Modern Standard Arabic

Language in Modern Standard Arabic

language	luɣa^tun	لُغَةٌ
foreign language	luɣa^tun ʔajnabiyya^tun	لُغَةٌ أَجْنَبِيَّةٌ
(foreign) accent	lakna^tun	لَكْنَةٌ
(foreign) accent	lahja^tun	لَهْجَةٌ
native language	alluɣa^tu -lʔumm^u	اللُّغَةُ الأُمُّ
Chinese	alluɣa^tu -ʂʂīniyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الصّينِيَّةُ
Dutch	alluɣa^tu -lhūlandiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الهولَنْدِيَّةُ
English	alluɣa^tu -lʔinjilīziyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الإِنْجِليزِيَّةُ
Farsi	alluɣa^tu -lfārisiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الفارِسِيَّةُ
French	alluɣa^tu -lfaransiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الفَرَنْسِيَّةُ
German	alluɣa^tu -lʔalmāniyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الأَلْمانِيَّةُ
Greek	alluɣa^tu -lyūnāniyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ اليونانِيَّةُ
Hebrew	alluɣa^tu -l3ibriyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ العِبْرِيَّةُ
Hindi	alluɣa^tu -lhindiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الهِنْدِيَّةُ
Italian	alluɣa^tu -lʔīʈāliyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الإيطالِيَّةُ
Japanese	alluɣa^tu -lyābāniyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ اليابانِيَّةُ
Korean	alluɣa^tu -lkūriyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الكورِيَّةُ
Portuguese	alluɣa^tu -lburtuɣāliyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ البُرْتُغالِيَّةُ
Russian	alluɣa^tu -rrūsiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الرّوسِيَّةُ
Spanish	alluɣa^tu -lʔisbāniyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ الإِسْبانِيَّةُ
Turkish	alluɣa^tu -tturkiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ التُّرْكِيَّةُ
Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3arabiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ
Classical Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3arabiyya^tu -lfuʂɧā	اللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحى
Modern Standard Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3arabiyya^tu -lfuʂɧā -lɧadīŧa^tu	اللُّغَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحى الحَديثَةُ
colloquial language	luɣa^tun 3āmmiyya^tun	لُغَةٌ عامِّيَّةٌ
Egyptian Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3āmmiyya^tu -lmiʂriyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ المِصْرِيَّةُ
Moroccan Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3āmmiyya^tu -lmaɣribiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ المَغْرِبِيَّةُ
Levantine Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3āmmiyya^tu -ššāmiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ الشّامِيَّةُ
Gulf Arabic	alluɣa^tu -l3āmmiyya^tu -lxalījiyya^tu	اللُّغَةُ العامِّيَّةُ الخَليجِيَّةُ
to learn	ta3allama ^[5s]	تَعَلَّمَ
practice, exercise	tadrīb^un	تَدْريبٌ
practice, exercise	tamrīn^un (tamārīn^u)	تَمْرينٌ (تَمارينُ)
to practice	tadarraba ^[5s]	تَدَرَّبَ
to practice	tamarrana ^[5s]	تَمَرَّنَ
level	mustawaⁿ (mustawayāt^un)	مُسْتَوًى (مُسْتَوَياتٌ)
beginner’s	mubtadiʔ^un	مُبْتَدِئٌ
intermediate	mutawassiʈ^un	مُتَوَسِّطٌ
advanced	mutaqaddim^un	مُتَقَدِّمٌ
writing	kitāba^tun	كِتابَةٌ
to write	kataba ^[1s3]	كَتَبَ
reading	qirāʔa^tun	قِراءَةٌ
to read	qaraʔa ^[1s1(b)]	قَرَأَ
alphabet	[alɧurūf^u] alʔabjadiyya^tu	[الحُروفُ] الأَبْجَدِيَّةُ
letter	ɧarf^un (ɧurūf^un)	حَرْفٌ (حُروفٌ)
Chinese characters	alɧurūf^u -ʂʂīniyya^tu	الحُروفُ الصّينِيَّةُ
to spell	hajjā ^[2d]	هَجّى
spelling	tahjiya^tun	تَهْجِيَةٌ
How do you spell that?	kayf^a tuhajjī hađihⁱ?	كَيْفَ تُهَجّي هَذِهِ؟
handwriting, penmanship	xaʈʈ^u -lyadⁱ	خَطُّ اليَدِ
I have such bad penmanship.	xaʈʈ^u yadiī sayyiʔ^un.	خَطُّ يَدِي سَيِّئٌ.
legible	maqrūʔ^un	مَقْروءٌ
illegible	ɣayr^u maqrūʔⁱⁿ	غَيْرُ مَقْروءٍ
His handwriting is completely illegible.	xaʈʈah^u ɣayr^u maqrūʔⁱⁿ ʔiʈlāq^an.	خَطَّهُ غَيْرُ مَقْروءٍ إِطْلاقًا.
calligraphy	fann^u -lxaʈʈⁱ	فَنُّ الخَطِّ
speaking, speech	taɧadd^unŧ^un	تَحَدٌّثٌ
speaking, speech	kalām^un	كَلامٌ
I need to practice speaking more.	ʔaɧtāj^u li-mumārasa^ti -ttaɧadduŧⁱ ʔakŧar^a.	أَحْتاجُ لِمُمارَسَةِ التَّحَدُّثِ أَكْثَرَ.
You can’t understand anything he says.	lā yumkinuk^a fahm^a ʔayyⁱ šayʔⁱⁿ yaqūluh^u.	لا يُمْكِنُكَ فَهْمَ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَقولُهُ.
to speak	taɧaddaŧa ^[5s]	تَحَدَّثَ
to speak	takallama ^[5s]	تَكَلَّمَ
Can you speak Arabic?	hal tastaʈī3^u -ttaɧadduŧ^a bi-l3arabiyya^ti?	هَلْ تَسْتَطيعُ التَّحَدُّثَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ؟
Can you speak Arabic?	ʔayumkinuk^a -ttakallum^a bi-l3arabiyya^ti?	أَيُمْكِنُكَ التَّكَلُّمَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ؟
I know a few words.	ʔa3rif^u ba3ɖ^a -lkalimātⁱ.	أَعْرِفُ بَعْضَ الكَلِماتِ.
I know some basic Arabic.	ʔa3rif^u ba3ɖ^a ʔsāsyyātⁱ -lluɣa^ti -l3arabiyya^ti.	أَعْرِفُ بَعْضَ أساسيّاتِ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
I can speak a little Arabic.	ʔastaʈī3^u -ttaɧadduŧ^a bi-l3arabiyya^ti qalīlan.	أَسْتَطيعُ التَّحَدُّثَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ قَليلًا.
I can get by in Arabic.	ʔataɧaddaŧ^u -l3arabiyya^ta bi-ba3ɖⁱⁿ min^a -ʂʂu3ūba^ti.	أَتَحَدَّثُ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِبَعْضٍ مِنَ الصُّعوبَةِ.
I can get by in Arabic.	ʔajid^u ba3ɖ^a -ʂʂu3ūba^ti fī -ttaɧadduŧⁱ bi-l3arabiyya^ti.	أَجِدُ بَعْضَ الصُّعوبَةِ في التَّحَدُّثِ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ.
I speak Arabic pretty well.	ʔataɧaddaŧ^u -l3arabiyya^ta bi-šaklⁱⁿ jayyidⁱⁿ.	أَتَحَدَّثُ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِشَكْلٍ جَيِّدٍ.
broken Arabic	luɣa^tun 3arabiyya^tun rakīka^tun	لُغَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ رَكيكَةٌ
broken Arabic	luɣa^tun 3arabiyya^tun ɣayr^u salīma^tin	لُغَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ سَليمَةٍ
fluently	bi-ʈalāqa^tin	بِطَلاقَةٍ
I speak Arabic fluently.	ʔataɧaddaŧ^u -lluɣa^ta -l3arabiyya^ta bi-ʈalāqa^tin.	أَتَحَدَّثُ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِطَلاقَةٍ.
pronunciation	nuʈq^un	نُطْقٌ
pronunciation	lafʐ^un	لَفْظٌ
How do you pronounce this word?	kayf^a tanʈiq^u hađihⁱ -lkalima^ta?	كَيْفَ تَنْطِقُ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةَ؟
to pronounce	naʈaqa ^[1s3]	نَطَقَ
to pronounce	lafaʐa	لَفَظَ
Your Arabic pronunciation is quite good.	nuʈquk^a li-lluɣa^ti -l3arabiyya^ti jayyid^un jiddan.	نُطْقُكَ لِلُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ جَيِّدٌ جِدًّا.
listening	istimā3^un	اِسْتِماعٌ
I need to work on my listening skills in Arabic.	ʔaɧtāj^u ʔilā taʈwīrⁱ mahārātⁱ -listimā3ⁱ bi-lluɣa^ti -l3arabiyya^ti.	أَحْتاجُ إِلى تَطْويرِ مَهاراتِ الِاسْتِماعِ بِاللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
to listen to	istama3a ^[8s]	اِسْتَمَعَ
vocabulary	mufradāt^un	مُفْرَداتٌ
word	kalima^tun	كَلِمَةٌ
dictionary	qāmūs^un (qawāmīs^u)	قاموسٌ (قَواميسُ)
to look up a word in the dictionary	baɧaŧa ^[1s1] 3an kalima^tin fī -lqāmūsⁱ	بَحَثَ عَنْ كَلِمَةٍ في القاموسِ
flashcard	biʈāqa^tu -stiđkārⁱⁿ	بِطاقَةُ اسْتِذْكارٍ
flashcard	biʈāqa^tun ta3līmiyya^tun	بِطاقَةٌ تَعْليمِيَّةٌ
to repeat	karrara ^[2s]	كَرَّرَ
repetition	takrār^un	تَكْرارٌ
grammar	qawā3id^u	قَواعِدُ
grammar	naɧw^un wa-ʂarf^un	نَحْوٌ وَصَرْفٌ
grammatical	naɧwiyy^un	نَحْوِيٌّ
grammatical rule	qā3ida^tun naɧwiyya^tun (qawā3id^u naɧwiyya^tun)	قاعِدَةٌ نَحْوِيَّةٌ (قَواعِدُ نَحْوِيَّةٌ)
to inflect, conjugate, decline	ʂarrafa ^[2s]	صَرَّفَ
inflection, conjugation, declension	taʂrīf^un	تَصْريفٌ
suffix	lāɧiqa^tun	لاحِقَةٌ
prefix	bādiʔa^tun	بادِئَةٌ
case	ɧāla^tun	حالَةٌ
tense	zaman^un (ʔazmān^un)	زَمَنٌ (أَزْمانٌ)
gender	jins^un (ʔajnās^un)	جِنْسٌ (أَجْناسٌ)
singular	mufrad^un	مُفْرَدٌ
dual	muŧannā	مُثَنّى
plural	jam3^un	جَمْعٌ
masculine	muđakkar^un	مُذَكَّرٌ
feminine	muʔannaŧ^un	مُؤَنَّثٌ
neuter	muɧāyid^un	مُحايِدٌ
the present tense	azzaman^u -lmuɖāri3^u	الزَّمَنُ المُضارِعُ
the past tense	azzaman^u -lmāɖī	الزَّمَنُ الماضي
the future tense	zaman^u -lmustaqbalⁱ	زَمَنُ المُسْتَقْبَلِ
article	ʔadā^tu ta3rīfⁱⁿ	أَداةُ تَعْريفٍ
preposition	ɧarf^u jarrⁱⁿ	حَرْفُ جَرٍّ
noun	ism^un (ʔasmāʔ^un)	اِسْمٌ (أَسْماءٌ)
verb	fi3l^u (ʔaf3āl^un)	فِعْلُ (أَفْعالٌ)
adjective	ʂifa^tun	صِفَةٌ
adverb	ʐarf^un (ʐurūf^un)	ظَرْفٌ (ظُروفٌ)
subject	fā3il^un	فاعِلٌ
object	maf3ūl^un bihⁱ	مَفْعولٌ بِهِ
definiteness; definite [noun]	ma3rifa^tun	مَعْرِفَةٌ
definite	mu3arraf^un	مُعَرَّفٌ
indefiniteness; indefinite [noun]	nakira^tun	نَكِرَةٌ
word order	tartīb^u -lkalimātⁱ	تَرْتيبُ الكَلِماتِ
sentence	jumla^tun (jumal^un)	جُمْلَةٌ (جُمَلٌ)
paragraph	faqra^tun	فَقْرَةٌ
vowel	ɧarf^u 3illa^tin	حَرْفُ عِلَّةٍ
vowel	ɧarf^un mutaɧarrik^un	حَرْفٌ مُتَحَرِّكٌ
consonant	ɧarf^un sākin^un	حَرْفٌ ساكِنٌ
syllable	maqʈa3^un [lafʐiyy^un]	مَقْطَعٌ [لَفْظِيٌّ]
punctuation	tarqīm^un	تَرْقيمٌ
punctuation mark	3alāma^tu tarqīmⁱⁿ	عَلامَةُ تَرْقيمٍ
period	nuqʈa^tun (nuqaʈ^un)	نُقْطَةٌ (نُقَطٌ)
comma	fāʂila^tun	فاصِلَةٌ
exclamation mark	3alāma^tu ta3ajjubⁱⁿ	عَلامَةُ تَعَجُّبٍ
question mark	3alāma^tu -stifhāmⁱⁿ	عَلامَةُ اسْتِفْهامٍ
quotation mark	3alāmatā tanʂīʂⁱⁿ	عَلامَتا تَنْصيصٍ
colon	nuqʈatānⁱ raʔsiyyatānⁱ	نُقْطَتانِ رَأْسِيَّتانِ
parenthesis, bracket	qaws^un (ʔaqwās^un)	قَوْسٌ (أَقْواسٌ)
(a pair of) parentheses	qawsānⁱ	قَوْسانِ

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