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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)
مُتَفائِل
(mutafāʾil)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"hopeful"
(NORMAL SPEED)
مُتَفائِل
(SLOW)
مُتَفائِل
(NORMAL SPEED)
hopeful
(NORMAL SPEED)
لا أَعتَقِدُ أَنَّهُم سَيَأتونَ و لَكِنّي مُتَفائِل.
(lā ʾaʿtaqidu ʾannahum sayaʾtūna wa lakinnī mutafāʾil.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I don't think they'll come, but I'm hopeful."
(SLOW)
لا أَعتَقِدُ أَنَّهُم سَيَأتونَ و لَكِنّي مُتَفائِل.
2.
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَميق
(ʿamīq)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"deep"
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَميق
(SLOW)
عَميق
(NORMAL SPEED)
deep
(NORMAL SPEED)
الجُرحُ عَميقٌ جِدّاً.
(al-ǧurḥu ʿamīqun ǧiddan.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"The wound is very deep."
(SLOW)
الجُرحُ عَميقٌ جِدّاً.
3.
(NORMAL SPEED)
ضَحل
(ḍaḥl)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"shallow"
(NORMAL SPEED)
ضَحل
(SLOW)
ضَحل
(NORMAL SPEED)
shallow
(NORMAL SPEED)
أَسماكُ القِرش تَصطادُ في المِيَاه الضَحلَة.
(asmāk al-qirš taṣṭād fī al-miyāh aḍḍaḥlah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"The sharks are hunting for food in the shallow water."
(SLOW)
أَسماكُ القِرش تَصطادُ في المِيَاه الضَحلَة.
4.
(NORMAL SPEED)
غَنِيّ
(ġanī)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"rich"
(NORMAL SPEED)
غَنِيّ
(SLOW)
غَنِيّ
(NORMAL SPEED)
rich
(NORMAL SPEED)
أَنا لَستُ غَنِيَّاً.
(ʾanā lastu ġaniyyan.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I am not rich."
(SLOW)
أَنا لَستُ غَنِيَّاً.
5.
(NORMAL SPEED)
فَقير
(faqīr)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"poor"
(NORMAL SPEED)
فَقير
(SLOW)
فَقير
(NORMAL SPEED)
poor
(NORMAL SPEED)
هَذِهِ الفَتاةُ تَبدو فَقيرَةً جِدّاً.
(haḏihi al-fatāẗu tabdū faqīratan ǧiddan.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"This girl looks very poor."
(SLOW)
هَذِهِ الفَتاةُ تَبدو فَقيرَةً جِدّاً.
6.
(NORMAL SPEED)
شاشَة
(šāšah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"monitor"
(NORMAL SPEED)
شاشَة
(SLOW)
شاشَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
monitor
(NORMAL SPEED)
أُريدُ أَن أَشتَري شاشَةً أَكبَر.
(ʾurīdu ʾan ʾaštarī šāšaẗan ʾakbar.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I'd like to have a bigger monitor."
(SLOW)
أُريدُ أَن أَشتَري شاشَةً أَكبَر.
7.
(NORMAL SPEED)
لَوْحَةُ المَفاتيح
(lawḥaẗ ul-mafātīḥ)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"keyboard"
(NORMAL SPEED)
لَوْحَةُ المَفاتيح
(SLOW)
لَوْحَةُ المَفاتيح
(NORMAL SPEED)
keyboard
(NORMAL SPEED)
لَم أَعلَم أَنَّ لَوْحَةَ المَفاتيحِ الخاصَّةِ بي تَعمَل عَلى البَطّارِيَّات.
(lam ʾaʿlam ʾanna laūḥat al-mafātiīḥ al-ḫaāṣṣah biī taʿmalu ʿalā al-baṭṭārīāt.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I didn't know that my keyboard runs on batteries."
(SLOW)
لَم أَعلَم أَنَّ لَوْحَةَ المَفاتيحِ الخاصَّةِ بي تَعمَل عَلى البَطّارِيَّات.
8.
(NORMAL SPEED)
سَمّاعاتُ رَأس
(sammāʿātu raʾs)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"headphones"
(NORMAL SPEED)
سَمّاعاتُ رَأس
(SLOW)
سَمّاعاتُ رَأس
(NORMAL SPEED)
headphones
(NORMAL SPEED)
الفَتاةُ تَستَمِعُ إلى الموسيقى بِسَمّاعات الرَأس.
(al-fatāẗu tastamiʿu ʾilā al-mūsīqā bisammāʿāt al-raʾs.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"The girl is listening to music with headphones."
(SLOW)
الفَتاةُ تَستَمِعُ إلى الموسيقى بِسَمّاعات الرَأس.
9.
(NORMAL SPEED)
زُغُطَّة
(zuġuṭṭah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"hiccup"
(NORMAL SPEED)
زُغُطَّة
(SLOW)
زُغُطَّة
(NORMAL SPEED)
hiccup
(NORMAL SPEED)
مِن الصَعبِ أَن تَتَكَلَّمَ عِندَما تُصابُ بِالزُغُطَّة.
(min al-ṣaʿbi ʾan tatakallama ʿindamā tuṣābu bilzuġuṭṭah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"When you have to hiccup, it's hard to talk."
(SLOW)
مِن الصَعبِ أَن تَتَكَلَّمَ عِندَما تُصابُ بِالزُغُطَّة.
10.
(NORMAL SPEED)
التوت الأَزرَق
(at-tūt al-ʾazraq)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"blueberry"
(NORMAL SPEED)
التوت الأَزرَق
(SLOW)
التوت الأَزرَق
(NORMAL SPEED)
blueberry
(NORMAL SPEED)
التوت الأَزرَق مُستَدير.
(at-tūt al-ʾazraq mustadīr.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Blueberries are round."
(SLOW)
التوت الأَزرَق مُستَدير.
11.
(NORMAL SPEED)
قراصيَا
(qarāṣyā)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"prune"
(NORMAL SPEED)
قراصيَا
(SLOW)
قراصيَا
(NORMAL SPEED)
prune
(NORMAL SPEED)
نَأكُلُ القَراصيا في رَمَضان..
(naʾkulu al-qarāṣīā fī ramaḍān.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"We eat prunes in Ramadan.."
(SLOW)
نَأكُلُ القَراصيا في رَمَضان..
12.
(NORMAL SPEED)
مانجو
(mango)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"mango"
(NORMAL SPEED)
مانجو
(SLOW)
مانجو
(NORMAL SPEED)
mango
(NORMAL SPEED)
أُحِبُّ المانجو كَثيراً.
(ʾuḥibbu al-mānǧū kaṯīran.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I love mangoes very much."
(SLOW)
أُحِبُّ المانجو كَثيراً.
13.
(NORMAL SPEED)
ليمون
(laymūn)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"lemon"
(NORMAL SPEED)
ليمون
(SLOW)
ليمون
(NORMAL SPEED)
lemon
(NORMAL SPEED)
الباميَة تُصبِحُ أَشهَى إذا وَضَعْتَ عَلَيْها الكَثيرَ مِن اللَيْمون.
(al-bāmyah tuṣbiḥu ʾašhaā ʾiḏā waḍaʿta ʿalayhā al-kaṯyyra mina al-llīmuūni.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Okra tastes better if you add lots of lemon to it."
(SLOW)
الباميَة تُصبِحُ أَشهَى إذا وَضَعْتَ عَلَيْها الكَثيرَ مِن اللَيْمون.
14.
(NORMAL SPEED)
أَرداف
(ʾardāf)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"buttocks"
(NORMAL SPEED)
أَرداف
(SLOW)
أَرداف
(NORMAL SPEED)
buttocks
(NORMAL SPEED)
سَقَطَت لِلوَراءِ بِقُوَّةٍ عَلى أَردافِها.
(saqaṭat lilwarāʾi biquwwaẗin ʿalā ʾardāfihā.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"She fell backwards, landing hard on her buttocks."
(SLOW)
سَقَطَت لِلوَراءِ بِقُوَّةٍ عَلى أَردافِها.
15.
(NORMAL SPEED)
كَتِف
(katif)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"shoulder"
(NORMAL SPEED)
كَتِف
(SLOW)
كَتِف
(NORMAL SPEED)
shoulder
(NORMAL SPEED)
كَتِفي اليُمنى تُؤلِمُني.
(katifī al-yumnā tuʾulimunī.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"My right shoulder hurts."
(SLOW)
كَتِفي اليُمنى تُؤلِمُني.
16.
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَضَلَة
(ʿaḍalah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"muscle"
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَضَلَة
(SLOW)
عَضَلَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
muscle
(NORMAL SPEED)
إذا قُمتَ بِرَفعِ الأَثقال، يُمكِنُكَ بِناءَ عَضَلاتِك.
(ʾiḏā qumta birafʿi al-ʾaṯqal-, yumkinuka bināʾa ʿaḍalātik.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"If you lift weights, you can build your muscles."
(SLOW)
إذا قُمتَ بِرَفعِ الأَثقال، يُمكِنُكَ بِناءَ عَضَلاتِك.
17.
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَظم
(ʿaẓm)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"bone"
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَظم
(SLOW)
عَظم
(NORMAL SPEED)
bone
(NORMAL SPEED)
عَظمي قَوِي.
(ʿaẓmī qawi.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"I have strong bones."
(SLOW)
عَظمي قَوِي.
18.
(NORMAL SPEED)
لِحيَة
(liḥyah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"beard"
(NORMAL SPEED)
لِحيَة
(SLOW)
لِحيَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
beard
(NORMAL SPEED)
الرَجُلُ لَهُ لِحيَةٌ كامِلَة وَ لَكِنَّ شَعرَ رَأسِهِ قَليل.
(al-raǧulu lahu liḥyaẗun kāmilaẗun wa lakin šaʿra raʾsihi qalīl.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"The man has a full beard, but little hair on the top of his head."
(SLOW)
الرَجُلُ لَهُ لِحيَةٌ كامِلَة وَ لَكِنَّ شَعرَ رَأسِهِ قَليل.
19.
(NORMAL SPEED)
بَطاطا حُلوَة
(baṭāṭā ḥulwah)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"sweet potato"
(NORMAL SPEED)
بَطاطا حُلوَة
(SLOW)
بَطاطا حُلوَة
(NORMAL SPEED)
sweet potato
(NORMAL SPEED)
البَطاطا الحُلوَة لَذيذَة مَخبوزَة أَوْ مَقلِيَّة.
(al-baṭāṭā al-ḥulwah laḏīḏah maḫbūzah ʾaw maqliyyah.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"Sweet potato is great baked or fried."
(SLOW)
البَطاطا الحُلوَة لَذيذَة مَخبوزَة أَوْ مَقلِيَّة.
20.
(NORMAL SPEED)
فُطر
(fuṭr)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"mushroom"
(NORMAL SPEED)
فُطر
(SLOW)
فُطر
(NORMAL SPEED)
mushroom
(NORMAL SPEED)
عندما تأكل عش الغراب، فاِنك تأكل فطراً.
(ʿindamā taʾkulu ʿišša al-ġurāb, faʾinnaka taʾkulu fuṭran.)
(NORMAL SPEED)
"When you eat mushrooms, you are eating a fungus."
(SLOW)
عندما تأكل عش الغراب، فاِنك تأكل فطراً.
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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