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places (MSA)

صيدلية pharmacy (saydalia)

مستشفى hospital (mostashfa)

مطار airport (matar)

محطة القطار train station (mahatet al-qitar)

مدرسة school (madrassa)

جامعة university (jamia’a)

مكتبة library (maktaba)

مطعم restaurant (mata’am)

سوق market (souq)

مقهى coffee shop (maqha)

متجر shop (matjar)

وسط المدينة downtown (wassat al-madina)

مكتب office (maktab)

منتزه park (montazah)

منزل home (manzil)

بنك bank (bank)

مسرح theatre (masrah)

قاعة سينما cinema (qaa’it cinema)

___هل نذهب إلى  Shall we go to ____? (hal nad’hab ila___)

____لنلتقي في  Let’s meet at ____. (li naltaqi fi _____) 

____أنا قادم(ة) إلى. I’m coming to (the) ____.(ana qadim(a) ila ____)

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Tunisian Arabic Dialect: Colors

As you can see, all the colors are the same in MSA except for black ( أسود in MSA). Enjoy looking at some Tunisian doors while learning the colors!

Colour → Loun لون

light →Feta7 فاتح

dark →Ghama9  غامق

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Greetings in Modern Standard Arabic

Here’s a list of greetings and some expressions in Modern Standard Arabic.

Here’s an audio of the expressions mentioned in this post [link]

Requested by @sp1816

Hello مرحَبًا  marhaban / mar7aban

Goodbye مع السلامة  ma’a assalaama/ ma3a assalaama

Good morning صباح الخير  sabahul khair/ saba7ul 5air

Good morning (reply) صباح النور  sabahunnoor/ saba7unnoor

Good evening عمت مساءً  ‘imta masaa’an/ 3imta masaa2an

>> If you’re addressing a female : عمت مساءَ/ ‘imti masaa’an/ 3imti masaa2an

Good night (literally, may you wake up to something good) تصبح على خير / tusbih ‘alaa khair/ tu9bi7 3alaa 5air

>> If you’re addressing a female : تصبحين على خير / tusbiheen ‘alaa khair/ tu9bi7een 3ala 5air

Good night (reply) و أنت من أهله / wa antaa min ahlih

>>If you’re addressing a female : و أنت من أهله/ wa anti min ahlih

Goodbye (may safety be with you) مع السلامة  ma’a assalaama/ ma3a assalaama

Goodbye (see you again) إلى اللقاء / ila alliqaa’/ ila alliqaa2

See you tomorrow أراك غدًا / araaka ghadan/ araaka 3’adan

>> If you’re addressing a female : أراك غدًا araaki ghadan/ araaki 3’adan

Take care اعتن بنفسك / I’tai bi nafseka/ i3tani bi nafseka

>>>>If you’re addressing a female :اعتني بنفسك / iitani bi nafsiki/ i3tani bi nafsiki

How are you? كيف حالك؟  / kayfa haaluka/ kayfa 7aaluka

>>> If you’re addressing a female : كيف حالك؟ / kayfa haaluki/ kayfa 7aaluki

I’m fine. أنا بخير / anaa bikhair/ ana bi5air

I’m tired. أنا متعب  / anaa mut’ab/ anaa mut3ab

>> If the speaker is female : أنا متعبة / anaa mut’aba / anaa mut3aba

I’m bored. أشعر بالملل  / ash’uru bil malal/ ash3uru bil malal

I’m not fine لست بخير / lastu bi khair/ lastu bi 5air

(You can also say أنا لست بخير)

Excuse me أرجو المعذرة  / arju alma’thira/ arju alma3thira

I’m sorry أنا آسف / anaa aasif

>> If the speaker is female : أنا آسفة / anaa aasifa

No problem لا بأس / laa ba’s/ laa ba2s

There’s no need to apologize لا داعي للاعتذار/ laa daa’i lil I’tithaar/ laa daa3i lil i3tithaar

سررت بلقائك It’s nice to meet you/ surertu bi liqaa2ek/ surertu bi liqaa2eka

>>If you’re addressing a female : سررت بقائك/surertu bi liqaa’iki /surertu bi liqaa2iki

me too/ وأنا أيضًا  wa anaa aydhan/ wa anaa ay9’an

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Arabic dialects compared.

From Lingualism.com, “Arabic vs. Arabic: A Dialect Sampler“

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Expression (MSA) : لا تستبق الأحداث / laa tastabiqil-ahdaath/ [audio]

Meaning : don’t be quick to judge the situation and jump into conclusions

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house furnitures vocabulary list in Arabic (MSA)

سَرِير / فِرَاش (m.) bed (sarir / firash)

وِسَادَۃ (f.) pillow (wisseda)

خِزَانَۃ (f.) closet (khizana)

كُرۡسِي (m.) chair (korssi)

 غِطَاء (m.) blanket (ghita’)

 ِمَكۡتَب (m.) study desk (maktab)

 مِصۡبَاح (m.) lamp (misbah)

 مِرۡآۃ (f.) mirror (mira’at)

سَتَائر (pl. m.) curtains (sata’ir)

 شَمۡعَۃ (f.) candle (shama’a)

مِزۡهَرِيَّۃ (f.) vase (mezharia)

 طَاوِلَۃ (f.) desk (tawila)

 أرِيكَۃ (f.) sofa (arika)

 سَجَاد (m.) carpet (sajad)

 تُحۡفَۃ فَنِيَّۃ (f.) bibelot (tohfa faniya)

لَوۡحَۃ فَنِّيَۃ (f.) tableau (lawha faniya)

مَكۡتَبَۃ (f.) bookcase (maktaba)

 تِلۡفَاز (m) television (telfez)

 حَاسۡوب (m.) computer (hassoub)

 أزۡهَار (pl. f.) flowers (azhar)

 مِكۡنَسَۃ كَهۡرَبَايِيَّۃ (f.) vcuum cleaner (miknassa kahraba’ia)

فُرۡن (m.) oven (forn)

ثَلَّاجَۃ (f.) fridge (thalaja) 

أوانِي (pl. f.) utensils (awani)

 ثُرَيَّا (f.) chandelier (thouraya)

 مِكۡنَسَۃ (f.) broom (miknassa)

 آلَۃ غَسِيل المَلَابِس (f.) washing machine (alet ghassl al-malabess)

آلَۃ غَسِيل الاوَانِي (f.) dishwasher (alet ghassl al-awani)

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Arabic Animals Vocabulary (MSA)

الحيوانات الأليفة - The Pets

كلب (mas.) dog (kalb)

قط/ة (mas. / fem.) cat (qitt/a)

سلحفاة (fem.) turtle (soulahfat)

عصفور (mas.) bird (’osfour)

معزاة (fem.) goat (mi’izet)

خروف (mas.) ship (kharouf)

أرنب (mas.) rabbit (arnab)

هامستر(mas.) hamster (hamster)

ثعبان (mas.) snake (tho’ben)

حمار (mas.) donkey (himar)

حصان (mas.) horse (hissan)

بطة (fem.) duck (batta)

سمكة (fem.) fish (samaka) 

دجاجة (fem.) hen (dajaja)

خنزير (mas.) pig (khinzir)

جمل (mas.) camel (jamal)

الحيوانات البرية - The Wild Animals

أسد (mas.) lion (assad)

نمر (mas.) tiger (nimr) 

فهد (mas.) panther (fahd)

فيل (mas.) elephant (fil)

خفاش (mas.) bat (khoffech)

ضفدع (mas.) frog (dhifda’)

سنجاب (mas.) squirrel (sinjeb)

حوت (mas.) whale (hout)

قرد (mas.) monkey (qird)

حلزون (mas.) snail (halazoun)

دب (mas.) bear (dobb)

نحلة (fem.) bee (nahla)

نملة (fem.) ant (namla)

دلفين (mas.) dolphin (dolfin)

فراشة (fem.) butterfly (farasha)

ذئب (mas.) wolf (dhi’ib)

ثعلب (mas.) fox (tha’leb)

بومة (fem.) owl (bouma)

حشرة (fem.) insect (hashara)

بطريق (mas.) pinguin (batriq)

أخطبوط (mas.) octopus (okhtoubout)

عقرب (mas.) scorpion (aa’qrab)

عنكبوت(mas.) spider (aa’nkabout)

سرطان (mas.) crab (saratan)

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100 reasons to learn a foreign language

1) To travel

2) To communicate with people from other countries

3) To make friends from other countries

4) To study abroad

5) To find a job or an internship abroad

6) To read books in their original language

7) To watch movies and TV shows with the original voices

8) To understand music in other languages

9) To discover and understand new cultures

10) To understand new words and idioms, which means that you will have new ways of expressing yourself

11) To discover new foods and recipes from all over the world

12) To have more job opportunities

13) To get a better job, with more possibilities

14) To understand the world a bit better

15) To watch the news or read newspapers in another language, so that you can gain other information and see the world from another point of view

16) To learn traditions and customs from other countries

17) To be more open-minded

18) To train your brain

19) To have a new challenge

20) To avoid illnesses such as Alzheimer or dementia

21) To brag to your friends and family about being bilingual

22) To meet your soulmate from another country

23) To have more youtube content to watch

24) To make your parents / family proud

25) To learn the language of your ancestors

26) To learn the native language of your partner

27) To learn the native language of your best friend

28) To give yourself a reason to watch cartoons

29) To be able to watch Disney movies in different languages

30) To learn more about history, geography and geopolitics 

31) To be able to sing in more than one language

32) To raise bilingual children

33) To be able to help lost tourists in your city

34) To be able to ask for help when you’re lost in a foreign city

35) To not have regrets later

36) To be able to read more resources when you’re researching for an essay

37) To become a more interesting person

38) To have something to do in your free time

39) To meet more interesting people

40) To see your culture from another perspective

41) To be a traveler, not a tourist

42) To be able to bargain the prices when you’re traveling

43) To escape from tourist traps

44) To share amazing experiences with the locals  

45) To become more creative

46) To read memes from different countries

47) To become a citizen of the world

48) To laugh at how crazy your native language and your native culture is

49) To laugh at how hard your target language is

50) To understand jokes in another language

51) To participate more efficiently and responsively in a multi-cultural world

52) To teach your native language abroad

53) To learn to respect everyone and human nature

54) To appreciate cultural diversity

55) To help immigrants who arrive in your country and don’t speak the language yet

56) To watch sports competitions in another language

57) To understand all the Eurovision’s song

58) To be proud of yourself when you master a new aspect of your target language

59) To appreciate the variations of dialects of a foreign language

60) To get a tattoo in a foreign language

61) To volunteer abroad

62) To watch Netflix TV shows from other countries

63) To go from hearing random songs to hearing a language you understand

64) To learn how to make new sounds

65) To improve your CV

66) To say a secret out loud to a friend and have no one else understand you

67) To understand people speaking a foreign language on the bus

68) To be more open and tolerant

69) To always have something new to share

70) To become a better version of yourself

71) To say yes to more adventures

72) To learn how to greet people in tons of different ways

73) To talk to your pets in another language

74) To feel like you’re traveling in time

75) To make foreigners feel welcome in your country

76) To learn how to read and write in a foreign alphabet

77) To read street signs in other countries

78) To learn how to swear in another language

79) To help deaf people fit in society it you’re learning a sign language

80) To learn while you’re young

81) To learn while you have time

82) To read poems in their original language

83) To have people tell you that you have a cute accent

84) To become an inspiration for other language learners

85) To speak more languages than your friends and family

86) To stand out from the crowd

87) To help save an endangered language

88) To learn more about linguistics

89) To grow as a person

90) To help people who are struggling with your native language or target languages

91) To translate crazy phrases on Duolingo

92) To talk with kids who don’t speak your native language

93) Because learning languages is an epic adventure

94) Because so many languages will sound good to your ears

95) Because it’s fun

96) Because it’s rewarding

97) Because the language learning community is amazing

98) Because there’s no reason not to learn languages

99) Because you won’t regret it

100) Because you don’t actually need a reason

Hope you guys like it and agree with it :) Add more reasons if you want!

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الرائع بشأن الحياة أنه يمكنك تغيير اللحظة الكئيبة بصنع كوب قهوة

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study tips: the Muslim version

(I made this bc I have to retake an exam in less than a month and I’m having a hard time studying efficiently. Please keep me in you prayers if you find this useful. ) 

Dua before studying: 

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم  (Azubillahi minash shaitanir rajim) 

I seek refuge in Allah from Shaitaan, the Accursed one.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ  (Bismillahir Rahman ir Rahim)

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدۡنِي عِلۡمٗا (Rabbi zidni ilma) 3 times

O my Lord increase me in knowledge.

 للَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْـتَنِي وَ عَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي (Allahumman fa’nee bi-maa ‘allam-ta-nee wa ‘allim-nee maa yanfa’u-nee) 

Oh Allah! Make useful for me what you have taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me. 

Dua when studying something difficult:

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلاً إِلّاَ مَا جَعَلّتَهٌ سَهْلاً وَأَنّتَ تَجّعَلَ الحَزَنَ إِذَا شِئتَ سَهْلاً  (Allâhumma lâ sahla illâ mâ ja‘altahu sahlâ wa anta taj‘alu al-hazana idhâ shi’ta sahlâ)

Oh Allah! Nothing is easy except what You have made easy. If You wish, You can make the difficult easy.

Dua for concentration:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْألُكَ يَا مُذَكِرَ الخَيْرِ وَفَاعِلَهُ  وَالآمِرَ بِهِ ذَكِرّنِي مَا اَنّسَانِهِ الشّيطَان (Allahumma inni as aluka ya mudhakkiral khairi owa faakilahu owa amirabihi dhakirni ma ansaanihi shaytan) 

O lord, I ask you, the one who mentions goodness and actualizes it and commands it, remind me of that which the shaytan makes me forget.

Dua for removing anxiety:

للَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَ الْحَزَنِ

وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ العَجْزِ وَ الْكَسَلِ 

 وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَ الْبُخْلِ

وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ و قَهْرِ الرجال 

(Allâhumma innî a‘ûdhu bika min al-hammi wa al-hazan. Wa a‘ûdhu bika min al-‘ajzi wa al-kasal.  

Wa a‘ûdhu bika min al-jubni wa al-bukhl. Wa a‘ûdhu bika min ghalabat id-dayni wa qahr ir-rijal.)

Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief,

from helplessness and laziness,

from cowardice and stinginess,

and from overpowering of debt and from oppression of men.

Dua after studying:

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ مَا قَرأتُ وَمَا حَفَظْتُ، فَرُضُهُ عَليّ عِنْدَ حَاجَتِي إِلَيهِ، إِنّكَ عَلى مَا تَشَاءُ قَدِيرُ وَأَنْتَ حَسْبِي وَنِعْمَ الوَكِيل  (Allahumma inni astaodeuka ma qara’tu wama hafaztu, farudduhu alaiya inda  hajati ilaihi. innaka ma ‘ala tashaa’u qadir. wa anta hasbeea wa na’maal wakeel) 

Oh Allah! I entrust you with what I have read and I have studied. Oh Allah! Bring it back to me when I am in need of it. Oh Allah! You do whatever you wish, you are my availer and protector and the best of aid.

Dua in the exam hall:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَخْرِجْنِيْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْوَهْمِ وَ اَكْرِمْنِيْ بِنُوْرِ الْفَهْمِ

 اَللّٰهُمَّ افْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا اَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ انْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا خَزَآئِنَ

 عُلُوْمِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

(Allhumma Akhrijni min zulumatil wahmi ,wa akrimni be nuril fahmi . Allahumma afta alayna abwaba rahmateka, wa anshur alyna khazaena uloomeka be rahmateka ya arrahamar rahemeen)

O Lord, please bring me out of the darkness of doubt and favor me with the light of comprehension,

O Lord, open to us the doors of your mercy and unfold for us the treasure of your knowledge by your mercy O the most merciful of the merciful ones.

Additional tips:

If you find yourself procrastinating at the time when you were supposed to study, push yourself to go make wudu and read the Quran. 

If you feel anxious or just don’t feel like studying when you’re supposed to, go make wudu and do tilawat. 

Try not to stay up late, but if you end up staying up late, pray tahajjud first to avoid procrastinating and to ask Allah’s help. 

Go to sleep early and wake up early. Studying in the morning is more beneficial. 

Add honey, olive oil, pomegranate, figs, dates, grapes, and black seed to your diet as they’re the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and also scientifically proven to be beneficial for your brain. 

Have tawakkul in Allah. Remind yourself that Allah knows the best and everything happens for a reason.

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Jamila: beautiful

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Quiet, calm | Silence

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'It is written’.

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Summer Vocabulary | Russian

Nouns - Существительные

n - neuter f - feminine m - masculine  s - single f - plural

Summer - ‘лето [leto] n,s

Heat - жа’ра [zhara] f,s

Sun - ‘солнце [sontse] n,s

Rain - ‘дождь [dozhd’] m,s

Pouring rain - ‘ливень [liven’] m,s

Puddle - ‘лужа [luzha] f,s

Storm - гро’за [graza] f,s

Rain with the sunshine - гриб’ной ‘дождь [gribnoy  dozhd’] m,s

Cloud - ‘облако [oblako]

Vacation (for workers) - ‘отпуск [otpusk], (for students) - ка’никулы [kanikulyy]

Holiday - ‘праздник [praznik] m,s

Trip - по’ездка [payestka] f,s

Forest - лес [les]

Lake - ‘озеро [ozera] n,s

Pond - пруд [prud] m,s

River - ре’ка [reka]

Barbecue - барбе’кю, (or the more comon one) - шаш’лык [shashlyk]

Sunglasses - ‘солнечные оч’ки [solnechniye achki] p

Recreation/rest - ‘отдых [otdyh] m,s

Adjectives - Прилагательные

Hot - ‘жаркий [zharkij]

Warm - ‘теплый [teplij]

Humid - ‘влажный [vlazhnij]

Dry (air) - су’хой [suhoj]

Wet - ‘мокрый [mokrij]

Fresh - ‘свежий [svejij]

Verbs - глаголы

Relax - отды’хать [atdyhat’]

Have fun - весе’литься [veselit’sya]

To be on vacation - быть в отпуске, быть на каникулах

Travel - путе’шествовать [puteshestvavat’]

Phrases - фразы

I’m hot - мне жарко

It’s hot - жарко

I’m thirsty - я хочу пить

I’m relaxing - я отдыхаю

I want to go somewhere (meaning to have fun) - я хочу куда-то съездить