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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)
حَقيبَةُ ظَهر
(ḥaqībaẗu ẓahr)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"backpack"
(NORMAL SPEED)
حَقيبَةُ ظَهر
(SLOW)
حَقيبَةُ ظَهر
(NORMAL SPEED)
backpack
(NORMAL SPEED)
حَقيبَةُ ظَهري ثَقيلَةٌ جِدّاً.
(ḥaqībaẗu ẓahrī ṯaqīlaẗun ǧiddan.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"My backpack is so heavy."
(SLOW)
حَقيبَةُ ظَهري ثَقيلَةٌ جِدّاً.
2.
(NORMAL SPEED)
رَصاص
(raṣāṣ)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"pencil lead"
(NORMAL SPEED)
رَصاص
(SLOW)
رَصاص
(NORMAL SPEED)
pencil lead
(NORMAL SPEED)
الأَقلامُ الخَشَبِيَّةُ يََجِبُ أَن تُبرى عِندَما يَتَقَصَّفُ الرَصاص.
(al-ʾaqlām al-ḫašabiyyaẗu yaǧibu ʾan tubrā ʿindamā yataqaṣṣafa al-ruṣāṣ.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Wooden pencils must be sharpened when the lead breaks."
(SLOW)
الأَقلامُ الخَشَبِيَّةُ يََجِبُ أَن تُبرى عِندَما يَتَقَصَّفُ الرَصاص.
3.
(NORMAL SPEED)
لاصِق
(lāṣiq)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"glue"
(NORMAL SPEED)
لاصِق
(SLOW)
لاصِق
(NORMAL SPEED)
glue
(NORMAL SPEED)
ضَع لاصِق عَلى الوَرَقَة.
(ḍaʿ lāṣiq ʿalā al-waraqah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Apply glue to the paper."
(SLOW)
ضَع لاصِق عَلى الوَرَقَة.
4.
(NORMAL SPEED)
آلَة حاسِبَة
(ʾālaẗun ḥāsibah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"calculator"
(NORMAL SPEED)
آلَة حاسِبَة
(SLOW)
آلَة حاسِبَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
calculator
(NORMAL SPEED)
دائِماً ما اَستَخدِمَ الآلَةَ الحاسِبَةَ لِلحِساب.
(dāʾiman mā astaḫdima al-ʾālaẗa al-ḥāsibaẗa lilḥisāb.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I always use a calculator to do the math."
(SLOW)
دائِماً ما اَستَخدِمَ الآلَةَ الحاسِبَةَ لِلحِساب.
5.
(NORMAL SPEED)
بَرّايَة
(barrāyah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"pencil sharpener"
(NORMAL SPEED)
بَرّايَة
(SLOW)
بَرّايَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
pencil sharpener
(NORMAL SPEED)
مَعي بَرّايَة.
(maʿī barrāyah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I have a pencil sharpener."
(SLOW)
مَعي بَرّايَة.
6.
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَريض
(ʿarīḍ)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"wide"
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَريض
(SLOW)
عَريض
(NORMAL SPEED)
wide
(NORMAL SPEED)
النَهرُ عَريضٌ و عَميق.
(an-nahru ʿarīḍun wa ʿamīq.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"The river is wide and deep."
(SLOW)
النَهرُ عَريضٌ و عَميق.
7.
(NORMAL SPEED)
ضَيِّق
(ḍayyiq)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"narrow"
(NORMAL SPEED)
ضَيِّق
(SLOW)
ضَيِّق
(NORMAL SPEED)
narrow
(NORMAL SPEED)
الرَجُلُ يَمشي في طَريقٍ ضَيِّق.
(arraǧulu yamšī fī ṭarīqin ḍayyiq.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"The man is hiking on a narrow path."
(SLOW)
الرَجُلُ يَمشي في طَريقٍ ضَيِّق.
8.
(NORMAL SPEED)
صَلب
(ṣalb)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"hard"
(NORMAL SPEED)
صَلب
(SLOW)
صَلب
(NORMAL SPEED)
hard
(NORMAL SPEED)
لِلسُلحِفاةِ قَوْقَعَةٌ صَلبَة لِلحِمايَة.
(lilsulḥifāẗi qawqaʿa ṣalbah lilḥimāyah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"A turtle has a hard shell for protection."
(SLOW)
لِلسُلحِفاةِ قَوْقَعَةٌ صَلبَة لِلحِمايَة.
9.
(NORMAL SPEED)
ناعِم
(nāʿim)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"soft"
(NORMAL SPEED)
ناعِم
(SLOW)
ناعِم
(NORMAL SPEED)
soft
(NORMAL SPEED)
شَراشِفَها الجَديدَة الخاصَّة بِالِاستِحمام مَصنوعَة مِن القُطن الناعِم.
(šarāšifihā aǧǧadīdah al-ḫāṣṣaẗu bil-ʾistiḥmāmi maṣnūʿaẗun min al-quṭn il-nāʿim.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Her new bath towels were made of soft cotton."
(SLOW)
شَراشِفَها الجَديدَة الخاصَّة بِالِاستِحمام مَصنوعَة مِن القُطن الناعِم.
10.
(NORMAL SPEED)
مِشمِش
(mišmiš)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"apricot"
(NORMAL SPEED)
مِشمِش
(SLOW)
مِشمِش
(NORMAL SPEED)
apricot
(NORMAL SPEED)
أُُحِبُّ عَصيرَ المِشمِش.
(ʾuuḥibbu ʿaṣīra al-mišmiš.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I love apricot juice."
(SLOW)
أُُحِبُّ عَصيرَ المِشمِش.
11.
(NORMAL SPEED)
أناناس
(ʾnānās)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"pineapple"
(NORMAL SPEED)
أناناس
(SLOW)
أناناس
(NORMAL SPEED)
pineapple
(NORMAL SPEED)
هَذِهِ الأَناناسَةُ لا تَزالُ نَيِّئَة.
(haḏihi al-ʾanānāsaẗu lā tazalu nayyiʾah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"This pineapple is still unripe."
(SLOW)
هَذِهِ الأَناناسَةُ لا تَزالُ نَيِّئَة.
12.
(NORMAL SPEED)
شَمّام
(šammām)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"melon"
(NORMAL SPEED)
شَمّام
(SLOW)
شَمّام
(NORMAL SPEED)
melon
(NORMAL SPEED)
ذَهَبتُ إلى السوبَرماركِت و اِشتَرَيْتُ شَمّامَة.
(ḏahabtu ʾilā al-sūbarmārkit wa ištaraytu šammāmah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I went to the supermarket, and I bought a melon."
(SLOW)
ذَهَبتُ إلى السوبَرماركِت و اِشتَرَيْتُ شَمّامَة.
13.
(NORMAL SPEED)
تين
(tīn)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"fig"
(NORMAL SPEED)
تين
(SLOW)
تين
(NORMAL SPEED)
fig
(NORMAL SPEED)
يُمكِنُ لِلتين أَن يَصمُدَ طَويلاً إذا كانَ مُجَفَّفاً.
(yumkinu lit-tīni ʾan yaṣmuda ṭawīlan ʾiḏā kāna muǧaffafan.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Once they are dried, figs can last a long time."
(SLOW)
يُمكِنُ لِلتين أَن يَصمُدَ طَويلاً إذا كانَ مُجَفَّفاً.
14.
(NORMAL SPEED)
البَرقوق
(al-barqūq)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"plum"
(NORMAL SPEED)
البَرقوق
(SLOW)
البَرقوق
(NORMAL SPEED)
plum
(NORMAL SPEED)
القَراصيا بَرقوق مُجَفَّف.
(al-qarāṣyā barqūq muǧaffaf.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Prunes are dried plums."
(SLOW)
القَراصيا بَرقوق مُجَفَّف.
15.
(NORMAL SPEED)
قَرنَبيط
(qarnabīṭ)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"broccoli"
(NORMAL SPEED)
قَرنَبيط
(SLOW)
قَرنَبيط
(NORMAL SPEED)
broccoli
(NORMAL SPEED)
أَكَلتُ القَرنَبيطَ عَلى الغَداء.
(ʾakaltu al-qarnabīṭa ʿalā al-ġadāʾ.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I had broccoli for lunch."
(SLOW)
أَكَلتُ القَرنَبيطَ عَلى الغَداء.
16.
(NORMAL SPEED)
كُرُنب
(kurumb)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"cabbage"
(NORMAL SPEED)
كُرُنب
(SLOW)
كُرُنب
(NORMAL SPEED)
cabbage
(NORMAL SPEED)
أَكَلتُ كُرُنب لَيْلَةَ البارِحَة.
(ʾakaltu kurunb laylaẗ al-bāriḥah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I ate cabbage last night."
(SLOW)
أَكَلتُ كُرُنب لَيْلَةَ البارِحَة.
17.
(NORMAL SPEED)
كَرَفس
(karafs)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"celery"
(NORMAL SPEED)
كَرَفس
(SLOW)
كَرَفس
(NORMAL SPEED)
celery
(NORMAL SPEED)
عِندَما تَأكُلُ الكَرَفس، يَحرِقُ جِسمُكَ سُعرات حَرارِيَّة أَكثَر مِمّا يَكتَسِبُ بِأَكلِه.
(ʿindamā taʾkul ul-karafs, yaḥriqu ǧismuka suʿrātan ḥarāriyyah ʾakṯara mimmā yaktasibu biʾaklih.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"It burns more calories to eat celery than you get by eating it."
(SLOW)
عِندَما تَأكُلُ الكَرَفس، يَحرِقُ جِسمُكَ سُعرات حَرارِيَّة أَكثَر مِمّا يَكتَسِبُ بِأَكلِه.
18.
(NORMAL SPEED)
باذِنجان
(bāḏinǧān)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"eggplant"
(NORMAL SPEED)
باذِنجان
(SLOW)
باذِنجان
(NORMAL SPEED)
eggplant
(NORMAL SPEED)
الكَثيرُ مِن المِصرِيّين يأكُلون الباذِنجان المَقلي عَلى الفُطور.
(al-kaṯīru min al-miṣriyyīn yaʾkulūn al-bāḏinǧān al-maqlī ʿalā al-fuṭūr.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Many Egyptians eat fried eggplants for breakfast."
(SLOW)
الكَثيرُ مِن المِصرِيّين يأكُلون الباذِنجان المَقلي عَلى الفُطور.
19.
(NORMAL SPEED)
بَراعِمُ الفول
(barāʿim al-fūl)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"bean sprouts"
(NORMAL SPEED)
بَراعِمُ الفول
(SLOW)
بَراعِمُ الفول
(NORMAL SPEED)
bean sprouts
(NORMAL SPEED)
أُريدُ سَلَطَةَ بَراعِم الفول.
(ʾurīdu salaṭaẗa barāʿim al-fūl.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I'd like a bean sprouts salad."
(SLOW)
أُريدُ سَلَطَةَ بَراعِم الفول.
20.
(NORMAL SPEED)
حادِثَة
(ḥādiṯah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"accident"
(NORMAL SPEED)
حادِثَة
(SLOW)
حادِثَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
accident
(NORMAL SPEED)
تَأَلَّمتُ لِمُدَّةِ يَوْمَيْن بَعدَ الحادِثَة.
(taʾallamtu limuddaẗi yawmayn baʿda al-ḥādiṯah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I was in pain for two days after the accident."
(SLOW)
تَأَلَّمتُ لِمُدَّةِ يَوْمَيْن بَعدَ الحادِثَة.
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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