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Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Arabic adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.
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The Most Used Adjectives in Spoken Arabic
Created by CGE Jordan Institute for Arabic Studies
Important adjectives
| English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|---|
| good | جيد | jayid | |
| bad | سيئ | saye' | |
| new | جديد | jadid | |
| old | قديم | qadim | |
| small | صغير | saghir | |
| large / big | واسع كبير | wasi' kabir [1] | |
| long | طويل | tawil | |
| short | قصير | qasir | |
| cheap | رخيص | rakheis | |
| expensive | غالي السعر باهظ الثمن | ghali assi'r bahiz atthaman | |
| light / clear | ضوء واضح | daw' wadih [2] | |
| dark | ظلام | zalam | |
| late | متأخر | mota'akhir [3] | |
| early | مبكر | mobakir [4] | |
| interesting | ممتع شيق | momti' shayeq | |
| boring | ممل | momel | |
| tired | متعب | mot'ab | |
| easy / simple | سهل بسيط | sahl basit | |
| for free | مجانا | majanan | |
| right / correct | صحيح مضبوط | sahih madbot | |
| wrong | خاطيء | khatie' | |
| strong | قوي | qawi | |
| weak | ضعيف | da'if |
Notes:
1 When talking about size we can say مقاس لارج, maqas (large). When talking about 'a big scale' we can say واسع, wasi'. When we use the word large as huge, we say ضخم, dakhm.2 As in 'day light' or 'the light in the room' etc. If we're talking about weight it would be خفيف, khafif.3 When talking about an adjective as in 'He's always late'. The corresponding adverb as in 'I woke up late' would be متأخرًا, mota'akhiran.4 When talking about an adjective as in 'He's always early'. The corresponding adverb as in 'I woke up early' would be مبكرًا, mobakiran.
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Why is the font on your site for Arabic words so small? Why can’t it be as large as the English font? Very difficult to read the letters and the diacritics.
Hi Suzan,
I agree the Arabic text appears to be smaller than the rest, although in fact it’s exactly the same size. Anyway, I’ve increased the overall font size and additionally made the Arabic text a bit larger than everything else. Hope it helps. In case you’d prefer the text to be even larger you can also use your browser’s zoom function (usually Ctrl +) to increase font size even further.
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