Learn top 25 Arabic verbs
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| Okay. Hi, everyone! My name is Peryhan. Welcome to ArabicPod101.com and today, we’re going to learn the top 25 Arabic verbs. Let’s get started. |
| 1. |
| يكون |
| (yekūn) |
| "to be" |
| The first verb we have today is… |
| يكون |
| (yekūn) |
| verb "to be" |
| To be or not to be, that’s the question. |
| في ديسمبر الجو بيكون برد. |
| (fī dīsamber el-gaww beykūn bard.) |
| "In December, the weather is cold." |
| It’s very easy. |
| 2. |
| يحب |
| (yeḥeb) |
| "to like" |
| So for example, you can say... |
| أنا بحب الفراولة. |
| (ʾanā baḥeb el-farāwlah.) |
| "I like strawberries." |
| I do because Pery, strawberry, you know. We have a connection. |
| 3. |
| يعمل |
| (yeʿmel) |
| "to do" |
| For example you can say... |
| على طول بعمل الواجب في المعاد. |
| (ʿalā ṭūl baʿmel el-wāgeb fī el-maʿād.) |
| "I always do my homework on time." |
| That’s a lie. |
| 4. |
| يقول |
| (yeʾūl) |
| "to say" |
| For example you can say... |
| أحمد دايماً بيقول الحق. |
| (ʾaḥmad dāyman beīʾūl el-ḥaʾ.) |
| "Ahmad always says the truth." |
| 5. |
| يشرح |
| (yešraḥ) |
| "to explain" |
| For example, you can say... |
| إديني فرصة أشرح موقفي. |
| (ʾedīnī furṣah ʾašraḥ mawʾefī.) |
| "Give me a chance to explain my situation." |
| 6. |
| يسمع |
| (yesmaʿ) |
| "to hear or to listen" |
| يسمع |
| (yesmaʿ) |
| "to listen or to hear" |
| بحب أسمع الأغاني القديمة. |
| (baḥeb ʾasmaʿ el-ʾaġānī el-ʾadīmah.) |
| It means "I like listening to old music" from the 20th century, 20s, 30s. |
| 7. |
| يروح |
| (yerūḥ) |
| "to go" |
| بابا بيروح الشغل كل يوم. |
| (bābā beīrūḥ el-šuġl kul yūm.) |
| "My dad goes to work every day." |
| You can say… |
| أنا بروح الشغل كل يوم. |
| (ana barūḥ el-šuġl kul yūm.) |
| “I go to work every day.” |
| Go to work, go to school, work, work, work, work, work. |
| 8. |
| يعرف |
| (yeʿraf) |
| "to know" |
| عنده سنتين بس، لكن بيعرف ياكل لوحده. |
| (ʿandoh sanateīn bass, laken beyeʿraf yākol lewaḥdoh.) |
| "He's two years old, yet he can eat by himself." |
| 9. |
| ياخد |
| (yaḫod) |
| "to take" |
| You probably hear this a lot like… |
| خد الزبالة معاك وأنت ماشي. |
| (ḫud el-zebālah maʿāk wʾenta māšī.) |
| or… |
| خد الزبالة معاك وأنت خارج. |
| (ḫud el-zebālah maʿāk wʾenta ḫareg.) |
| “Don’t forget to take the trash out.” |
| You have to take it out like this… (zebālah), the trash. |
| 10. |
| يشوف |
| (yešūf) |
| "to see" |
| For example, you can say... |
| بشوف أحسن لما بلبس النضارة. |
| (bašūf ʾaḥsan lammā balbes el-naḍḍārah.) |
| "I see much better when I put my glasses on." |
| Yeah, I really cannot see. I do see you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You’re not well seen either. If someone says hi, I’m like, ahh, ahh, who is this? |
| 11. |
| ييجي |
| (yīgī) |
| "to come" |
| For example, you can say... |
| النهارده, صاحبتي هتيجي تزورني. |
| (ālnahārdah, ṣāḥbetī hatīǧī tzūrnī.) |
| "Today, my friend is coming to visit me." |
| 12. |
| يفكر |
| (yefakkar) |
| "to think" |
| For example, you can say... |
| من الصبح بفكر في حل للمشكلة دي. |
| (men el-ṣobḥ bafakkar fī ḥall lelmoškelah dī.) |
| "Since the morning, I've been thinking of a solution to this problem." |
| 13. |
| يبص |
| (yeboṣṣ) |
| "to look" |
| For example, you can say... |
| بص، القطر وصل |
| (boṣṣ, el-ʾaṭr waṣal.) |
| "Look, the train has arrived." |
| The train has arrived. The boys have arrived to the rabbit… South Park! |
| 14. |
| يعوز |
| (yeʿūz) |
| "to want" |
| عايز أنام. |
| (ʿāyez ʾanām.) |
| "I want to sleep." |
| I’m so sleepy. |
| 15. |
| يدّي |
| (yeddī) |
| "to give" |
| For example, |
| إديني قلم لو سمحت. |
| (ʾeddīnī ʾalam law samaḥt.) |
| "Please give me a pen." |
| 16. |
| يستخدم |
| (yestaḫdem) |
| "to use" |
| أنا دايماً بستخدم سان بلوك قبل ماخرج. |
| (ʾnā dāyman bastaḫdem sān blūk ʾabl māḫruǧ.) |
| "I always use sunblock before I go out" because it’s too hot. It’s too sunny. |
| 17. |
| يلاقي |
| (yelāʾī) |
| "to find" |
| مش لاقية محفظتي في مكانها. |
| (meš lāʾyah maḥfaẓtī fī makānhā.) |
| "I cannot find my wallet in its place." |
| 18. |
| يخرج |
| (yoḫrog) |
| "to go out" |
| بحب أخرج أتمشى في الجنينة. |
| (baḥeb ʾaḫruǧ ʾatmaššā fī el-ǧnīnah.) |
| which means "I like to go out for a walk in the park." |
| 19. |
| يسأل |
| (yesʾal) |
| "to ask" |
| و هو صغير كان بيسأل أسئلة كتير. |
| (we howwa ṣoġayyar kān beyesʾal ʾasʾelah ketīr.) |
| "When he was young, he used to ask a lot of questions." |
| 20. |
| يشتغل |
| (yeštaġal) |
| "to work" |
| For example, you can say... |
| الكمبيوتر بتاعي مش شغال. |
| (elkombyūtar btāʿī meš šaġġāl.) |
| "My computer doesn’t work." |
| Work, work, work, work, work. |
| 21. |
| يدخل |
| (yedḫol) |
| "to enter" |
| خبط على الباب قبل ما تدخل. |
| (ḫabbaṭ ʿalā el-bāb ʾabl mā tedḫol.) |
| "Please, knock before you enter." |
| 22. |
| يحاول |
| (yeḥāwel) |
| "to try" |
| حاول تاني. |
| (ḥāwel tānī.) |
| "Try again." |
| And again, and again, and again, and again, and again. |
| 23. |
| يتصل |
| (yetteṣel) |
| "to call" |
| For example, you can say... |
| ممكن تتصل بي بكرة؟ |
| (mumken tetteṣel beyya bukrah?) |
| "Can you please give me a call tomorrow?" |
| 24. |
| يجري |
| (yegrī) |
| "to run" |
| النمر بيجري بسرعة جداً. |
| (elnemr byeǧrī bsurʿah ǧeddan.) |
| "Tigers run very fast." |
| Rrrr….well, I’m wearing almost yellow like rrr... |
| 25. |
| ينام |
| (yenām) |
| "to sleep” |
| أنا إمبارح نمت متأخر أوي. |
| (ʾanā ʾembāreḥ nemt metʾaḫḫar ʾawī.) |
| "Yesterday, I slept very late", sadly. |
| That’s it for today, I hope you enjoyed the video and I hope you learned something. Why don’t you use some of the verbs we just learned to write a comment below? Bye-bye! |
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