| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Mastering Arabic 1 Unit 17 | ||
| صَحْراء | desert | |
| سَريع | fast | |
| غَنيّ | rich | |
| فَقير | poor | Origin of Hindu "fakir" |
| رَخيص | inexpensive/cheap | |
| غالٍ,غالية | expensive (masc., fem.) | |
| كَثير | many/a lot | |
| أُسْبُوع(أَسَابِيع) | week | Plural not in book |
| الماضي | the past | |
| مُنْذُ | since, ago | |
| الْيَوْم | today | |
| الآن | now | |
| كان/يكون | to be | |
| طار/يطير | to fly | |
| باع/يبيع | to sell | |
| قال/يقول | to say | |
| زار/يزور | to visit | |
| مَشى/يَمشي | to walk | |
| رَمى/يَرمي | to throw | |
| جَرى/يَجري | to run | |
| كُنْتُ | I was | |
| كُنْتَ | you (masc.) were | |
| كُنْتِ | you (fem.) were | |
| كانَ | he was | |
| كانَت | she was | |
| كُنَّا | we were | |
| كُنْتُم | you (pl.) were | |
| كانُوا | they were | |
| العالَم | the world | |
| قارّة(قَارَّات) | continent | |
| أَفْرِيقِيَا | Africa | Textbook translit. wrong |
| آسِيَا | Asia | Textbook translit. wrong |
| بُرْج(أَبْراج) | tower | |
| حَقْل(حُقول) | field | |
| بِناء | building/structure | |
| حُلْو | sweet | Older version (copied from Quizlet) was spelled "حِلْو" (ḥilū), this is North Levantine dialect. |
| هَامّ | important | |
| أَكْثَر | more/most | |
| أَفْضَل | better/best | |
| اِسْتِئْجار السيّارات | car rental | |
| مُمَثِّل(مُمَثِّلون) | actor | |
| مُمَثِّلة(مُمَثِّلات) | actress | |
| جَدّ/جَدّة | grandfather/grandmother | |
| (يَوْم)السَّبْت | Saturday | |
| (يَوْم)الأحَد | Sunday | |
| (يَوْم)الاِثْنَيْن | Monday | |
| (يَوْم)الثُلاثَاء | Tuesday | |
| (يَوْم)الأَرْبِعَاء | Wednesday | |
| (يَوْم)الخَميس | Thursday | |
| (يَوْم)الجُمعَة | Friday | |
| بَعْدَ | after | |
| قَبْلَ | before | |
| سَنَة(سَنوات) | year | |
| مُنْذُ عشرين سنة | 20 years ago | |
| عاد/يَعود | to go back/return | |
| زاد/يَزيد | to increase/go up (in price, etc.) | |
| شَكا/يَشكو | to complain | |
| فاضِل | good, virtuous | From p. 231. From root ف ض ل • (f-ḍ-l) "related to surplus, excess". Not in WK |
| بِطِّيخَة | watermelon | From p. 231 |
| جَيْش | army, military | From p. 239, ex 12 |
| هَرَم (أَهْرام) | pyramids | From video p. 242 |
| مَكَان (أَمْكِنَة) | place, location; status | From video p. 242 |
| مَيْدَان (مَيَادِين) | square (open space in a town); field, sphere | From video p. 242. An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian mdyʾn' (*mayān, “middle; among, between”) (whence Persian میان (miyân)), Manichaean Parthian mdyʾn (*maẟyān, “among, amid, between” ), Manichaean Sogdian [script needed] (myẟʾn /*mēẟan/, “middle”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 ( maiδiiāna, “middle”). Their first part is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. |
| قي ذاك الوقت | at that time | From video p. 242 |
| كُنتُ أدرُس | used to study | From video p. 242 |
| أَحْسَن (حُسْنَى) | best ("irregular" superlative) | From YouTube video shown in class. Elative degree of حَسَن (ḥasan) "good" |