty | kuliyyatun | كُلِيَّةٌ | |
| I got into the faculty of medicine, but later I changed to law. | iltaɧaqtu bi-kulliyyati -ʈʈibbi, lakinnanī taɧawwaltu lāɧiqan ʔilā kulliyyati -lɧuqūqi. | اِلْتَحَقْتُ بِكُلِّيَّةِ الطِّبِّ، لَكِنَّني تَحَوَّلْتُ لاحِقًا إِلى كُلِّيَّةِ الحُقوقِ. | |
| major | taxaʂʂuʂun | تَخَصُّصٌ | |
| minor | taxaʂʂuʂun far3iyyun | تَخَصُّصٌ فَرْعِيٌّ | |
| to major in | taxaʂʂaʂa [5s] fī | تَخَصَّصَ في | |
| What are you majoring in? | mā huwa taxaʂʂuʂuka? | ما هُوَ تَخَصُّصُكَ؟ | |
| I'm majoring in English literature. | ʔana ʔataxaʂʂaʂu fī -lʔadabi -lʔinjilīziyyi. | أَنا أَتَخَصَّصُ في الأَدَبِ الإِنْجِليزِيِّ. | |
| university campus | ɧaramun jāmi3iyyun (ʔaɧrāmun jāmi3iyyatun) | حَرَمٌ جامِعِيٌّ (أَحْرامٌ جامِعِيَّةٌ) | |
| dormitories | sakanun jāmi3iyyun | سَكَنٌ جامِعِيٌّ | |
| Do you live on campus? | hal ta3īšu fī -ssakani -ljāmi3iyyi? | هَلْ تَعيشُ في السَّكَنِ الجامِعِيِّ؟ | |
| to graduate from | taxarraja [5s] fī | تَخَرَّجَ في | |
| to graduate from | taxarraja [5s] min | تَخَرَّجَ مِنْ | |
| When did you graduate from university? | matā taxarrajta mina -ljāmi3ati? | مَتى تَخَرَّجْتَ مِنَ الجامِعَةِ؟ | |
| I graduated from university in 2005. | taxarrajtu mina -ljāmi3ati 3āma ʔalfayni wa-xamsatin. | تَخَرَّجْتُ مِنَ الجامِعَةِ عامَ أَلْفَيْنِ وَخَمْسَةٍ. | |
| freshman (1st-year university student) | ʈālibun mustajaddun (ʈullābun mustajaddīna) | طالِبٌ مُسْتَجَدٌّ (طُلّابٌ مُسْتَجَدّينَ) | |
| freshman (1st-year university student) | ʈālibun fī -ssanati -lʔūlā | طالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الأولى | |
| sophomore (2nd year) | ʈālibun fī -ssanati -ŧŧāniyati | طالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ | |
| junior (3rd year) | ʈālibun fī -ssanati -ŧŧāliŧati | طالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ | |
| senior (4th year) | ʈālibun fī -ssanati -rrābi3ati | طالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ | |
| senior (4th year) | ʈālibun fī -ssanati -lʔaxīrati | طالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الأَخيرَةِ | |
| All the freshmen have to attend an orientation ceremony. | yajibu 3alā jamī3i -ʈʈullābi -lmustajaddīna ɧuɖūru -lliqāʔi -ttawjīhiyyi. | يَجِبُ عَلى جَميعِ الطُّلّابِ المُسْتَجَدّينَ حُضورُ اللِّقاءِ التَّوْجيهِيِّ. | |
| degree | darajatun | دَرَجَةٌ | |
| diploma | šahādatu diblūmin | شَهادَةُ دِبْلومٍ | |
| certificate | šahādatun | شَهادَةٌ | |
| He got a certificate for completing the course. | ɧaʂala 3alā šahādati ʔitmāmi -ddawrati. | حَصَلَ عَلى شَهادَةِ إِتْمامِ الدَّوْرَةِ. | |
| to get a bachelor’s degree | ɧaʂala [1s3] 3alā darajati -lbakālōryōsi | حَصَلَ عَلى دَرَجَةِ البَكالوْرْيوْسِ | |
| college student, undergraduate student | ʈālibun jāmi3iyyun (ʈullābun jāmi3iyyīna) | طالِبٌ جامِعِيٌّ (طُلّابٌ جامِعِيّينَ) | |
| undergraduate studies | dirāsātun jāmi3iyyatun | دِراساتٌ جامِعِيَّةٌ | |
| to do a master’s degree | darasa [1s3] -lmājistēra | دَرَسَ الماجِسْتيْرَ | |
| to pursue a doctorate | darasa [1s3] -dduktōrāta | دَرَسَ الدُّكْتوْراةَ | |
| thesis, dissertation | ʔuʈrūɧatun | أُطْروحَةٌ | |
| subject | māddatun (mawāddun) | مادَّةٌ (مَوادٌّ) | |
| What was your favorite subject in school? | māđā kānat māddatuka -lmufaɖɖalatu fī -lmadrasati? | ماذا كانَتْ مادَّتُكَ المُفَضَّلَةُ في المَدْرَسَةِ؟ | |
| I really enjoyed studying history, but I hated science class. | kuntu ʔastamti3u fī dirāsati -ttārīxi, lakinnanī kuntu ʔakrahu ɧiʂʂata -l3ulūmi. | كُنْتُ أَسْتَمْتِعُ في دِراسَةِ التّاريخِ، لَكِنَّني كُنْتُ أَكْرَهُ حِصَّةَ العُلومِ. | |
| to be good at | bara3a [1s1] fī | بَرَعَ في | |
| He’s really good at math. | ʔinnahu ɧaqqan bāri3un fī -rryāɖiyyāti. | إِنَّهُ حَقًّا بارِعٌ في الرّياضِيّاتِ. | |
| biology | alʔaɧyāʔu | الأَحْياءُ | |
| chemistry | alkīmyāʔu | الكيمْياءُ | |
| dentistry | ʈibbu -lʔasnāni | طِبُّ الأَسْنانِ | |
| economics | [3ilmu] aliqtiʂādi | [عِلْمُ] الِاقْتِصادِ | |
| geography | aljuɣrāfyā | الجُغْرافْيا | |
| geology | 3ilmu ʈabaqāti -lʔarɖi | عِلْمُ طَبَقاتِ الأَرْضِ | |
| geometry | alhandasatu -rryāɖiyyatu | الهَنْدَسَةُ الرّياضِيَّةُ | |
| history | attārīxu | التّاريخُ | |
| law | alqānūnu | القانونُ | |
| law | alɧuqūqu | الحُقوقُ | |
| linguistics | [3ilmu] alluɣawiyyāti | [عِلْمُ] اللُّغَوِيّاتِ | |
| linguistics | lisāniyyātun | لِسانِيّاتٌ | |
| literature | alʔadabu | الأَدَبُ | |
| mathematics | arriyāɖiyyātu | الرِّياضِيّاتُ | |
| medicine | aʈʈibbu | الطِّبُّ | |
| philosophy | alfalsafatu | الفَلْسَفَةُ | |
| physical education (P.E.) | attarbiyatu -rriyāɖiyyatu | التَّرْبِيَةُ الرِّياضِيَّةُ | |
| physics | alfīzyāʔu | الفيزْياءُ | |
| political science | al3ulūmu -ssiyāsiyyatu | العُلومُ السِّياسِيَّةُ | |
| psychology | 3ilmu -nnafsi | عِلْمُ النَّفْسِ | |
| science | al3ulūmu -ssiyāsiyyatu | العُلومُ السِّياسِيَّةُ | |
| social studies | addirāsātu -lijtimā3iyyatu | الدِّراساتُ الِاجْتِماعِيَّةُ |
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