EZ Arabic Course With transliteration

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For those of you who find it hard to read arabic, here are the lessons with english transliteration:

Week 1
This week’s vocabulary:

(Subject Pronouns
I - أنا (ana) (the first a is pronounced like the a in America)
You (male) - أنتَ (anta)
You (female) – أنتِ (anti)

Girl - بنت (bint)
Boy - ولد (walad)
House - بيت (bait)
This - هذا (haaza)

Sentences:

In Arabic there are two kind of sentences, those that start with a noun called جملة إسمية (jumla ismia – nominal sentences) and those that start with a verb called جملة فعلية (jumla fi’aliya – verbal sentences) . The following are examples of the first kind, جملة إسمية :

The following are examples of الجملة الإسمية :

I am a girl – ٌ أنا بنت ana bintun

You are a boy - ٌ أنت ولد anta waladun

This is a house – هذا بيت ٌ haza baitun

This is my house – هذا بيتيhaza baiti

This is your house – هذا بيتك haza baituk
(note: the ending tanwin ٌ on the last word in a sentence is not pronounced when you come to a stop. So أنا بنتٌ is pronounced as ana bint.)

As can be seen from the last two sentences, to show possession, the possessive pronoun is attached to the noun.

Some possessive pronouns:
My – بيتي- ي baiti
Your - بيتك- ك baituk
His - ه بيته- baituhu
Her – بيتها- ها baituha

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Sentences of common usage:
What is your name? ما اِسمُك؟ Ma ismuk? (pronounced masmuk)
My name is … اِسْمي .... Ismi ….
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Practice Tip: Use your English – Arabic Dictionary to get more words and make sentences of your own similar to the ones in this lesson. For example, هذا قلمك – This is your pen. أنتَ طالبٌ - you are a student.

 

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Week 2:

This Weeks Vocabulary:

This – هذا haza
This (feminine) - هذِه ِ hazihi
That - ذلِك َ zaalika (also spelled as dhalika)
That (feminine) - تلك tilka
House - بَيْت bait
Car - سَيَّارَة sayyaara
City - مَدِيْنة madina
Old - قَدِيْم qadeem
Modern - مُتقدِّم motaqadim

Possessive pronouns: In Arabic the possessive pronoun is attached to the end of the noun.

My –بيتي- ي baiti

Your (masculine singular) - بيتك- كَ baituka

Your (feminine singular) - بيتكِ- كِ biatuki

Our - بيتنا- نا baitunaa

Sentences:

This is my house. هذا بيتي. Haza baiti

This is his car. هذه سيارته hazihee sayyaaratuhu

That is your house. ذلك بيتك. Zalika baituk

That is her car. تلك سيارتها tilka sayyaaratuhaa

More sentences using the هذا , هذه and adjectives:

This flower is beautiful. هذه وردةُ جميلةٌ hazihee wardatun jameelatun

That flower is beautiful تلكَ وردةٌ جميلةٌ. Tilka wardatun jameelatun

This city is old. هذه مدينة قديمة. Hazihee madinatun qadeematun

The city I live in is modern. المدينة التي أسكنُ فيها مُتَقَدِّمَة ٌ. Almadinatu alati askuno feeha motaqadimatun

Note: during reading the vowel on the last letter of a word is only pronounced if there are other words following it. so at the end of a sentence, the ending vowel isn’t pronounced. For example, you would read the first sentence as تلكَ وردةٌ جميلةٌ tilka wardatun jameela, pronouncing the tanwin at the end of وردةٌ but not at the end of جميلةٌ. However, if you only say تلكَ وردةٌ then you pronounce it as tilka warda.

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Sentences of common usage:

How are you? كيف حالك؟ kaifa haaluk?

Alhamdulillah I am well. ألحمد لله أنا بخير Alhamdullilah ana bi khair.

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Practice Tip: make sentences using possessive pronouns and descriptive adjectives.

 

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Supplement - Days of the Week
Saturday - السبت assabt
Sunday - الأحد al-ahad
Monday - الاثنين al-ithnain
Tuesday - الثلاثاء atholaatha
Wednesday - الأربعاء al-arba’aa
Thursday - الخميس al-khamees
Friday - الجمعة al-jum’a

Day – يوم yaum
Yesterday - أمس ams
Today - اليَوم alyoum
Tomorrow - غداً ghadan

For reading only: Sentences talking about the days:
I will be going to the market on Saturday. سأذهبُ إلى السوق يوم السبت. Or يوم السبت سأذهبُ إلى السوق.
Sa-azhabo ilasouqi youm assabt.

I went to the park on Friday. ذهبْتُ إلى الحديقة يوم الجمعة.
Zahabto ilal-hadeeqati yaum aljum’athi

I was in my brother’s house on Monday. كُنْتُ في بيت أخي يوم الإثنين.
Kunto fee bait akhi yaum alithnain

Today I will study. اليوم سأدْرُس.
Alyaum sa-adrasu

Tomorrow is Sunday. غداً يوم الأحد.
Ghadan yaum al-ahad

I was sick on yesterday. كنتُ مريضاً أمس.
Kunto mareedan ams

I was at the beach yesterday. كنتُ على شاطيء البحر أمس.
Kunto ala shati albahr ams

Yesterday, it snowed. أمس كان ثلج.
Ams kaana thalj

It rained today. اليوم كان مطر.
Alyaum kaana matar

Practice Tip: Learn the days of the week. Read the sentences to become familiar with Arabic sentences.

 

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Week 3 – Some Verbal Sentences

This week’s Vocabulary:
To - إلى ilaa
He – هُو howa
She - هِيَّ hiya
Where - أيْنَ aina
Went - ذهَبَ zahaba
To be going - ذاهِبٌ zahibun
City - مَدِيْنة madinatun

Sentences:
He is a boy. هو ولدٌ howa waladun
She is a girl. هي بنتٌ hiya bintun

I am going. أنا ذاهبٌ ana zahibun
Where did the boy go? أين ذهَبَ الوَلَدُ؟ aina zahaba alwalad
He went to his house. هو ذهب إلى بَيْتِهِ howa zahaba ilaa baitihi
The boy went to his house. الولدُ ذَهَبَ إلى بَيْتِهِ. Alwaladu zahaba ilaa baitihi

The following are examples of sentences that start with a verb, known as جملة فعلية
The boy went. ذهب الولد zahaba alwaladu
The girl went. ذهبتْ البنت zahabat albintu
The boy studied. دَرَسَ الولد darasa alwaladu
The girl studied. دَرَسَتْ البنت. Darasat albintu

The boy said, I don’t want to study. قال الولدُ أنا لا أريد أنْ أدرسَ qala alwaladu ana laa oreedo un adrosa
The girl said, I don’t want to study. قالَتْ البنتُ أنا لا أريدُ أنْ أدرسَ qalat albintu anaa laa oreedo un adrosa

Note that the subject of the sentence contains a damma on the last letter when it is singular.
You can make more complex sentences by adding a prepositional phrase to the جملة الفعلية :
The boy went to his house. ذهبَ الولدُ إلى بيته. Zahaba alwaladu ilaa baitihi
The girl went to her house. ذهبتْ البنتُ إلى بيتها zahabat albintu ilaa baitihi

The boy studied in the school. درس الولد في المدرسةِ darasa alwaladu fee almadrasati
The girl studied in the school. دَرَسَتْ البنت في المدرسةِ darasat albintu fee almadrasati

As you can see from the examples, you can write the same sentence starting with a verb or a noun. ذهب الولدُ إلى المدرسةِ. الولدُ ذهبَ إلى المدرسةِ.


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Sentences of Common Usage:
Where are you from? من أين أنت؟ or أنت من أين؟ anta min ain? Anti min ain?
I am from (country name). أنا من ... ana min ...
Where do you live? أين تسكن aina taskun?
I live in … … . أسكنُ في ... askuno fee …
I live in … City. أسكنُ في مدينة .... askuno fee madinato ...
Where are you? أيْنَ أنْت؟ aina anta? Aina anti
I am at school.أنا في المَدْرَسَةِ ana fee almadrasati
I am at the market. أنا في السُوق ana fee assouq.
I am at home. أنا في البَيْتِ ana fee albaiti.

Practice tip: write where you went recently.

 

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Week 4
This week’s vocabulary:
Big كَبيْر kabeer
School مَدْرَسَة madrasa
Student (male) طالب - taalib
Student (female) طالبة - taaliba
Studied – دَرَسَ darasa
Studies - يَدْرُسُ yadrasu
Cat - قِطَّة qitta
Near - قَرِيْب qareeb

To make simple sentences starting with nouns (الجملة الإسمية ) , you can use noun + a word that tells more about the noun, called khabar خبر in Arabic. The خبر can be an adjective, a verb phrase, a noun phrase, a prepositional phrase, etc.
Adjective as خبر :
The house is big. البيتُ كبيرٌ albaito kabeerun
The school is far. ٌ المدرسة ُ بعيدة almadrasatu ba’eedatun
My house is near. بيتي قَرِيب baiti qareebun

(Note: In Arabic, if a noun is at the beginning of a sentence it is normally a proper noun (that is, it contains ال ). A sentence may start with a preposition, for example: ٌ في البيت قطة (fee albaiti qittatun) A cat is in the house. If the subject is a common noun, it should be preceded by the predicate, as in the above sentence.
(Note: in the above sentence : ٌ في البيت قطة the tanwin at the end of the last word in the sentence is not pronounced when you come to a stop. So the sentence would be pronounced as Fee albaiti qitta )

If the subject of a sentence is feminine, the adjective is also feminine.
The (female) student is intelligent. الطالبة زكية at-taalibatu zakkiyatun
The (male) student is intelligent. الطالب زكيٌ at-taalibu zakkiyun
Practice tip: make sentences to describe something or someone.

Verb phrase as خبر :
He is studying هو يدرس. Howa yadrasu
He studied . هو درسَ howa darasa

Practice tip: make sentences to tell what someone did or is doing.

Noun as خبر:
I am a student. أنا طالبٌ ana taalibun
I am a (female) student. أنا طالبةٌ ana taalibatun
The man is a teacher. الرجلُ مُدَرِّسٌ ar-rajulo modarrisun
The girl is a student. البنتُ طالبة ٌ. Albinto taalibatun

Prepositional phrase as خبر :
The cat is in the garden. القطةُ في الحَدِيقةِ al qittatu fee alhadeeqati
The (female) students are in the class. الطالباتُ في الصفِ at-taalibato fee assafi
The boy is in his house. الولدُ في بيتِه alwaladu fee baitihi
I am in my room. أنا في غرفتِي ana fee ghorfatee
A man is in the car. في السيارةِ رجلٌ fee assayyaarati rajolun

Practice tip: make sentences to tell where something is.

Other forms of خبر :
I am going. أنا ذاهبٌ ana zaahibun
He has studied. هو دارس howa daarisun


Note: if the subject is feminine, then the verb will also be feminine:
She is studying. . هي تدرس heeya tadrasu
She studied. . هيَّ دَرَسَتْ heeya darasat

Note: when a pronoun is attached to a noun, the noun doesn’t contain ال .
الولدَ في البيتِ alwaladu fee albaiti
الولدَ في بيته alwaladu fee baitihee
Practice tip: Make nominal sentences( الجملة الإسمية ) using different kinds of خبر . you can use nouns or pronouns. Use your English to Arabic dictionary to get nouns, verbs and adjectives.

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Common usage:
Where would you like to go? أين تريد أن تذهبَ ؟ aina toreed un tazhab
I want to go to the market. أريدُ أن أذهبَ إلى السوق. Oreedo un azhaba ilasouq (ila assouq).
Where are you going? أين تذهب؟ aina tazhab
I am going to the market. أذهبُ إلى السوق. Azhabo ilasouq
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Vocabulary (Present Tense Verbs) 1

Be يَكون yakoono

Becomeيُصبح yos-biho

Beginيَبْدَأ yabda o

Breakيَكْثِر yaksiro

Bringيَجْلِب yajlibo

Buildيَبْنى yabna

Buyيَشتري yashtaree

Catchيَمْسِك yamsiko

Chooseيَخْتار yakhtaro

Comeيَأتي ya-ati

Costيُكَلِّف yokalif

Cutيَقطَعُ yaqta-o

Dealيُعامِل مَع yo’aamil ma’a

Doيَفعَل yaf’al

Drawيَرْسَم yarsamo

Drinkيَشْرَب yashrabo

Driveيَسوق yasooqo

Eatيَأكُل ya-akolo

Fallيَسْقُط yasquto

Feelيَشْعُر yash’or
(Taken from list of English irregular verbs , Business Vocabulary in Use for beginners )
Practice tip: conjugate the verbs with pronouns and use them in sentences.
Write the conjugated verb forms for the following pronouns:

أنا I
أنتَ you
أنتِ you
أنتما you dual
أنتم you plural
أنتنّ you plural fem
هو he
هي she
هما they dual mas
هما they dual fem
هم they plural
هنّ they plural fem


For example, some conjugated forms for the verb Feelيَشْعُر are:
I feel أنا أشعرُ
He feels هو يَشْعُرُ
She feelsهِيّ تشعر
You feelأنتَ تشعر
You (fem) feelأنتِ تشعُرِينَ
They feelهم يشعرون
They (fem) feelهنّ يشعُرْنَ

 

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Jazakhallah sis

 

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you're welcome.

 

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Vocabulary (Present Tense Verbs) 2


Findيَجدُ - yajido

Find out (discover) يَكشِف - yakshifo

Flyيَطيرُ - yoteero

Forbidيَنهى - yanha

Forgetيَنسى - yansa

Getيَحْصِل – يَسْتلِم - yastalimo - yahsilo

Giveيُعْطِي – يُقدِّم - yoqadimo – yo’otee

Goيَذهَبُ - yadhhabo (yazhabo)

Growيَنمو - yanmoo

Haveيَمْلِك - yamlik

Hearيَسْمَعُ - yasma’

Hideيخفِي - yakhfee

Hitيَضرِب - yadrib

Holdيَمْسِك - yamsik

Hurtيُؤذِي - yo’odhee (yo’ozee)

Keepيَحْفِظ - yahfidh

Know يَعْلم – يَعْرِف - ya’rif - ya’lam

Layيَسْتلْقي - yastalqee

Leadيَقود - yaqood

Learnيتعَلم - yata’alam

Leaveيَترُك - yatroko

(List of English verbs taken from irregular verb list, Business Vocabulary in Use for beginners)

Practice tip: conjugate the verbs with pronouns and use them in sentences.
Write the conjugated verb forms for the following pronouns:

أنا I
أنتَ you
أنتِ you
أنتما you dual
أنتم you plural
أنتنّ you plural fem
هو he
هي she
هما they dual masc
هما they dual fem
هم they plural
هنّ they plural fem


For example, some conjugated forms for the verbيَجدُ are:
أجدُ – أنا
نجدُ - نحن
تجدُ – أنت
تجدين – أنتِ
تجدان - أنتما
تجدان – أنتما
تجدون – أنتم
تجدْن َ – أنتنّ

يجدُ – هو
تجد – هي
يجدان - هما
تجدان – هما
يجدون – هم
يجدْن َ – هنّ

Note: memorizing conjugations for one verb will make conjugating other verbs with pronouns easier later.

 

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List of subject pronouns
Here is a complete list of subject pronouns. Since you already learned some of these, learning these will be easy. Try to learn them all and use them in your sentences.

Iأنا - ana
Weنحن - nahno

Heهو - howa
Sheهي - heeya
They (dual) هما - huma
They (masculine plural)هم - hum
They (feminine plural)هنّ - hunna

You (masculine) أنت - anta
You (feminine)أنتِ - anti
You (dual)أنتما - antoma (the same word is used for both male and female)
You (masculine plural)أنتم - antum
You (feminine plural)أنتن - antunna

 

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Supplement - Prepositions in sentences
This week’s vocabulary:
Prepositions:
On - على – a’laa
In - في - fee
Under - تحت - taht
To - إلى - ilaa
From - من - min

Table - طاولة – tawila (tawilatun)
Bag - حقيبة – haqeeba (haqeebatun)
Cat - قطة – qita (qitatun)
Bed - سرير - sareer (sareerun)

You already learned to use prepositions in الجملة الفعلية . You can also use them in الجملة الإسمية , as follows:
الولدُ في البيت ِ. The boy is in the house. – alwalado fee albaiti
القطة ُ على الطاولة ِ. The cat is on the table. – alqitato alaa attawilati
الحقيبة ُ تحت السرير ِ. The bag is under the bed. – alhaqeebato taht assareeri

The boy is going to his house - الولدُ يذهبُ إلى بيتِه – alwalado yazhabo ilaa baitihee
The boy went to his house. - الولد ذهبَ إلى بيته – alwalado zahaba ilaa baitihee
The boy is going to his house – الولدُ ذاهِبٌ إلى بيتِه - alwalado zahibun ilaa baitihee

Note that the singular noun following the preposition contains a kasra ( ِ ) on the last letter.


Prepositions can also be placed at the beginning of a sentence, mainly if the subject of the sentence is not a proper noun.
في البيت ِ ولد ٌ A boy is in the house. (Literally, in the house is a boy.) – fee albaiti waladun
على الكرسية ِ حقيبة ٌ A bag is on the chair. – alaa alkursiyyati haqeebatun
تحت الشجرِ قطة ٌ A cat is under the tree. – that alshajari qitatun

Note that in Arabic, a common noun usually contains tanwin ( ً , ٌ , ٍ ) on the last letter, while a proper noun contains only one vowel ( َ , ُ , ِ ).

Practice Tip: make sentences using prepositions.

 

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Week 5 - Showing Possession in Arabic

Two ways to show possession in Arabic are: By using possessive pronouns (which are attached to the noun) and by using the word ل (which means of) + pronoun or noun.
Some examples:
Whose لِمَنْ - limun - (Whose book is this? لمن هذا الكتاب؟ ) – limun haza alkitabo
Mine لي - lee - (This book is mine. هذا كتاب لي. ) – haza kitaabun lee
Ours لنا - lanaa - (This house is ours. هذا البيت لنا. ) – haza albaito lanaa -
Yours masculine singular لكَ - laka - (It is yours. هو لَكَ ) – huwa laka
Yours (feminine singular) لك ِ - laki - (the book is yours. الكتابُ لك ِ ) – alkitabo laki
Yours (plural) لكمْ -lakum - (The house is yours. البيتُ لكُمْ ) – albaito lakum
His له - lahoo - (The book is his. الكتاب له ) – alkitabo lahoo
Hers لها - lahaa - (the bag is hers. الحقيبة لها ) – alhaqeebato lahaa

To you be your way and to me, mine.
لكم دينكم و لي الدين – lakum deenokum waliyya aldeen
For you your deeds, and for us our deeds.
لكم أعمالكم و لنا أعمالنا. – lakum a’maalokum wa lanaa a’maalonaa

The second way is to use possessive pronouns. Possessive pronouns are attached to the end of the noun.
Some possessive pronouns are:
My ي - your (masculine) كَ - your (feminine) كِ - your (plural) كم - his ه - hers ها - theirsهم - theirs (feminine) هن -
(note: some of these are the same as subject pronouns and some are the same as object pronouns.)

Some examples are as follows: (note that the pronoun at the end is the possessive pronoun.)
My book كتابي - kitaabee
Your bookكتابك - kitaaboka
His book كتابه - kitaabohoo
Her book كتابها - kitaabohaa
Their bookكتابهم - kitaabohum
Their (feminine) bookكتابهن - kitaabohunna
Their (dual) book كتابهما - kitaabohumaa

Sentences using possessive pronouns:
Whose house is this? لِمَنْ هذا البيت؟ - limun haza albait
This is my house. هذا بيتي. – haza baitee
It is her house. إنّه بيتها – innahoo baitohaa
That is my bag. تلك حقيبتي. – tilka haqeebatee
The boys (or the children) went to their houses. الأولاد ذهبوا إلى بيوتهم. – alawlaado zababoo ilaa buyootihim

A third way to show possession is to write the owner’s name after the possessed item’s name, with a kasra on the last letter of the second noun. The first noun contains the vowel appropriate for its position in the sentence.
The boy’s chair . كُرْسيةُ ولدٍ – kursiyyato waladin
The boy’s chair is big. كرسيةُ الولدِ كبيرةٌ – kursiyyatu alwaladi kabeeratun
The boy’s chair broke. كسر كرسيةُ الولدِ – kasara kursiyyato alwaladi
I sat on the boy’s chair. جلسْتُ على كرسيةِ الولدِ - jalasto alaa kursiyyati alwaladi
I bought the boy’s chair. أشْتريتُ كُرْسيةَ الولدِ – ashtaraito kursiyyata alwaladi
Note that the first noun (the possessed item مضاف ) contains a vowel appropriate for its position in the sentence, that is, whether it is the subject, the object, etc. The second noun (the possessor, مضاف إليه ) contains a kasra on the last letter. (This is equivalent to using an apostrophe + s ( ‘s ) to show possession in English.) As you can see from the above examples, when the singular noun is the subject of the sentence, it contains a damma on the last letter. When it is an object, it contains a fathha on the last letter. And when it follows a preposition, it contains a kasra on the last letter.
More examples:
حقيبةُ البناتِ – haqeebato albanati
علبة كبريت- ‘ulbato kibreeti
عطلة الصيفِ – ‘utlato assaifi
مدرسون المدرسةِ – modarisoon almadrasati
كتب الطلابِ – kotobo attolaabi
سيارات المدرسين – sayyaaraato almodariseen

Note: possession doesn’t have to mean that the item is owned by someone.
For example in the following sentence, the relationship between the two words is that of possession, but one doesn’t own the other, just as in English, using an apostrophe + s doesn’t necessarily mean someone owns something:
The company’s director. مدير الشركةِ – mudeer asharikati
Our class. صفنا - saffonaa
My God. إلهي - ilaahee
His sister. أخته - ukhuhoo
Your (female) teacher. مدرستك - mudarisatok

Practice tip: make sentences to show possession, using both pronouns and nouns.

 

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Correction to Vocabulary Present Tense verbs 1:

Break - يَكْسِرُ

Thanks to Sister Insaana for the correction

 

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Correction to Vocabulary Present Tense verbs 1:

Break - يَكْسِرُ

Thanks to Sister Insaana for the correction

Thank you so much , I am new here ,and I really likes you , Your way to understand . i love to learn Arabic ,where can i get more infor like this to understand More easy Arabic . I am beginner i don't know much in Arabic . Sorry for my poor English