School and Education in Modern Standard Arabic

School and Education in Modern Standard Arabic

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educationta3līmunتَعْليمٌ
educated, literatemuta3allimunمُتَعَلِّمٌ
to learnta3allama [5s]تَعَلَّمَ
illiterateʔummiyyunأُمِّيٌّ
illiteratejāhilunجاهِلٌ
illiteracyʔummiiyyatunأُمِِّيَّةٌ
What is the illiteracy rate in Egypt?mā hiya nisbatu -lʔummiyyati fī miʂra?ما هِيَ نِسْبَةُ الأُمِّيَّةِ في مِصْرَ؟
schoolmadrasatun (madārisu)مَدْرَسَةٌ (مَدارِسُ)
studentʈālibun (ʈullābun)طالِبٌ (طُلّابٌ)
preschoolɧaɖānatunحَضانَةٌ
kindergartenrawɖatu ʔaʈfālinرَوْضَةُ أَطْفالٍ
elementary school, primary schoolmadrasatun ibtidāʔiyyatunمَدْرَسَةٌ اِبْتِدائِيَّةٌ
when I was in elementary school, ...3indamā kuntu fī -lmadrasati -libtidāʔiyyati,...عِنْدَما كُنْتُ في المَدْرَسَةِ الِابْتِدائِيَّةِ،...
first grade (year)aʂʂaffu -lʔawwaluالصَّفُّ الأَوَّلُ
Her son is in first grade.ibnuhā fī -ʂʂaffi -lʔawwali.اِبْنُها في الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ.
middle schoolmadrasatun ʔi3dādiyyatunمَدْرَسَةٌ إِعْدادِيَّةٌ
middle schoolmadrasatun mutawassiʈatunمَدْرَسَةٌ مُتَوَسِّطَةٌ
high school, secondary schoolmadrasatun ŧānawiyyatunمَدْرَسَةٌ ثانَوِيَّةٌ
university, collegejāmi3atunجامِعَةٌ
academyʔakādīmiyyatunأَكاديمِيَّةٌ
academyma3hadun (ma3āhidu)مَعْهَدٌ (مَعاهِدُ)
language academyʔakādīmiyyatu luɣātinأَكاديمِيَّةُ 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 gradefī -ʂʂaffi -lxāmisiفي الصَّفِّ الخامِسِ
in sixth gradefī -ʂʂaffi -ssādisiفي الصَّفِّ السّادِسِ
in one’s second year of middle schoolfī -ssanati -ŧŧāniyati -lʔi3dādiyyatiفي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ الإِعْدادِيَّةِ
in one’s third year of high schoolfī -ssanati -ŧŧāliŧati -ŧŧānawiyyatiفي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ الثّانَوِيَّةِ
in one's final year of high schoolfī ʔāxiri sanatin fī -ŧŧānawiyyatiفي آخِرِ سَنَةٍ في الثّانَوِيَّةِ
class, periodɧiʂʂatu (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.
lecturemuɧāɖaratunمُحاضَرَةٌ
to attend a lectureɧaɖara [1s3] muɧāɖaratanحَضَرَ مُحاضَرَةً
lessondarsun (durūsun)دَرْسٌ (دُروسٌ)
to studydarasa [1s3]دَرَسَ
studiesdirāsātunدِراساتٌ
curriculummanhajun dirāsiyyun (manāhiju dirāsiyyatun)مَنْهَجٌ دِراسِيٌّ (مَناهِجُ دِراسِيَّةٌ)
questionsuʔālun (ʔasʔilatun)سُؤالٌ (أَسْئِلَةٌ)
to ask a question in classʈaraɧa [1s1] suʔālan fī -lɧiʂʂatiطَرَحَ سُؤالًا في الحِصَّةِ
to ask a question in classsaʔala [1s1] suʔālan fī -lɧiʂʂatiسَأَلَ سُؤالًا في الحِصَّةِ
answerʔijābatunإِجابَةٌ
to answerʔajāba [4hأَجابَ
to answer]رَدَّ
to raise one’s handrafa3a [1s1] yadahuرَفَعَ يَدَهُ
right, correctʂaɧīɧunصَحيحٌ
incorrectɣayru ʂaɧīɧinغَيْرُ صَحيحٍ
wrong, incorrect; mistakexāʈiʔunخاطِئٌ
mistakexaʈaʔunخَطَأٌ
to make a mistakeʔaxʈaʔa [4s(c)]أَخْطَأَ
He got three questions wrong.laqad ʔaxʈaʔa fī ŧalāŧati ʔasʔilatin.لَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ في ثَلاثَةِ أَسْئِلَةٍ.
classroomfaʂlun dirāsiyyun (fuʂūlun dirāsiyyatun)فَصْلٌ دِراسِيٌّ (فُصولٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ)
lecture hallqā3atu muɧāɖarātinقاعَةُ مُحاضَراتٍ
deskmaq3adun (maqā3idu)مَقْعَدٌ (مَقاعِدُ)
textbookkitābun madrasiyyun (kutubun madrasiyyatun)كِتابٌ مَدْرَسِيٌّ (كُتُبٌ مَدْرَسِيَّةٌ)
notebookdaftarun (dafātiru)دَفْتَرٌ (دَفاتِرُ)
notebookmufakkiratunمُفَكِّرَةٌ
notebookkurraāsun (karārīsu)كُرَّاسٌ (كَراريسُ)
to take notesdawwana [2s] mulāɧaʐātinدَوَّنَ مُلاحَظاتٍ
to copynasaxa [1s1]نَسَخَ
Copy these sentences into your notebook.insax hađihi -ljumala fī daftarika.اِنْسَخْ هَذِهِ الجُمَلَ في دَفْتَرِكَ.
backpackɧaqībatu ʐaharin (ɧaqāʔibu ʐahrin)حَقيبَةُ ظَهَرٍ (حَقائِبُ ظَهْرٍ)
blackboardsubbūratunسُبّورَةٌ
chalkʈabāšīruطَباشيرُ
whiteboardsubbūratun bayɖāʔuسُبّورَةٌ بَيْضاءُ
mapxarīʈatun (xarāʔiʈu)خَريطَةٌ (خَرائِطُ)
librarymaktabatunمَكْتَبَةٌ
gymnasiumʂālatun ryāɖiyyatunصالَةٌ رياضِيَّةٌ
playground, schoolyardsāɧatu madrasatinساحَةُ مَدْرَسَةٍ
playground, schoolyardfināʔu madrasatinفِناءُ مَدْرَسَةٍ
cafeteriamaqʂafun (maqāʂifu)مَقْصَفٌ (مَقاصِفُ)
laboratorymuxtabarunمُخْتَبَرٌ
laboratoryma3malun (ma3āmilu)مَعْمَلٌ (مَعامِلُ)
auditorium, theatermasraɧun (masāriɧu)مَسْرَحٌ (مَسارِحُ)
auditorium, theaterʂālatu 3arɖinصالَةُ عَرْضٍ
school busɧāfilatun madrasiyyatunحافِلَةٌ مَدْرَسِيَّةٌ
summer vacation3uʈlatu -ʂʂayfiعُطْلَةُ الصَّيْفِ
summer vacation3uʈlatun ʂayfiyyatunعُطْلَةٌ صَيْفِيَّةٌ
winter vacation3uʈlatu -ššitāʔiعُطْلَةُ الشِّتاءِ
winter vacation3uʈlatun šatwiyyatunعُطْلَةٌ شَتْوِيَّةٌ
break, recessistirāɧatunاِسْتِراحَةٌ
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 breakistirāɧatu ɣadāʔinاِسْتِراحَةُ غَداءٍ
test, examixtibārunاِخْتِبارٌ
test, examimtiɧāniاِمْتِحانِ
to take a testʔaxađa [1s3a] -xtibāranأَخَذَ اخْتِبارًا
to take a testxāɖa [1h3] -xtibāranخاضَ اخْتِبارًا
mid-term (exam)ixtibāru niʂfi -lfaʂliاِخْتِبارُ نِصْفِ الفَصْلِ
final examixtibārun nihāʔiyyunاِخْتِبارٌ نِهائِيٌّ
entrance examixtibāru qabūlinاِخْتِبارُ قَبولٍ
an oral examixtibārun šafahiyyunاِخْتِبارٌ شَفَهِيٌّ
an oral examimtiɧānun šafawiyyunاِمْتِحانٌ شَفَوِيٌّ
a written examixtibārun taɧrīriyyunاِخْتِبارٌ تَحْريرِيٌّ
to pass a testijtāza -xtibāranاِجْتازَ اخْتِبارًا
to pass a testnajaɧa fī -mtiɧāninنَجَحَ في امْتِحانٍ
to fail a testrasaba [1s3] fī -xtibārinرَسَبَ في اخْتِبارٍ
to fail a testfašala fī -mtiɧāninفَشَلَ في امْتِحانٍ
exam resultsnatāʔiju -lixtibārātiنَتائِجُ الِاخْتِباراتِ
exam resultsnatāʔiju -limtiɧānātiنَتائِجُ الِامْتِحاناتِ
gradedarajatunدَرَجَةٌ
to get a good gradeɧaʂala [1s3] 3alā darajatin jayyidatinحَصَلَ عَلى دَرَجَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ
a passing gradedarajatu najāɧinدَرَجَةُ نَجاحٍ
a failing gradedarajatu rusūbinدَرَجَةُ رُسوبٍ
report cardsijillu -ddarajātiسِجِلُّ الدَّرَجاتِ
report cardtaqrīrun madrasiyyunتَقْريرٌ مَدْرَسِيٌّ
to studydarasa [1s3]دَرَسَ
He needs to study for the test.ʔinnahu yaɧtāju ʔan yadrusa li-lixtibāri.إِنَّهُ يَحْتاجُ أَنْ يَدْرُسَ لِلِاخْتِبارِ.
homeworkwājibun manziliyyunواجِبٌ مَنْزِلِيٌّ
to do homeworkɧalla [1g3] -lwājibaحَلَّ الواجِبَ
to do homeworkʔaddā [2da] -lwājiba -lmanziliyyaأَدّى الواجِبَ المَنْزِلِيَّ
to check, revise, reviewrāja3a [3s]راجَعَ
to check, revise, reviewtaʔakkada [5sa] minتَأَكَّدَ مِنْ
essay, paper, compositionmaqālunمَقالٌ
essay, paper, compositionmawɖū3un (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.
teachermu3allimunمُعَلِّمٌ
teachermudarrisunمُدَرِّسٌ
Good morning, teacher!ʂabāɧu -lxayri ʔayyuhā -lmu3allimu!صَباحُ الخَيْرِ أَيُّها المُعَلِّمُ!
lecturermuɧāɖirunمُحاضِرٌ
professorʔustāđun jāmi3iyyun (ʔasātiđatun jāmi3iyyīna)أُسْتاذٌ جامِعِيٌّ (أَساتِذَةٌ جامِعِيّينَ)
principalmudīru madrasatinمُديرُ مَدْرَسَةٍ
principalnāʐirunناظِرٌ
to teachdarrasa [2s]دَرَّسَ
to teach3allama [2s]عَلَّمَ
to teach a courseʔa3ʈā [4d] darsanأَعْطى دَرْسًا
to teach a courseʔa3ʈā [4d] muɧāɖaratanأَعْطى مُحاضَرَةً
to teach a courseʔa3ʈā [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 lesson3allama [2s] darsanعَلَّمَ دَرْسًا
to correct a testʂaɧɧaɧa [2s] -xtibāranصَحَّحَ اخْتِبارًا
to enrollsajjala [2s]سَجَّلَ
enrollmenttasjīlunتَسْجيلٌ
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 year3āmun dirāsiyyunعامٌ دِراسِيٌّ
school yearsanatun dirāsiyyatunسَنَةٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ
semesterfaʂlun dirāsiyyunفَصْلٌ دِراسِيٌّ
tuitionrusūmun dirāsiyyatunرُسومٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ
scholarshipminɧatun dirāsiyyatunمِنْحَةٌ دِراسِيَّةٌ
student loanqarɖun ʈullābiyyun (qurūɖun ʈullābiyyatun)قَرْضٌ طُلّابِيٌّ (قُروضٌ طُلّابِيَّةٌ)
university, collegejāmi3atunجامِعَةٌ
to get into collegeiltaɧaqa bi-ljāmi3atiاِلتَحَقَ بِالجامِعَةِ
to go to collegedarasa [1s3] fī -ljāmi3atiدَرَسَ في الجامِعَةِ
department, facultyqismu (ʔaqsāmun)قِسْمُ (أَقْسامٌ)
department, facultykuliyyatunكُلِيَّةٌ
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.
majortaxaʂʂuʂunتَخَصُّصٌ
minortaxaʂʂuʂun far3iyyunتَخَصُّصٌ فَرْعِيٌّ
to major intaxaʂʂaʂa [5s] fīتَخَصَّصَ 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 campusɧaramun jāmi3iyyun (ʔaɧrāmun jāmi3iyyatun)حَرَمٌ جامِعِيٌّ (أَحْرامٌ جامِعِيَّةٌ)
dormitoriessakanun jāmi3iyyunسَكَنٌ جامِعِيٌّ
Do you live on campus?hal ta3īšu fī -ssakani -ljāmi3iyyi?هَلْ تَعيشُ في السَّكَنِ الجامِعِيِّ؟
to graduate fromtaxarraja [5s] fīتَخَرَّجَ في
to graduate fromtaxarraja [5s] minتَخَرَّجَ 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 -lʔūlāطالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الأولى
sophomore (2nd year)ʈālibun fī -ssanati -ŧŧāniyatiطالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ
junior (3rd year)ʈālibun fī -ssanati -ŧŧāliŧatiطالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ
senior (4th year)ʈālibun fī -ssanati -rrābi3atiطالِبٌ في السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ
senior (4th year)ʈālibun fī -ssanati -lʔaxīratiطالِبٌ 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.
degreedarajatunدَرَجَةٌ
diplomašahādatu diblūminشَهادَةُ دِبْلومٍ
certificatešahādatunشَهادَةٌ
He got a certificate for completing the course.ɧaʂala 3alā šahādati ʔitmāmi -ddawrati.حَصَلَ عَلى شَهادَةِ إِتْمامِ الدَّوْرَةِ.
to get a bachelor’s degreeɧaʂala [1s3] 3alā darajati -lbakālōryōsiحَصَلَ عَلى دَرَجَةِ البَكالوْرْيوْسِ
college student, undergraduate studentʈālibun jāmi3iyyun (ʈullābun jāmi3iyyīna)طالِبٌ جامِعِيٌّ (طُلّابٌ جامِعِيّينَ)
undergraduate studiesdirāsātun jāmi3iyyatunدِراساتٌ جامِعِيَّةٌ
to do a master’s degreedarasa [1s3] -lmājistēraدَرَسَ الماجِسْتيْرَ
to pursue a doctoratedarasa [1s3] -dduktōrātaدَرَسَ الدُّكْتوْراةَ
thesis, dissertationʔuʈrūɧatunأُطْروحَةٌ
subjectmāddatun (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 atbara3a [1s1] fīبَرَعَ في
He’s really good at math.ʔinnahu ɧaqqan bāri3un fī -rryāɖiyyāti.إِنَّهُ حَقًّا بارِعٌ في الرّياضِيّاتِ.
biologyalʔaɧyāʔuالأَحْياءُ
chemistryalkīmyāʔuالكيمْياءُ
dentistryʈibbu -lʔasnāniطِبُّ الأَسْنانِ
economics[3ilmu] aliqtiʂādi[عِلْمُ] الِاقْتِصادِ
geographyaljuɣrāfyāالجُغْرافْيا
geology3ilmu ʈabaqāti -lʔarɖiعِلْمُ طَبَقاتِ الأَرْضِ
geometryalhandasatu -rryāɖiyyatuالهَنْدَسَةُ الرّياضِيَّةُ
historyattārīxuالتّاريخُ
lawalqānūnuالقانونُ
lawalɧuqūquالحُقوقُ
linguistics[3ilmu] alluɣawiyyāti[عِلْمُ] اللُّغَوِيّاتِ
linguisticslisāniyyātunلِسانِيّاتٌ
literaturealʔadabuالأَدَبُ
mathematicsarriyāɖiyyātuالرِّياضِيّاتُ
medicineaʈʈibbuالطِّبُّ
philosophyalfalsafatuالفَلْسَفَةُ
physical education (P.E.)attarbiyatu -rriyāɖiyyatuالتَّرْبِيَةُ الرِّياضِيَّةُ
physicsalfīzyāʔuالفيزْياءُ
political scienceal3ulūmu -ssiyāsiyyatuالعُلومُ السِّياسِيَّةُ
psychology3ilmu -nnafsiعِلْمُ النَّفْسِ
scienceal3ulūmu -ssiyāsiyyatuالعُلومُ السِّياسِيَّةُ
social studiesaddirāsātu -lijtimā3iyyatuالدِّراساتُ الِاجْتِماعِيَّةُ

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