Unit 17

Question 1

What is the Arabic term for ‘the world’?

Answer 1

العالَم

Transliteration: (al-ʿālam)

Question 2

What is the Arabic term for ‘continent’?

Answer 2

قارّة (قارّات)

Transliteration: (qārah / qārāt)

Question 3

What is the Arabic term for ‘Africa’?

Answer 3

أَفْريقيا

Transliteration: (ʾAfrīqiyā)

Question 4

What is the Arabic term for ‘Asia’?

Answer 4

آسِيا

Transliteration: (ʾĀsiyā)

Question 5

What is the Arabic term for ‘tower’?

Answer 5

بُرْج (أبْراج)

Transliteration: (burj / abrāj)

Question 6

What is the Arabic term for ‘field’?

Answer 6

حَقْل (حُقول)

Transliteration: (ḥaql / ḥuqūl)

Question 7

What is the Arabic term for ‘desert’?

Answer 7

صَحراء

Transliteration: (ṣaḥrāʾ)

Question 8

What is the Arabic term for ‘fast’?

Answer 8

سَريع

Transliteration: (sarīʿ)

Question 9

What is the Arabic term for ‘sweet’?

Answer 9

حُلو

Transliteration: (ḥulw)

Question 10

What is the Arabic term for ‘rich/wealthy’?

Answer 10

غَنِيّ

Transliteration: (ghanī)

Question 11

What is the Arabic term for ‘poor’?

Answer 11

فَقير

Transliteration: (faqīr)

Question 12

What is the Arabic term for ‘important’?

Answer 12

هامّ

Transliteration: (hāmm)

Question 13

What is the Arabic term for ‘inexpensive/cheap’?

Answer 13

رَخيص

Transliteration: (rakhīṣ)

Question 14

What is the Arabic term for ‘expensive’ (m./f.)?

Answer 14

غالٍ / غالِية

Transliteration: (ghālī / ghāliyyah)

Question 15

What is the Arabic term for ‘many/a lot’?

Answer 15

كَثير

Transliteration: (kathīr)

Question 16

What is the Arabic term for ‘after’?

Answer 16

بَعْدَ

Transliteration: baʿda

Question 17

What is the Arabic term for ‘before’?

Answer 17

قَبْلَ

Transliteration: qabla

Question 18

What is the Arabic term for ‘the past’?

Answer 18

الماضي

Transliteration: al-māḍī

Question 19

What is the Arabic term for ‘since/ago’?

Answer 19

مُنْذُ

Transliteration: mundhu

Question 20

What is the Arabic term for ‘year’?

Answer 20

سَنَة (سَنَوَات)

Transliteration: sana, sanawāt

Question 21

How do you say ‘20 years ago’ in Arabic?

Answer 21

مُنْذُ عِشْرِينَ سَنَة

Transliteration: mundhu ʿishrīn sana

Question 22

What is the Arabic term for ‘today’?

Answer 22

اليَوْم

Transliteration: al-yawm

Question 23

What is the Arabic term for ‘now’?

Answer 23

الآن

Transliteration: al-ān

Question 24

What is the Arabic term for ‘to be’?

Answer 24

كَانَ / يَكُونُ

Transliteration: kān/yakūn

Question 25

What is the Arabic term for 'to fly'?

Answer 25

طَارَ / يَطِيرُ ## Footnote Transliteration: ṭār/yāṭīr

Question 26

What is the Arabic term for 'to sell'?

Answer 26

بَاعَ / يَبِيعُ ## Footnote Transliteration: bāʿa/yabīʿ

Question 27

What is the Arabic term for 'to say'?

Answer 27

قَالَ / يَقُولُ ## Footnote Transliteration: qāl/yaqūl

Question 28

What is the Arabic term for 'to visit'?

Answer 28

زَارَ / يَزُورُ ## Footnote Transliteration: zār/yazūr

Question 29

What is the Arabic term for 'to go back / return'?

Answer 29

عَادَ / يَعُودُ ## Footnote Transliteration: ʿād/yaʿūd

Question 30

What is the Arabic term for 'to increase / go up'?

Answer 30

زَادَ / يَزِيدُ ## Footnote Transliteration: zād/yazīd

Question 31

What is the Arabic term for 'to walk'?

Answer 31

مَشَى / يَمْشِي ## Footnote Transliteration: mashā/yamshī

Question 32

What is the Arabic term for 'to throw'?

Answer 32

رَمَى / يَرْمِي ## Footnote Transliteration: ramā/yarmī

Question 33

What is the Arabic term for 'to run'?

Answer 33

جَرَى / يَجْرِي ## Footnote Transliteration: jarā/yajrī

Question 34

What is the Arabic term for 'to complain'?

Answer 34

شَكَا / يَشْكُو ## Footnote Transliteration: shakā/yashkū