Vocabulary

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Edited by Jamal Morelli

 

hi, this is my first post in the IslamicCity forum ........

I am an Arab and I see that most words are in the colliqual Arabic from different parts of the Arab world.

So,

I am posting here some of the words are used in most Arab countries

Iftah------:(an order)  -  fataha---- (past) -- yaftah ---(present).

means to open.

e.g: Iftah el-baab = open the door

in the same tense:

Iktup-----   kataba-----yaktup   means to write

Ahmed kataba el-wajib= Ahmed wrote the homework

Ibki---- baka--- yabki        means to weep

Sami yabki = Sami cries

naam----naama---- yanam     means to sleep

naam ya Salim = hey Salim sleep

Idrib----- daraba---- yadrib    means to hit

daraba Khalid el-kurah= Khalid hit the ball

dakir----dakara-----yudakir     means to study

Shadi yudakir kul lailah = Shadi studies every night

  

you can ask me about any word in Arabic that comes in your heads

 

thanks for this terrific website

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Edited by Jamal Morelli

ithneen - two

talatha - three

...keep counting...

(sidenote - the 'th' is dropped from moroccan arabic speaking so these
would be pronounced 'itneen' and 'talata'...an interesting similarity to the
dropping of the 'th' sound from classical spanish speakers when speaking 's'
with a mexican dialect)