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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) |
صاحِبُ البَيْت |
(ṣāḥibu l-bayt) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"landlord" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
صاحِبُ البَيْت |
(SLOW) |
صاحِبُ البَيْت |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
landlord |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
صاحِبُ بَيتِ أَخي لا يَقبَلُ شيكات. |
(ṣāḥibu baīti ʾaḫī lā yaqbalu šīkāt.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"My brother's landlord will not accept a check." |
(SLOW) |
صاحِبُ بَيتِ أَخي لا يَقبَلُ شيكات. |
2. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
بَيْت الطُلّاب |
(bayt ʾlṭullāb) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"dormitory" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
بَيْت الطُلّاب |
(SLOW) |
بَيْت الطُلّاب |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
dormitory |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
كُنتُ أَسكُنُ في بَيْتِ الطُلّابِ لِسَنَوَاتِ الكُلِّيَةِ الأَربَع. |
(kuntu ʾaskunu fī bayti al-ṭullābi lisanawati al-kulliyaẗi al-ʾarbaʿ.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I lived in the dormitory for all four years of college." |
(SLOW) |
كُنتُ أَسكُنُ في بَيْتِ الطُلّابِ لِسَنَوَاتِ الكُلِّيَةِ الأَربَع. |
3. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَبنى سَكَنِيّ |
(mabnā sakanī) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"apartment building" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَبنى سَكَنِيّ |
(SLOW) |
مَبنى سَكَنِيّ |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
apartment building |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
هُناكَ أَربَع وعِشرونَ شَقّة في هَذا المَبنى السَكَني. |
(hunāka ʾarbaʿ waʿišrūna šaqqh fī haḏā al-mabnā al-sakanī.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"There are 24 apartments in this apartment building." |
(SLOW) |
هُناكَ أَربَع وعِشرونَ شَقّة في هَذا المَبنى السَكَني. |
4. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَدينَة |
(madīnah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"city" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَدينَة |
(SLOW) |
مَدينَة |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
city |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَدينَةُ مِكسيكو هِيَ العاصِمَةُ و المَدينَةُ ذاتَ أَعلى كَثافَةٍ سُكّانِيَّة في المِكسيك. |
(madīnaẗu miksīkū hiya al-ʿāṣimaẗu wa al-madīnaẗu ḏāta ʾaʿlā kaṯāfaẗin sukkāniyyah fī al-miksīk.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Mexico City is the capital and most heavily populated city in Mexico." |
(SLOW) |
مَدينَةُ مِكسيكو هِيَ العاصِمَةُ و المَدينَةُ ذاتَ أَعلى كَثافَةٍ سُكّانِيَّة في المِكسيك. |
5. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَزرَعَة |
(mazraʿah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"farm" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَزرَعَة |
(SLOW) |
مَزرَعَة |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
farm |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
الماعِزُ تَلعَبُ في المَزرَعَة. |
(almaʿiz talʿab fī almazraʿh) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The goats are playing on the farm." |
(SLOW) |
الماعِزُ تَلعَبُ في المَزرَعَة. |
6. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
تسونامي |
(tsūnāmī) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"tsunami" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
تسونامي |
(SLOW) |
تسونامي |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
tsunami |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
التسونامي ضَرَبَت المَدينَة. |
(al-tsūnāmī ḍarabat al-madīnah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The tsunami hit the city." |
(SLOW) |
التسونامي ضَرَبَت المَدينَة. |
7. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
اِنهِيَار جَليدي |
(ʾinhyār ǧalīdī) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"avalanche" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
اِنهِيَار جَليدي |
(SLOW) |
اِنهِيَار جَليدي |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
avalanche |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
الإنهِيَارُ الجَليدِيّ دَمَّرَ مُنتَجَع التَزَحلُق، وَلَكِن لِحُسنِ الحَظ، لَم يُصَب أَحَدٌ بِأَذى. |
(al-ʾinhyāru al-ǧalīdī dammara muntaǧaʿa al-tazaḥluq, wa lakin liḥusni al-ḥaẓẓi, lam yuṣab ʾaḥadun biʾaḏā ) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The avalanche destroyed the ski resort, but luckily, nobody was hurt." |
(SLOW) |
الإنهِيَارُ الجَليدِيّ دَمَّرَ مُنتَجَع التَزَحلُق، وَلَكِن لِحُسنِ الحَظ، لَم يُصَب أَحَدٌ بِأَذى. |
8. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
حَريق |
(ḥarīq) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"fire" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
حَريق |
(SLOW) |
حَريق |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
fire |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
لِلمَبنى سُلَّم نَجاةٍ مِن الحَريق. |
(lilmabnā sullamu naǧāẗin mn al-ḥarīq) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The building has a fire escape staircase." |
(SLOW) |
لِلمَبنى سُلَّم نَجاةٍ مِن الحَريق. |
9. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
زِِلزال |
(zilzal) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"earthquake" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
زِِلزال |
(SLOW) |
زِِلزال |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
earthquake |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
الزِلزالُ يَهُزُّ الأَرض. |
(al-zilzālu yahuzzu al-ʾarḍ) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The earthquake is shaking the ground." |
(SLOW) |
الزِلزالُ يَهُزُّ الأَرض. |
10. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
عاصِفَة رَملِيَّة |
(ʿāṣifah ramliyyah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"sandstorm" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
عاصِفَة رَملِيَّة |
(SLOW) |
عاصِفَة رَملِيَّة |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
sandstorm |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
هَبَّت العاصِفَةُ الرَملِيَّة. |
(habbat al-ʿāṣifaẗu al-ramliyyah.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The sandstorm has touched down." |
(SLOW) |
هَبَّت العاصِفَةُ الرَملِيَّة. |
11. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
قُفّاز |
(quffāz) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"glove" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
قُفّاز |
(SLOW) |
قُفّاز |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
glove |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
القُفّازات لَمْ تُلائمْ يديه. |
(al-quffāzātu laam tulāʾm yadaiyh) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The gloves did not fit his hands." |
(SLOW) |
القُفّازات لَمْ تُلائمْ يديه. |
12. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَظَلَّة |
(maẓallah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"umbrella" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مَظَلَّة |
(SLOW) |
مَظَلَّة |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
umbrella |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
لَيْسَ مَعي مَظَلَّة و السَماءُ تُمطِر. |
(laysa maʿī maẓallah wa al-samāʾu tumṭir) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
" I don't have an umbrella, and it's raining. " |
(SLOW) |
لَيْسَ مَعي مَظَلَّة و السَماءُ تُمطِر. |
13. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
قُبَّعَة |
(qubbaʿah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"hat" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
قُبَّعَة |
(SLOW) |
قُبَّعَة |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
hat |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
لا تَرتدي هَذِهِ القُبَّعَةَ مَرَّةً أُخرى في الصَف. |
(laā tartadī haḏihi al-qubaʿah marrah ʾuḫrā fiī al-ṣṣaf.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Do not wear that hat again in class!" |
(SLOW) |
لا تَرتدي هَذِهِ القُبَّعَةَ مَرَّةً أُخرى في الصَف. |
14. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
طويل الأكمام |
(ḏū ʾakmām ṭawīlah) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"long-sleeved" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
طويل الأكمام |
(SLOW) |
طويل الأكمام |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
long-sleeved |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
القُمصانُ طويلة الأكمام جَيِّدَةٌ في الجَوِّ البارِد. |
(al-qumṣānu ḏawuū al-ʾakmāmi al-ṭaūīlah ǧayyidaẗun fī al-ǧawwi al-bārid.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Long-sleeved shirts are good for cold weather." |
(SLOW) |
القُمصانُ طويلة الأكمام جَيِّدَةٌ في الجَوِّ البارِد. |
15. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
قصير الأكمام |
(ḏū ʾakmām qaṣīra:) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"short-sleeved" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
قصير الأكمام |
(SLOW) |
قصير الأكمام |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
short-sleeved |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
القُمصان قصيرة الأكمام أَفضَلُ في الجَوِّ الحار. |
(al-qumṣān ḏawuū al-ʾakmām al-qaṣīrah ʾafḍalu fī al-ǧawwi al-ḥār.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Short-sleeved shirts are better when it's warm." |
(SLOW) |
القُمصان قصيرة الأكمام أَفضَلُ في الجَوِّ الحار. |
16. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُؤلِم |
(muʾlim ) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"painful" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُؤلِم |
(SLOW) |
مُؤلِم |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
painful |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
لَدغَةُ القِنديلِ مُؤلِمَةٌ جِدّاً. |
(ladġaẗu al-qindīli muʾlimaẗun ǧiddan.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"A jellyfish sting is very painful." |
(SLOW) |
لَدغَةُ القِنديلِ مُؤلِمَةٌ جِدّاً. |
17. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
خَجول |
(ḫaǧūl) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"shy" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
خَجول |
(SLOW) |
خَجول |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
shy |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
أَنا خَجول. |
(ʾanā ḫaǧūl ) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I am shy." |
(SLOW) |
أَنا خَجول. |
18. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُتَوَتِّر |
(mutawatir) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"nervous" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُتَوَتِّر |
(SLOW) |
مُتَوَتِّر |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
nervous |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
لَستُ مُتَوَتِّراً حَتّى أَمام الكاميرا. |
(lastu mutawattiran ḥattā ʾamām al-kāmīrā.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I'm not nervous even if I'm in front of the camera." |
(SLOW) |
لَستُ مُتَوَتِّراً حَتّى أَمام الكاميرا. |
19. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُتَحَمِّس |
(mutaḥammis) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"excited" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُتَحَمِّس |
(SLOW) |
مُتَحَمِّس |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
excited |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
الطِفلَةُ الصَغيرَةُ مُتَحَمِّسَة. |
(al-ṭiflaẗu al-ṣaġīraẗu mutaḥammisah.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The little girl is excited." |
(SLOW) |
الطِفلَةُ الصَغيرَةُ مُتَحَمِّسَة. |
20. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُحرَج |
(muḥraǧ) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"embarrassed" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
مُحرَج |
(SLOW) |
مُحرَج |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
embarrassed |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
أَنا مُحرَجٌ جِدّاً. |
(ʾanā muḥraǧun ǧiddan) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I'm so embarrassed." |
(SLOW) |
أَنا مُحرَجٌ جِدّاً. |
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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