Daily Life
Talk about your day in Arabic. Learn the times of day, everyday activities and places, and put a daily routine in order.
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Your day in Arabic
This module is about daily life: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the script, the sound (a simple transliteration in brackets), and the English. Arabic reads from right to left.
Times of day
The parts of the day: - يوم (yawm) = day - صباح (sabah) = morning - مساء (masa) = evening - ليل (layl) = night
Match each word to its meaning
- يوم (yawm)
- صباح (sabah)
- مساء (masa)
- ليل (layl)
- day
- morning
- evening
- night
Everyday activities
Some common things you do each day (all in the "he" form): - يأكل (yakul) = he eats - يشرب (yashrab) = he drinks - ينام (yanam) = he sleeps - يذهب (yadhhab) = he goes
Match each verb to its meaning
- يأكل (yakul)
- يشرب (yashrab)
- ينام (yanam)
- يذهب (yadhhab)
- he eats
- he drinks
- he sleeps
- he goes
Spot the verb
Which word means "he eats"?
- يأكل (yakul)
- يشرب (yashrab)
- ينام (yanam)
- يذهب (yadhhab)
Places
Two places that fill a day: - مدرسة (madrasa) = school - بيت (bayt) = house / home So يذهب إلى المدرسة (yadhhab ila al-madrasa) means "he goes to school".
Spot the word
Which word means "school"?
- مدرسة (madrasa)
- بيت (bayt)
- صباح (sabah)
- يوم (yawm)
Actions, not things
Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).
- يأكل (yakul)
- يشرب (yashrab)
- ينام (yanam)
- صباح (sabah)
- مدرسة (madrasa)
- يوم (yawm)
A day in order
Put this simple daily routine in order, from the start of the day to the end.
- صباح (sabah) - morning
- يذهب إلى المدرسة (goes to school)
- يأكل (yakul) - eats
- ينام (yanam) - sleeps
How the writing works
Arabic is written from right to left, and the letters join up into cursive words. There are no capital letters. It is an abjad: the letters are mostly consonants, and short vowels are shown by small marks added above and below when needed.
Two ways to build a sentence
Arabic can say the same thing two ways, and the one you choose changes what the sentence emphasises:
Which is the verbal sentence?
A verbal sentence opens with the verb. Which of these is one?
- ينام أحمد في الليل (yanam Ahmad fi al-layl)
- أحمد ينام في الليل (Ahmad yanam fi al-layl)
- أحمد في الصباح (Ahmad fi al-sabah)
- في الليل ينام أحمد (fi al-layl yanam Ahmad)
Describe a day
Choose the right word to describe each part of the day.
- To talk about the morning, which word?
- To say he goes to school, which verb?
- To say he sleeps at night, which verb?
The right word
Using the script, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "he eats" is _____, and "he sleeps" is _____.
Daily life summary
Arabic is written from _____ to left. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say he eats, you use _____.