Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including words for natural disasters and common emotions
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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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