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lesson5 vocabulary

ArabicEnglish
abu father
imm mother
ahu brother
uht sister
isim name
beet house
raas head
yoom day
saaheb friend
sayyaara automobile
talafon telephone
jara neighbor
jooz husband
mara wife

Possession can be noted by the use of the declined word tabach (long form)or simply with pronoun suffix (short form).
male noun beet house
Short formLong formEnglish
beet-i l-beet tabach-i my house
beet-ak l-beet tabach-ak your (m) house
beet-ik l-beet tabach-ik your (f) house
beet-o l-beet tabach-o his house
beet-ha l-beet tabach-ha her house
beet-na l-beet tabach-na our house
beet-ku l-beet tabach-ku your (pl) house
beet-hum l-beet tabach-hum their house

female noun jaara neighbor
Short formLong formEnglish
jaart-i l-jaara tabach-ti my neighbor
jaart-ak l-jaara tabach-tak your (m) neighbor
jaart-ik l-jaara tabach-tik your (f) neighbor
jaart-o l-jaara tabach-to his neighbor
jaart-ha l-jaara tabach-t-ha her neighbor
jaart-na l-jaara tabach-tna our neighbor
jaart-ku l-jaara tabach-tku your (pl) neighbor
jaart-hum l-jaara tabach-t-hum their neighbor

Irregular father
abuu-y my father
abuu-k your (m) father
abuu-ki your (f) father
abuu-u his father
abuu-ha her father
abuu-na our father
abuu-ku your (pl) father
abuu-hum their father
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