Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including the days of the week and time-related vocab
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Arabic. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Nora. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Arabic Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Arabic. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| 1. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| اليَوم |
| (al-yawm) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "today" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| اليَوم |
| (SLOW) |
| اليَوم |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| today |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| واجِبُ اليَوم |
| (wāǧibu al-yawm) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "today's homework" |
| (SLOW) |
| واجِبُ اليَوم |
| 2. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| أَمْس |
| (ʾams) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "yesterday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| أَمْس |
| (SLOW) |
| أَمْس |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| yesterday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| صَباح أمس |
| (sabāḥu ʾams) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "yesterday morning" |
| (SLOW) |
| صَباح أمس |
| 3. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| غَدَاً |
| (ġadan) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "tomorrow" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| غَدَاً |
| (SLOW) |
| غَدَاً |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| tomorrow |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| أراكَ غَداً |
| (ʾarāka ġadan!) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "See you tomorrow!" |
| (SLOW) |
| أراكَ غَداً |
| 4. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| أُسْبُوْع |
| (ʾusbūʿ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "week" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| أُسْبُوْع |
| (SLOW) |
| أُسْبُوْع |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| week |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| هُناكَ سَبعَةُ أيَّام في الأسبوع |
| (hunāka sabʿaẗu ʾayyām fi al-ʾusbūʿ.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There are seven days in a week." |
| (SLOW) |
| هُناكَ سَبعَةُ أيَّام في الأسبوع |
| 5. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَنَة |
| (sana:) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "year" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَنَة |
| (SLOW) |
| سَنَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| year |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَنَة واحِدَة عَلى التَقويم |
| (sanah wāḥidah ʿala al-taqwīm) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "one calendar year" |
| (SLOW) |
| سَنَة واحِدَة عَلى التَقويم |
| 6. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ثَاَنِيَة |
| (ṯāniyah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "second" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ثَاَنِيَة |
| (SLOW) |
| ثَاَنِيَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| second |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ثانيَة واحِدَة |
| (ṯānyah wāḥidah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "one second" |
| (SLOW) |
| ثانيَة واحِدَة |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| دَقِيْقَة |
| (daqīqa:) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "minute" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| دَقِيْقَة |
| (SLOW) |
| دَقِيْقَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| minute |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| إنَّها الآن دَقيقَة واحِدَة قَبْلَ مُنتَصَفِ اللَّيل |
| (ʾinnahā al-ʾān daqīqaẗun wāḥidah qabla muntaṣaf il-llayl.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "It is now one minute to midnight." |
| (SLOW) |
| إنَّها الآن دَقيقَة واحِدَة قَبْلَ مُنتَصَفِ اللَّيل |
| 8. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَاعَة |
| (sāʿa:) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "hour" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَاعَة |
| (SLOW) |
| سَاعَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| hour |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ساعَة وَاحِدَة |
| (sāʿah wāḥidah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "one hour" |
| (SLOW) |
| ساعَة وَاحِدَة |
| 9. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَاعَة |
| (sāʿah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "clock" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| سَاعَة |
| (SLOW) |
| سَاعَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| clock |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَضبِط مُنَبِّه الساعَة |
| ( yaḍbiṭ munabbih al-sāʿah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "set an alarm clock" |
| (SLOW) |
| يَضبِط مُنَبِّه الساعَة |
| 10. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الساعَة |
| (assāʿah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "o'clock" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الساعَة |
| (SLOW) |
| الساعَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| o'clock |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| فَلنَلتَقي في المَحَطَّة عِندَ الساعَةِ التاسِعَة |
| (falnaltaqī fi al-maḥaṭṭah ʿinda assāʿaẗi at-tāsiʿah.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock." |
| (SLOW) |
| فَلنَلتَقي في المَحَطَّة عِندَ الساعَةِ التاسِعَة |
| 11. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| تَقْوِيم |
| (taqwīm) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "calendar" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| تَقْوِيم |
| (SLOW) |
| تَقْوِيم |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| calendar |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| شَهر تَقْوِيمي |
| (šahr taqwīmī) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "calendar month" |
| (SLOW) |
| شَهر تَقْوِيمي |
| 12. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الإثْنَيْن |
| (ʾal-ʾiṯnain) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Monday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الإثْنَيْن |
| (SLOW) |
| الإثْنَيْن |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Monday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| أسبوع العَمَلِ يَبدَأُ يَومَ الإثنَين |
| (ʾusbūʿ al-ʿamali yabdaʾu yawma al-ʾiṯnain) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The workweek starts on Monday." |
| (SLOW) |
| أسبوع العَمَلِ يَبدَأُ يَومَ الإثنَين |
| 13. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الثُلاثَاء |
| (ʾal-ṯulāṯāʾ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Tuesday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الثُلاثَاء |
| (SLOW) |
| الثُلاثَاء |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Tuesday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الثُلاثاء الإسبوع القادِم |
| (al-ṯulāṯāʾ al-ʾisbūʿ al-qādim) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Tuesday next week" |
| (SLOW) |
| الثُلاثاء الإسبوع القادِم |
| 14. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الأرْبِعَاء |
| (ʾal-ʾarbiʿāʾ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Wednesday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الأرْبِعَاء |
| (SLOW) |
| الأرْبِعَاء |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Wednesday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| غَدَاً الأربِعاء, و بَعدَ غَدٍ الخَميس |
| (ġadan al-ʾarbiʿāʾ, wa baʿda ġadin al-ḫamīs) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Tomorrow is Wednesday, and the day after tomorrow is Thursday." |
| (SLOW) |
| غَدَاً الأربِعاء, و بَعدَ غَدٍ الخَميس |
| 15. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الخَمِيْس |
| (ʾal-ḫamīs) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Thursday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الخَمِيْس |
| (SLOW) |
| الخَمِيْس |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Thursday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَومَ الخَميس |
| (yawm al-ḫamīs) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "on Thursday" |
| (SLOW) |
| يَومَ الخَميس |
| 16. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الجُمْعَة |
| (ʾaǧ-ǧumʿah) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Friday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الجُمْعَة |
| (SLOW) |
| الجُمْعَة |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Friday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الحَمدُ لِلَّه أن اليَومُ الجُمُعَة |
| (al-ḥamdu lillah ʾan al-yawm ul-ǧumuʿah.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Thank God it's Friday." |
| (SLOW) |
| الحَمدُ لِلَّه أن اليَومُ الجُمُعَة |
| 17. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| السَبْتَ |
| (ʾas-sabt) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Saturday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| السَبْتَ |
| (SLOW) |
| السَبْتَ |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Saturday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| لَيسَ عِندي ايُّ مُخَطَّطاتٍ لِيَومِ السَبت |
| (laisa ʿindīʾayyu muḫaṭṭaṭātin liyawmi as-sabt) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "no plans for Saturday" |
| (SLOW) |
| لَيسَ عِندي ايُّ مُخَطَّطاتٍ لِيَومِ السَبت |
| 18. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الأحَد |
| (al-ʾaḥad) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Sunday" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| الأحَد |
| (SLOW) |
| الأحَد |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Sunday |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَومُ الأحَد عيدُ الأب |
| (yawm ul-ʾaḥad ʿīd ul-ʾab) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Sunday is Father's Day." |
| (SLOW) |
| يَومُ الأحَد عيدُ الأب |
| 19. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَقوم |
| (yaqum) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "do" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَقوم |
| (SLOW) |
| يَقوم |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| do |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَقوم بِالوَاجِب |
| (yaqūm bilwaǧib) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "do homework" |
| (SLOW) |
| يَقوم بِالوَاجِب |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَذهَب |
| (yaḏhab) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "go" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَذهَب |
| (SLOW) |
| يَذهَب |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| go |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| يَذهَب إلى الأمام مُبَاشَرَةً |
| (yaḏhab ʾilā al-ʾamām mubaāšaraẗan) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "go straight ahead" |
| (SLOW) |
| يَذهَب إلى الأمام مُبَاشَرَةً |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| See you next time! |
| (salam) سلام |
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