Holidays
Learn the Arabic words for holidays and travel: the beach, the hotel, the plane and more. Every word comes with its script, a transliteration to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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Holidays in Arabic 🏖️
This topic is about **holidays and travel**. Every word comes with its **Arabic script**, a **transliteration** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English** meaning. Remember: Arabic is read from **right to left**.
Key words 📖
Learn these holiday words:
Match each Arabic word to its English meaning
- عطلة (utla)
- بحر (bahr)
- فندق (funduq)
- طائرة (taaira)
- holiday
- sea
- hotel
- plane
Which word?
Which Arabic word means 'the beach'?
- شاطئ (shati)
- فندق (funduq)
- حقيبة (haqiba)
- طائرة (taaira)
How the script works 📝
Two things about Arabic script. First, it is read from **right to left**. Second, the word for **the** is the prefix **al** (ال), joined to the front of a word. So بحر (bahr, sea) becomes البحر (al-bahr, the sea). Listen for that **al** sound at the start of many words.
Holiday words
Select the TWO words connected with holidays and travel.
- جواز سفر (jawaz safar)
- حقيبة (haqiba)
- مدرسة (madrasa)
- أب (ab)
Match each Arabic word to how it is said
- يسافر
- يسبح
- يزور
- رحلة
- yusafir
- yasbah
- yazur
- rihla
How do you say it?
The sea بحر is said _____. The hotel فندق is said _____. A trip رحلة is said _____. To travel يسافر is said _____.
Order the journey
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Which verb?
Which Arabic word means 'to travel'?
- يسافر (yusafir)
- يسبح (yasbah)
- يزور (yazur)
- يأكل (yakul)
Complete the holiday
On holiday عطلة (said _____), many people travel by طائرة (said _____) and stay in a فندق (said _____). At the beach شاطئ (said _____) they can swim.
Plan a holiday
An interactive activity.
Use what you know
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Well done 🌟
You have met the key Arabic holiday words: عطلة (utla, holiday), بحر (bahr, sea), شاطئ (shati, beach), فندق (funduq, hotel), طائرة (taaira, plane) and يسافر (yusafir, to travel). Keep practising the script and the transliteration together.