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English-Arabic Glossary

address

airplane

Algeria

and

angry

Arab, Arabic

astonishing, strange

at, in [location in space and time]

automobile, car

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d".,.c/. ·, t•• wo •• •• ••••••

beautiful, pretty

belonging to, for

big,large

book

bookstore, library

boy

bread

pita bread

brother

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building

bus

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but

( C )car, automobile

chair

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chicken

city

class, classroom

clock, watch

close, nearby

coffee

Arabic coffee

American coffee

cold (adjective: feeling cold)

darling, dear (to a female)

darling, dear (to a male)

. -- daughter, girl

desk, office

difficult, hard

distant, far

doctor (M.D., Ph.D.)

door

drill

easy

Egypt

evening

examination, test

excuse me

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exercise, drill

exhausted

far, distant

.fine,good

five

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for, belonging to

four

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friend

friends

from

( G )get well soon!

girl, daughter

go: I go to

God

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expression used when praising someone ! ill I :w. le

ill I : w. 01God willing

in the name of God~ 0

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may God have mercy on him

there is no god but God

good,fine

good-hearted (for people) / good, tasty (for food) d .'~,-b / '. ,~,-b

good evening (reply) ..)~I •.L....:o- ~I •.L....:o

good morning (reply) ..)~ I C~ - ~ I C~

good bye . (reply) ,.1 J ~".!ill I - L~ I ~

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( H )happy

hard, difficult

have: I have

he

hello, hi

homework

hot (feeling hot)

house, home

how?

how are you?

hungry

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I have

in

Iran

Iraq

Israel

( JJordan

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( K )kind (person) d/ .••'b / ,.,~'b

know: I know • o.wjoC.l

I don't know o ~wjoC.l 'i

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( L )large, big ;;~/~

Lebanon.,

'lLJ(.) .lesson

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library, bookstore ~.Libya L.u...J

( M ) ., ,man ~.,)

Mauritania Wl.:u" ".,),J-C

milk ~

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Mrs. rl~ / ;; ,:.-,,,

money (feminine),(.)-".,u

morning tt;.c.

good morning (reply) .,)~I tt;.c. - ~I t~

Morocco ,-:-",.>ill

( N )•name r"'!

nearby, close ~.;A/ ~)A

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notebook, 0 ,

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neighbor

never mind, that's OK

news

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new

nice (of people)

nineo

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no

ten

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number

zero

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

(0)office, desk

OK, fine

Oman

on (top of)

one

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page

Palestine

paper (leaf of)

pen, pencil

please (to a female)

please (to a male)

please (come in / go ahead / sit down)

pretty, beautiful

professor

professors

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question

I have a question

The Quran

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Saudi Arabia ~_~~ I

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sister

small

spacious, wide

story

strange, odd

street

student

Sudan

sugar

Syria

( T )table

tall

tasty, good (food)

tea

teacher

telephone

test / examination

thank you

thank God

thirsty

this (feminine)

this (masculine)

tired

to (motion toward)

Tunisia

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United Arab Emirates

upset

watch, clock

water

weird, strange

welcome

wide / spacious

window

with [people]

with [things; instrumental]

woman

word

Yemen

yes

you (feminine)

you (masculine)

you (feminine, polite)

you (masculine, polite)

young people, "guys'

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