Numbers and Colours

I Numbers
1 wahid واحِد
2 ethnayn اِثنين
3 Thala'tha ثلاثة
4 Arba'aa أربعة
5 Kham'sa خمسة
6 Set'ta سِتّة
7 Sab'aa سَبعة
8 Thaman'ya ثمانية
9 Tes'aa تِسعة
10 ashra عَشرة
20 eshron عشرون
30 Thala'thon ثلاثون
40 Arba'on أربعون
50 Khamson خمسون
60 Set'ton ستون
70 Sab'on سبعون
80 Thamanon ثمانون
90 Tes'on تِسعون
100 Me'a مِئة

II Colors
Red أحمر ahmar
Black أسود aswad
Blue أزرق azraq
Orange برتقالي bortaqaly
Green أخضر akhdar
Yellow أصفر as'far
Gray رمادي ramady
White أبيض abyad
Rose وردي wardy
Brown بُنّي bonny

Family in Arabic

Family

Grand father جد (gedd)
Grand mother جدة (gedda)
Father أب (ab)
Mother أم (om)
Son ابن (ebn)
Daughter بنت (bent)
Grand son حفيد (hafeed)
Grand daughter حفيدة (hafeeda)
Brother أخ (akh)
Sister أخت (okht)
Uncle (father) عم (am)
Aunt (father) عمة (amma)
Uncle (mother) خال (khaal)
Aunt (mother) خالة (khaala)
Cousin (m) ابن عم (ebn am)

Formal Expressions

Formal Expressions

Many of the expressions in (A) are usually replied to as shown in (B):

Greetings:

A: sabaah el kheer "Good morning" صباح الخير

B: sabaah el noor "Good morning" صباح النور

A: masaa’ el kheer "Good evening"مساء الخير

B: masaa’ el noor "Good evening" مساء النور

A: tesbah (m) ala kheer "Good night" تصبح علي خير

tesbahi (f) ala kheer تصبحي علي خير

B: w enta (m) men ahlo "Good night" وانت من أهله

w enti (f) men ahlo وانتِ من أهله

A: essalaamu aleekum "peace be upon you" السلامُ عليكم

B: w aleekum essalaam w “peace be upon you, & و عليكم السلام و

rahmatu llaahi w barakaatu God's compassion & رحمة الله و بركاته

his blessings"

A: ahlan wa sahlan "Hello"/ "Welcome" أهلا و سهلا

B: ahlan beek (m) "Hello" أهلا بيك

ahlan beeki(f) أهلا بيكي

A: ezzayyak (m) "How're you" ازَّيَّك

ezzayyek (f) ازَّيِّك

B: alhamdulellaah "Thank God" الحمدُ لله

kwayyes (m) "Fine" كويس

kwayyesa (f) كويسة

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Arabic Alphabet

The letter ----- Equivalent in English----- Letter Separate

alif---------------------- A ------------------------ ا
beh ----------------------B ----------------------- ب
Teh --------------------- T ----------------------- ت
Theh -------------------Th ---------------------- ث
Geem-------------------G ------------------------ ج
Hah---------------------H------------------------ ح
Khah------------------- Kh ---------------------- خ
Daal-------------------- D------------------------ د
Thaal------------------- Z------------------------ ذ
Reh--------------------- R------------------------ ر
Zein--------------------- Z------------------------ ز
Seen-------------------- S ----------------------- س
Sheen------------------ Sh ---------------------- ش
Saud ------------------- S ----------------------- ص
Daud ------------------- S----------------------- ض
Tah -------------------- T ----------------------- ط
Thah ------------------ Th ---------------------- ظ
Ein -------------------- -------------------------- ع
Ghein ----------------- Gh ---------------------- غ
Feh -------------------- F ----------------------- ف
Qaaf ------------------ Q ------------------------ ق
Kaaf ------------------ K ------------------------ ك
Laam ----------------- L ------------------------ ل
Meem ---------------- M ------------------------ م
Noon ----------- ------N ------------------------ ن
Heh ------------------- H ------------------------ ه
Wow -------------- W.O.U ---------------------- و
Yeh --------- ------ -Y.I.E -----------------------ي

Introduction to The Alphabet

1- Arabic is written from right to left.

2- It has 28 letters.

3- Only 3 of them are long vowels: ي, و, ا.

4- only insonants & long vowels are written.

5- Doubled consonants are only written once.

6- There are 6 diacritical signs which are not written, they are symbols attached to the letters to show the sound or the pronunciation of the letter, they are called تشكيل (tashkeel) and are as follows;

a.( َ ) فتحة (fatha), written above the letter & gives the sound of (a) or (ae): بَصَل (basal) "onion".

b.( ِ ) كسرة (kasra), written under the letter & gives the sound of (i) or (e): نِسر (nesr) "eagle".

c.( ُ ) ضمة (damma), written above the letter & gives the sound of (u) or (o): بُرتُقان (bortu'aan) "orange".

d.( ْ ) سكون (sukuun), a small circle written above the letter & shows that the letter has no vowel or sound (shown in English by writing 2 consonants follow each other): نِمْر (nemr) "tiger".

e.( ّ ) شدة (shadda), written above the letter to stress it, the letter is written only once but with the (shadda) over it. (In English it is written by duplicating the letter): بَطَّة (battah) "duck".

* Note 1: the other symbols can be attached with the ( ّ ) شدة to show the sound of the letter.

* Note 2: when attaching the (kasra) with the (shadda), the (kasra) will be written above the letter but under the (shadda): يِتْكَلِّم (yetkallem) “to speak”.

f.( ً )تنوين (tanween), usually written above the ا (alef) to gives the sound of (an), but it is rarely used in colloquial Arabic: أهلاً و سهلاً (ahlan w sahlan) "welcome".

7- The Arabic letters are all connected with each other to form a word, only six of them are not connected with the letter that follows them: و, ز, ر, ذ, د, ا.

8- The hamza ( ء) is a glottal stop & usually written above or under the Alef (ا) and/ or separate. أسد (asad) “Lion”. أسماء (asmaa’) “Names”.