Vocabulary: šuku is from Japan

شُوكُو مِنَ اليَابَان

Family, Studies & Everyday Life

noun (m., pl. طُلَّاب ṭullaab)

طَالِب

ṭaalib

student

noun (m.)

تَارِيخ

taariix

history

noun (f., pl. عَلَاقَات ʕalaaqaat)

عَلَاقَة

ʕalaaqa

relation

Context sentence

عِنْدِي عَلَاقَة جَيِّدَة مَعَ أَسَاتِذَتِي.

ʕindii ʕalaaqa jayyida maʕa ʔasaatiḏatii.

I have a good relationship with my professors.

noun (f., pl. دِرَاسَات diraasaat)

دِرَاسَة

diraasa

study

adjective (f.)

دَوْلِيَّة

dawliyya

international

Notes Feminine form, as it always appears here modifying a feminine noun (e.g. العَلَاقَات الدَّوْلِيَّة, 'international relations').

noun (f., pl. شُقَق šuqaq)

شُقَّة

šuqqa

apartment

noun (m., pl. بُيُوت buyuut)

بَيْت

bayt

house

adjective (m.)

كَبِير

kabiir

big

noun (m., pl. قُصُور quṣuur)

قَصْر

qaṣr

palace

adjective (m.)

قَرِيب

qariib

noun (m., pl. مَسَارِح masaariḥ)

مَسْرَح

masraḥ

theater

noun (m., possessive)

وَالِدِي

waalidii

my father

Context sentence

وَالِدِي طَبِيب.

waalidii ṭabiib.

My father is a doctor.

noun (m., pl. أَطِبَّاء ʔaṭibbaaʔ)

طَبِيب

ṭabiib

medical doctor

noun (f., possessive)

وَالِدَتِي

waalidatii

my mother

Context sentence

وَالِدَتِي تَعْمَلُ فِي المُسْتَشْفَى.

waalidatii taʕmalu fii lmustašfaa.

My mother works at the hospital.

noun (f., pl. شُرْطِيَّات šurṭiyyaat)

شُرْطِيَّة

šurṭiyya

policewoman

noun (m., pl. إِخْوَة ʔixwa)

أَخ

ʔax

brother

noun (f., pl. ثَانَوِيَّات θaanawiyyaat)

ثَانَوِيَّة

θaanawiyya

high school

noun (m., pl. جِيرَان jiiraan)

جَار

jaar

neighbour

noun (m., pl. أَصْدِقَاء ʔaṣdiqaaʔ)

صَدِيق

ṣadiiq

friend

adjective/noun (m., pl. عَرَب ʕarab)

عَرَبِيّ

ʕarabiyy

Arab

noun (f.)

هَنْدَسَة

handasa

engineering

adjective (m., pl. لُطَفَاء luṭafaaʔ)

لَطِيف

laṭiif

kind

adjective (m., pl. أَذْكِيَاء ʔaḏkiyyaaʔ)

ذَكِيّ

ḏakiyy

smart

verb (present, 3rd m. sing.)

يَتَكَلَّمُ

yatakallamu

he speaks

Context sentence

صَدِيقِي يَتَكَلَّمُ أَرْبَعَ لُغَات.

ṣadiiqii yatakallamu ʔarbaʕa luġaat.

My friend speaks four languages.

noun (f., pl. لُغَات luġaat)

لُغَة

luġa

language

adjective (m.)

جَيِّد

jayyid

good

noun (f., pl. عَوَاصِم ʕawaaṣim)

عَاصِمَة

ʕaaṣima

capital

verb (present, 3rd m. sing.)

يَزُورُ

yazuuru

he visits

Context sentence

يَزُورُ جِيرَانَهُ كُلَّ أُسْبُوع.

yazuuru jiiraanahu kulla ʔusbuuʕ.

He visits his neighbours every week.

noun (f., pl. عُطَل ʕuṭal)

عُطْلَة

ʕuṭla

vacation

noun (m., pl. أَصْيَاف ʔaṣyaaf)

صَيْف

ṣayf

summer

noun (m.)

أُسْتَاذ

ʔustaaḏ

professor

Notes From the flashcard images (p.84), not the main word table — new to this lesson's list even though the word itself was already used in Lesson One.

proper noun

اَلْيَابَان

alyaabaan

Japan

Notes From the flashcard images (p.84) — the country šuku (this lesson's listening character) is from.

proper noun

تُونِس

tuunis

Tunisia

Notes From the flashcard images (p.84). تُونِس can refer to either the country Tunisia or its capital city Tunis — the flashcard pairs it with a national flag, so 'Tunisia' (the country) fits best here.

proper noun

اَلْيَمَن

alyaman

Yemen

Notes From the flashcard images (p.84).