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المَسَاجِدُal-masājiduthe mosques بُيُوتُbuyūtuhouses (of) اللهِ.llāhAllah

al-masājidu buyūtu llāh.

Mosques are the houses of Allah.

مَاmāwhat المَسَاجِدُ؟l-masājidthe mosques

mā l-masājid?

What are mosques?

الأَرْنَبُal-arnabuthe rabbit حَيَوَانٌḥayawānunan animal صَغِيرٌ.ṣaghīrsmall

al-arnabu ḥayawānun ṣaghīr.

The rabbit is a small animal.

الفِيلُal-fīluthe elephant حَيَوَانٌḥayawānunan animal كَبِيرٌkabīrunbig ضَخْمٌ.ḍakhmhuge

al-fīlu ḥayawānun kabīrun ḍakhm.

The elephant is a big, huge animal.

الإِنْسَانُal-insānuthe human جَمِيلٌjamīlunbeautiful وَالشَّيْطَانُwa-sh-shayṭānuand the Devil قَبِيحٌ.qabīḥugly

al-insānu jamīlun wa-sh-shayṭānu qabīḥ.

The human is beautiful and the Devil is ugly.

كَيْفَkayfahow / what … like الإِنْسَانُl-insānuthe human وَكَيْفَwa-kayfaand how / what … like الشَّيْطَانُ؟sh-shayṭānthe Devil

kayfa l-insānu wa-kayfa sh-shayṭān?

What is the human like, and what is the Devil like?

البَيْتُal-baytuthe house فِيfīin / on شَارِعِshāriʿistreet (of) المَسْجِدِ.l-masjidthe mosque

al-baytu fī shāriʿi l-masjid.

The house is on the mosque's street.

أَيْنَaynawhere البَيْتُ؟l-baytthe house

ayna l-bayt?

Where is the house?

ذَهَبْتُdhahabtuI went إِلَىilāto حَدِيقَةِḥadīqatipark (of) الأَزْهَرِ.l-azharAl-Azhar (lit. the flowers)

dhahabtu ilā ḥadīqati l-azhar.

I went to Al-Azhar Park.

إِلَىilāto أَيْنَaynawhere ذَهَبْتَ؟dhahabtayou went

ilā ayna dhahabta?

Where did you go?

البَيْتُal-baytuthe house ضَيِّقٌḍayyiquncramped وَالمَسْجِدُwa-l-masjiduand the mosque وَاسِعٌ.wāsiʿspacious

al-baytu ḍayyiqun wa-l-masjidu wāsiʿ.

The house is cramped and the mosque is spacious.

كَيْفَkayfahow / what … like البَيْتُl-baytuthe house وَكَيْفَwa-kayfaand how / what … like المَسْجِدُ؟l-masjidthe mosque

kayfa l-baytu wa-kayfa l-masjid?

What is the house like, and what is the mosque like?

يَمْشِيyamshīwalk (the verb comes first) الحُجَّاجُl-ḥujjājuthe pilgrims حَوْلَḥawlaaround الكَعْبَةِ.l-kaʿbathe Kaaba

yamshī l-ḥujjāju ḥawla l-kaʿba.

The pilgrims walk around the Kaaba.

أَيْنَaynawhere يَمْشِيyamshīwalk (the verb comes first) الحُجَّاجُ؟l-ḥujjājthe pilgrims

ayna yamshī l-ḥujjāj?

Where do the pilgrims walk?

اِرْتَفَعَirtafaʿawent up ثَمَنُthamanuprice (of) (سِعْرُ)(siʿru)price (of): another word for ثَمَن الدُّولَارِd-dūlārithe dollar وَانْخَفَضَwa-nkhafaḍaand went down ثَمَنُthamanuprice (of) (سِعْرُ)(siʿru)price (of): another word for ثَمَن الرِّيَالِ.r-riyālthe riyal

irtafaʿa thamanu (siʿru) d-dūlāri wa-nkhafaḍa thamanu (siʿru) r-riyāl.

The price of the dollar went up and the price of the riyal went down.

يَرْتَفِعُyartafiʿuis going up سِعْرُsiʿruprice (of) البَنْزِينِ.l-banzīnpetrol

yartafiʿu siʿru l-banzīn.

The price of petrol is going up.

أَسْعَارُasʿāruprices (of) السَّيَّارَاتِs-sayyārātithe cars فِيfīin / on ارْتِفَاعٍ.rtifāʿa rise

asʿāru s-sayyārāti fī rtifāʿ.

Car prices are on the rise.

جِبَالُjibālumountains (of) مَكَّةَmakkataMakkah مُرْتَفِعَةٌmurtafiʿatunhigh وَجِبَالُwa-jibāluand the mountains (of) بِرِيطَانِيَاbrīṭāniyāBritain مُنْخَفِضَةٌ.munkhafiḍalow

jibālu makkata murtafiʿatun wa-jibālu brīṭāniyā munkhafiḍa.

The mountains of Makkah are high and the mountains of Britain are low.

الأَشْجَارُal-ashjāruthe trees فِيfīin الحَدِيقَةِ.l-ḥadīqathe garden

al-ashjāru fī l-ḥadīqa.

The trees are in the garden.

أَيْنَaynawhere الأَشْجَارُ؟l-ashjārthe trees

ayna l-ashjār?

Where are the trees?

تَكَوَّنَtakawwanais made up of (past form) العَالَمُl-ʿālamuthe world مِنْminof / from سَبْعِsabʿiseven قَارَّاتٍ.qārrātcontinents

takawwana l-ʿālamu min sabʿi qārrāt.

The world is made up of seven continents.

تَتَكَوَّنُtatakawwanuis made up of (for a feminine word) المَكْتَبَةُl-maktabatuthe library مِنْminof / from أَلْفِalfia thousand كِتَابٍ.kitābbooks (lit. book)

tatakawwanu l-maktabatu min alfi kitāb.

The library is made up of a thousand books.

المَاءُal-māʾuwater مُتَكَوِّنٌmutakawwinunmade up مِنْminof / from هَيْدْرُوجِينhaydrūjīnhydrogen وَأُكْسِجِين.wa-uksijīnand oxygen

al-māʾu mutakawwinun min haydrūjīn wa-uksijīn.

Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen.

شَقَّتِيshaqqatīmy flat فِيfīin / on الطَّابِقِṭ-ṭābiqithe floor الخَامِسِ.l-khāmisthe fifth

shaqqatī fī ṭ-ṭābiqi l-khāmis.

My flat is on the fifth floor.

أَيْنَaynawhere الشَّقَّةُ؟sh-shaqqathe flat

ayna sh-shaqqa?

Where is the flat?

البَيْتُal-baytuthe house قَرِيبٌqarībunnear مِنَminato (lit. from) السُّوقِ.s-sūqthe market

al-baytu qarībun mina s-sūq.

The house is near the market.

أَيْنَaynawhere البَيْتُ؟l-baytthe house

ayna l-bayt?

Where is the house?

الْقَلَمُal-qalamuthe pen قَرِيبٌqarībunnear مِنَminato (lit. from) الْكِتَابِl-kitābithe book وَبَعِيدٌwa-baʿīdunand far عَنِʿanifrom الْمِسْطَرَةِ.l-misṭarahthe ruler

al-qalamu qarībun mina l-kitābi wa-baʿīdun ʿani l-misṭarah.

The pen is near the book and far from the ruler.

الْمُدَرِّسُal-mudarrisuthe teacher قَرِيبٌqarībunnear مِنَminato (lit. from) السَّبُّورَةِs-sabbūratithe board وَبَعِيدٌwa-baʿīdunand far عَنِʿanifrom الطُّلَّابِ.ṭ-ṭullābthe students

al-mudarrisu qarībun mina s-sabbūrati wa-baʿīdun ʿani ṭ-ṭullāb.

The teacher is near the board and far from the students.

السَّيَّارَةُas-sayyāratuthe car قَرِيبَةٌqarībatunnear (f.) مِنَminato (lit. from) الشَّجَرَةِsh-shajaratithe tree وَبَعِيدَةٌwa-baʿīdatunand far (f.) عَنِʿanifrom الْبَيْتِ.l-baytthe house

as-sayyāratu qarībatun mina sh-shajarati wa-baʿīdatun ʿani l-bayt.

The car is near the tree and far from the house.

بَاكِسْتَانُBākistānuPakistan قَرِيبَةٌqarībatunnear (f.) مِنْminto (lit. from) إِيرَانَĪrānaIran وَبَعِيدَةٌwa-baʿīdatunand far (f.) عَنْʿanfrom مِصْرَ.MiṣrEgypt

Bākistānu qarībatun min Īrāna wa-baʿīdatun ʿan Miṣr.

Pakistan is near Iran and far from Egypt.

الْمُسْلِمُal-muslimuthe Muslim قَرِيبٌqarībunclose مِنَminato (lit. from) اللَّهِllāhiAllah وَبَعِيدٌwa-baʿīdunand far عَنِʿanifrom الشَّيْطَانِ.sh-shayṭānSatan

al-muslimu qarībun mina llāhi wa-baʿīdun ʿani sh-shayṭān.

The Muslim is close to Allah and far from Satan.

المَسْجِدُal-masjiduthe mosque الأَقْصَىl-aqṣāAl-Aqsa (lit. the farthest) فِيfīin فِلَسْطِينَ.filasṭīnPalestine

al-masjidu l-aqṣā fī filasṭīn.

Al-Aqsa Mosque is in Palestine.