Let's Learn Arabic Arabic Institute
lesson 5 vocabulary
| Arabic | English |
| 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 form | Long form | English |
| 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 form | Long form | English |
| 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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