Lessons in Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers - Book 1 - Lesson 15 Vocabulary
Lesson 15 Vocabulary
Definition
A detached pronoun for the second person plural feminine.
Examples
أَنْتُنَّ طَالِبَاتٌ مُجْتَهِدَاتٌ.
You are hardworking female students.
هَلْ أَنْتُنَّ ذَاهِبَاتٌ إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَةِ؟
Are you (pl.f.) going to the library?
Definition
An attached pronoun for the second person plural feminine, indicating possession.
Examples
أَيْنَ بُيُوتُكُنَّ يَا أَخَوَاتُ؟
Where are your houses, O sisters?
هَذِهِ كُتُبُكُنَّ.
These are your books.
Definition
The past tense verb (went) for the third person singular feminine.
Examples
ذَهَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
Fatima went to the school.
مَتَى ذَهَبَتْ أُخْتُكَ إِلَى الْمُسْتَشْفَى؟
When did your sister go to the hospital?
Definition
The past tense verb (went) for the third person plural feminine.
Examples
الطَّالِبَاتُ ذَهَبْنَ إِلَى الْفَصْلِ.
The female students went to the classroom.
أُمِّي وَخَالَاتِي ذَهَبْنَ إِلَى السُّوقِ.
My mother and my aunts went to the market.
Definition
An adverb of time indicating that an action occurred prior to another.
Examples
خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ قَبْلَ أَذَانِ الْفَجْرِ.
I left the house before the Fajr adhan.
تَوَضَّأْتُ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ.
I performed wudu before the prayer.
Definition
An adverb of time indicating that an action occurred subsequent to another.
Examples
رَجَعَ أَبِي مِنَ الْعَمَلِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ.
My father returned from work after the Asr prayer.
سَأَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَةِ بَعْدَ الدَّرْسِ.
I will go to the library after the lesson.
Definition
An interrogative particle used to ask about the state or manner of something.
Examples
كَيْفَ حَالُكَ يَا أَخِي؟
How are you, my brother?
كَيْفَ ذَهَبْتَ إِلَى الْمَطَارِ؟
How did you go to the airport?
Definition
An interrogative particle used to ask about time.
Examples
مَتَى يَبْدَأُ الاِخْتِبَارُ؟
When does the exam start?
مَتَى رَجَعْتَ مِنَ السَّفَرِ؟
When did you return from the trip?
Definition
The past tense verb (returned) for the third person singular masculine.
Examples
رَجَعَ الطُّلَّابُ مِنَ الْمَلْعَبِ.
The students returned from the playground.
مَتَى رَجَعَ أَخُوكَ مِنَ الْجَامِعَةِ؟
When did your brother return from the university?
Definition
The Islamic call to prayer.
Examples
سَمِعْتُ أَذَانَ الظُّهْرِ.
I heard the Dhuhr adhan.
الْمُؤَذِّنُ يُؤَذِّنُ الْأَذَانَ.
The muezzin is calling the adhan.
Definition
A test of knowledge or ability; an examination.
Plural
اخْتِبَارَاتٌ
Examples
عِنْدِي اخْتِبَارٌ فِي الْفِقْهِ غَدًا.
I have a Fiqh exam tomorrow.
كَانَ الاِخْتِبَارُ سَهْلًا.
The exam was easy.
Definition
A period of seven days.
Plural
أَسَابِيعُ
Examples
فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ.
There are seven days in a week.
سَافَرَ أَبِي قَبْلَ أُسْبُوعٍ.
My father traveled a week ago.
Definition
A period of time in which a person is taught about a subject or how to do something.
Plural
دُرُوسٌ
Examples
فَهِمْتُ الدَّرْسَ جَيِّدًا.
I understood the lesson well.
كَتَبْتُ الدَّرْسَ فِي الدَّفْتَرِ.
I wrote the lesson in the notebook.