| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BCC Words 1 | ||
| أَوْ | or | |
| باب،أَبْواب | door | |
| يا | hey (polite too) | |
| وَ | and | |
BCC Words 2 | ||
| سُكَّر | sugar | |
| أُسْرة،أُسَر | family | |
| سِتَّة،٦ | six (+ symbol) | |
| سُوريا | Syria | |
| يَكْتُب | he writes | |
| يَسار | left (vs right) | |
| بِسَبَب | on account of | on + reason |
| (كَـ)كَ | like, as (preposition) | |
BCC Words 3 | ||
| حَتَّى | until | Either from the root ح ت ت (ḥ-t-t) in the senses of "to scrape or rub off", "to remove or destroy", "to end something", "to drive back or repel"; or from the root ع ت ي (ʿ-t-y), meaning "to be excessive", "to push the limits or be at the threshold", "to be extremely old or at the extreme end of life" |
| رُوح،أَرْواح | spirit, soul | |
| شاي | tea | |
| الكُوَيْت | Kuwait | |
| حالي | present time, at the moment | |
| شَيْء،أَشْياء | thing, something | |
| السُّحور | last meal before sunrise in Ramadan | |
| لا | no | |
| شَراب | drink | |
| لا شَيْء | nothing (no thing) | |
BCC Words 4 | ||
| النّاس | people | |
| ثانَوي | secondary | |
| كَثيرًا | a lot, many, much, often | Root ك ث ر • (k-ṯ-r) "related to quantity". Adverbial accusative of كَثِير (kaṯīr, “many”). |
| كُنْت | I was | |
| أَخَذَ | he took, to begin (when followed by verb) | |
| ثَلاثة،۳ | three | |
| الآن (al-ʾān) | now | Definite accusative of آن (ʾān, “time”). |
| يَتَذَكَّر | he remembers | From Root ذ ك ر • (ḏ-k-r), related to remembrance and maleness. Cognate with Hebrew ז־כ־ר (z-k-r, “Related to remembrance and maleness”). Form V |
| أَثَر،آثار | trace, vestige, remainder | Related to verb أَثَّرَ • (ʾaṯṯara) "to influence". Also آثَرَ • (ʾāṯara) IV "to prefer". |
| ذَكي،أَذْكياء | intelligent | Informal form of ذَكِيّ. From the roots ذ ك و (ḏ-k-w) and ذ ك ي (ḏ-k-y); compare ذَكِيَ (ḏakiya, “to be intelligent”). |
| حَيْثُ | where (not in question) | |
| لِذَلِك | so, thus, for this reason, therefore | "for that". Compare كَذٰلِك "as well, likewise, also" in MA Unit 4 |
BCC Words 5 | ||
| ثَلْج | ice or snow | |
| رَجُل،رِجال | man | |
| مَن؟ | who? | |
| حمام | pigeon | |
| مِن،مِن ال | from | |
| خِلال | during | |
| ماء | water | |
| وَحيد،وَحيدة | alone, lonely | |
| كَلِمة،كَلِمات | word | |
| أُخْت،أَخَوات | sister | |
| جَميل،جَميلة | beautiful | |
| آخِر | the last | |
| حَمَّام،حَمَّامَات | bathroom | Also- bathhouse; spa; watering hole; swimming pool. From the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m); related to heating. |
BCC Words 6 | ||
| بارِد | cold | |
| جَزيرة،جُزُر | island | |
| خُبْز | bread | |
| دَرْس | lesson | |
| دَجاج | chicken | |
| دُكْتور،دُكْتورة | doctor | |
| قَبْلَ | before, prior to | See MA Unit 13 |
| قَريب،أَقارِب | kinsman, relative(s), also close (vs far) | |
| زَوْج،زَوْجة | husband, wife - also, one of a pair | |
| قَليلاً | a little, a little bit (adv) | |
| قَلَم | pen, pencil | |
| ميزة،ميزات | positive distinguishing feature or quality | |
BCC Words 7 | ||
| العَمَل | work (synonym 1) | |
| الشُّغْل | work (synonym 2) | |
| المَغْرِب | Morocco ("the west") | |
| دَفْتَر،دَفاتِر | notebook | From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra) "prepared hide, piece of leather; especially as writing material". The name of the disease "diphtheria" describes the appearance of leathery pseudomembrane in the throat. The Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra) is also the root of the English word "letter". |
| سَعيد،سَعيدة | happy | |
| كَيْفَ؟ | how? | |
| لا أَعْرِف | "I don't know" | |
| لُغة | language | |
| مَعَ،مَعَ ال | with, together with, accompanied by, in the company of | |
| عَرَبِيّ،عَرَبيَّة | Arab/Arabic | |
| غُرْفة،غُرَف | room | |
| فِلوس | money | WK has Arabic فُلُوس • (fulūs) plural of فلس - A small amount of money. No entry for فلس except Persian "flake, scale". Hijazi Arabic is فلوس • (fulūs, filūs) "money". WP says- The fils (Arabic alphabet- فلس) is a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries, such as Iraq and Bahrain. The term is a modern retranscription of fals, an early medieval Arab coin. ... The plural form of fils is fulūs (فلوس); the latter term can also refer to small amounts of money or to money in general in Egyptian Arabic and many other varieties of Arabic. |
| في،في ال | in, in the | |
BCC Words 8 | ||
| أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا | Greetings! Welcome! | |
| سَهْل،سَهْلة | easy | |
| جاهِز،جاهِزة | ready | |
| صِفْر،۰ | zero | |
| الشَّرْق الأَوْسَط | The Middle East | |
| صَباح | morning | |
| طَيِّب،طَيِّبَة | nice, also tasty (food), good-hearted people | |
| فَصْل،فُصول | class, classroom; also, anything divided into parts; season of year, chapter, paragraph, division | |
| طَويل،طَويلة | long; tall | |
| قِطَّة،قِطَط | cat | |
| قَهْوة عَرَبيّة | Arabic coffee | |
| هذا،هذِهِ (haadhaa,haadhihi) | this | |
BCC Words 9 | ||
| سَنَة،سَنَوات | year | |
| نَهْضَة | rebirth, Renaissance | |
| عُنْوان | address, title of book | |
| مَظْهَر،مَظاهِر | appearance, view, how things look, (pl.) manifestation | |
| والِدة،والِدَتي | mother (formal), my mother | |
| أَخْضَر | green | |
| مُعْظَم،مُعْظَم ال | most of | Root ع ظ م • (ʿ-ẓ-m) "related to greatness" |
| وَلَد،أَوْلاد | child, boy, son | |
| أَحْفَظ | I memorize | From the root ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ) "forms words relating to guardianship, protection; preservation, conservation, maintenance; memorization". Compare حَافِظ • (ḥāfiẓ) "hafiz (one who knows the Qur'an by heart)" |
| بَعْد الظُّهْر | afternoon | after + noon |
| بَيْض | eggs | From Proto-Semitic *bayṣ̂-; compare Classical Syriac ܒܝܥܬܐ (bêʿṯāʾ), Hebrew בֵּיצָה (bêṣâ). From the root ب ي ض (b-y-ḍ). Same root as أَبْيَض • (ʾabyaḍ) "white" |
| مَريض،مَريضة | sick | |