السلام عليكم

The introduction of new foreign language vocabulary may or may not become a regular part of this blog, depending on how useful this exercise is to me. Sometimes, with a language such as Arabic and its exotic script, I'm doing a little more than just listing words and their meanings: I'm also familiarizing myself with how to type out a new script using a new template. The text I'm using to study Arabic is Teach Yourself Arabic by Jack Smart and Frances Altorfer (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2003). In the list below, each line consists of the Arabic writing, the transliteration, and then the meaning. A new page where vocabulary appears is indicated by a number at the end of the line.

Unit 1 Vocabulary in Teach Yourself Arabic

السلام عليكم...as-salaamu :alay-kum.....hello, 24
و عليكم السلام...wa- :alay-kum as-salaam.....hello (in reply)
صباح الخير...SabaaH al-khayr.....good morning, 25
صباح النور...SabaaH an-nur.....good morning (in reply)
مساء الخير...masaa' al-khayr.....good afternoon/evening, 26
مساء النور...masaa' an-nuur.....good afternoon/evening (in reply)
كيف حالك؟...kayfa Haal-ak.....how are you? (to a man), 27
كيف حالك؟...kayfa Haal-ik.....how are you? (to a woman)
الحمد لله...al-Hamdu lil-laah.....(response to above)
أهلا وسهلا...ahlan wa-sahlan.....welcome
أهلا بك...ahlan bi-k.....(reply to a man)
أهلا بك...ahlan bi-ki.....(reply to a woman)
وأنت...wa anta/anti.....and you? (sing. masc/fem)
بخير...bi-khayr.....well
من فضلك...min faDl-ak.....please, 30
تفضل...tafaDDal..... here you are, welcome
شكرا...shukran.....thank you
نعم...na:am.....yes, 31
أو...aw.....or
ﻻ...laa.....no
ب...bi-.....with
بدوب...bi-duun.....without
بكم هذا؟...bi-kam haadha?.....how much is this
الأهرام...al-ahraam.....the pyramids
شمس...shams.....sun, 32
نور...nuur.....light
قمر...qamar.....moon, 33
بيت, بيوت...bayt, buyuut.....house, 34
صغير...Saghiir.....young (person), small (thing)
ولد, أوﻻد...walad, awlaad.....boy
طويل...Tawiil.....tall (person), long (thing)
كتاب, كتب...kitaab, kutub.....book
كبير...kabiir.....big
جميل...jamiil (fem. jamiilah).....beautiful
هرم...haram.....pyramid, 35
قهوة...qahwah.....coffee, 36
بعيد...ba:iid.....far, distant, 39
قريب...qariib.....near
جديد...jadiid.....new
قديم...qadiim.....old (things)
لطيف...laTiif.....pleasant, nice
كريم...kariim.....noble, generous
صحيح...SaHiiH.....correct, right