| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Mastering Arabic 1 Unit 19 | ||
| المُسْتَقْبَل | the future | Passive participle of the verb اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, “to receive, meet, face”). From the root ق ب ل (q-b-l) "related to front or acceptance". Compare Unit 19 "to meet" (قابَل) and "to receive", Unit 13, 17 "before" (قَبْلَ) |
| غَداً | tomorrow | Adverb - adverbial accusative of غَد (ḡad, “morrow; tomorrow”, noun). |
| عيد ميلاد | birthday | |
| عُطْلة (عُطَل) | holiday | From the root ع ط ل (ʿ-ṭ-l). "forms words related to being unoccupied". See عَطِلَ • (ʿaṭila) I "to lack; to be unemployed, to bt idle; to be unadorned" |
| دِراسة (دِرَاسَات) | study (noun) | |
| اِمْتِحان (اِمْتِحانات) | exam | From the root م ح ن (m-ḥ-n). "related to experience, to try, to put to the test, to afflict" |
| خِطّة (خِطَط) | plan | Or "project, projected course". Also pronounced خُطَّة. From the root خ ط ط (ḵ-ṭ-ṭ). Compare خَطَّ • (ḵaṭṭa) I, non-past يَخُطُّ (yaḵuṭṭu) "to draw a line; to carve, inscribe". Different from root ق ط ع "Related to cut and separate". |
| حَضَر / يَحْضُر | to attend | From the root ح ض ر (ḥ-ḍ-r), "related to being present". Compare "lecture" (مُحاضَرة) from Unit 18, "certainly" (حاضِر) from Unit 11. |
| أَمَل / يَأْمُل | to hope | (error in textbook vowels) |
| سَأَل / يَسْأَل | to ask | From the root س ء ل (s-ʾ-l) "related to asking", cognate with Hebrew שָׁאַל (sha'ál, “he asked”). |
| فَضَّل / يُفَضِّل | to prefer | |
| سَخَّن / يُسَخِّن | to heat | |
| نَظَّف / يُنَظِّف | to clean | From the root ن ظ ف (n-ẓ-f). Form I is نَظُفَ • (naẓufa) I, non-past يَنْظُفُ (yanẓufu), "to be clean". |
| دَرَّس / يُدَرِّس | to teach | |
| سافَرَ / يُسافِر | to travel | Root of "safari", via Swahili |
| قابَل / يُقابِل | to meet | See "the future" |
| حاوَل / يُحاوِل | to try/attempt | From the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l) "forms words relating to change". Compare حَوْل • (ḥawl) "power; strength; change, exchange", "year; partition", also (same root?) حَوْلَ • (ḥawla) "around". |
| اِسْتَقْبَل / يَسْتَقْبِل | to receive (guests, etc.) | See "the future" |
| اِسْتَخْدَم / يَسْتَخْدِم | to use | (error in textbook vowels). "to use; to have oneself served; to take into service, employ". Form X. From the root خ د م (ḵ-d-m). Compare Unit 12 خِدْمَة "service", also خَدَمَ "to serve" |
| اِسْتَعْلَم / يَسْتَعْلِم | to ask/inquire | |
| مَشْغول | busy | Derived from the passive participle of شَغَلَ (šaḡala, “to occupy, to keep busy”), from the root ش غ ل (š-ḡ-l) "Related to occupation or occupancy." |
| شَهْر (أَشْهُر/شُهور) | month | |
| يَنايِر | January | |
| فِبْرايِر | February | |
| مَارِِس | March | |
| أَبْريل | April | |
| مايُو | May | |
| يونِيو | June | |
| يولِيو | July | |
| أَغُسْطُس | August | |
| سِبْتَمْبِر | September | |
| أُكْتُوبِر | October | (error in textbook vowels) |
| نوفَمْبِر | November | |
| ديسَمْبِر | December | |
| بَعْدَ غَد | the day after tomorrow | |
| أَوَّل أَمْس | the day before yesterday | Literally "the first yesterday" |
| زِيارة (زِيارات) | visit (noun) | |
| نائِب (نُوّاب) (nāʾib (nuwwāb)) | deputy | Derived from the active participle of نَابَ (nāba, “to represent, to act as a deputy”), from the root ن و ب (n-w-b). Compare نَابَ "to replace, to substitute; to act on behalf of, to represent; to nod assent to, to agree with, to turn towards" |
| الاِقْتِصاد | the economy | Verbal noun of اِقْتَصَدَ (iqtaṣada), from the root ق ص د (q-ṣ-d). "Related to objectives, projects". Compare قَصَدَ "to mean, to intend" |
| صَلَّح / يُصَلِّح | to mend/fix | From the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ) "forms words relating to righteousness or correcting". Different root from Unit 16 صَحا "to wake up" (ص ح و, related to purity and clearing), Unit 18 الصِحَّة "health" (ص ح ح, "relating to health and truth"). |
| رَسْميّ | official | Relative adjective (nisba) composed of رَسْم (rasm, “drawing, official document, ceremony, formality”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). |
| الريف | the countryside | |
| في الحَقيقة | actually/in truth | |