Unit 2 Arabic Vocabulary

This list consists of words introduced in Unit 2 of Teach Yourself Arabic by Jack Smart and Frances Altorfer (Hooder and Stoughton Ltd., 2003). Page numbers are indicated by the numbers appearing on the right of some terms.

سحنا...Hasanan.....well, right, O.K., 41
من...min.....from
في...fii.....in
اﻻسكندرية...al-iskandariyyah.....Alexandria
مصر...miSr.....Egypt, 42
جميلة...jamiilah.....very
جدا...jiddan.....very
القاهرة...al-qaahirah.....Cairo
مدينة...madiinah.....city
كبيرة...kabiirah.....big
و...wa.....and
قديمة...qadiimah....old (of things only) [fem.]
متحف...matHaf.....museum
ميدان...maydaan....square
قريب من...qariib min.....near
فندق...funduq.....hotel
هناك...hunaaka.....there is/are
مطعم...maT:am.....restaurant
ممتاز...mumtaaz.....excellent
طبعا...Tab:an.....naturally, of course
ما اسمك؟...maa ismak/ismik (masc/fem).....What is your name?, 43
اسمي...ism-i.....My name is...
أمريكا...amriika.....America, 44
اليابان...al-yaabaan.....Japan
روسيا...ruusiya.....Russia
واحد...waaHid.....one, 45
اثنين...ithnain.....two
ثلاثة...thalaathah.....three
أربعة...arba:ah.....four
خمسة...khamsah.....five
ستة...sittah.....six
سبعة...sab:ah.....seven
ثمانية...thamaanyah.....eight
تسعة...tis:ah.....nine
اعشرة...:ashrah.....ten
صفر...Sifr.....zero
أنا...ana.....I, 47
أنت...anta.....you (masc)
أنت...anti.....you (fem)
هو...huwa.....he
هي...hiya.....she
نحن...naHnu.....we
أنتم...antum.....you (masc pl)
أنتن...antunna.....you (fem pl)
هم...hum.....they (masc pl)
هن...hunna.....they (fem pl)
مشغول...mashghuul.....busy, 48
هل...hal.....question word
أ...'a.....question word
يبرد...yabrud.....to be, to become cold (verb), 50
بارد...baarid.....cold (adj, not used for people)
عادل...:aadil.....just, upright
لازم...laazim.....necessary
ناشف...naashif.....dry
كامل...kaamil.....complete, perfect
نافع...naafi:.....useful
صالح...SaaliH.....doing right
سالم...saalim.....safe, sound
يتكلم...yatakallam.....he speaks, 51
عربي...:arabi.....Arab, Arabic
هنا...huna.....here