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This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Arabic. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Arabic“.
Previous lesson: Basic Conversation in Arabic
Next lesson: Countries & Languages in Arabic
Colors
| English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| light / clear | ضوء واضح | daw' wadih [2] | ||
| dark | ظلام | zalam | ||
 | color | لون | lawn | |
 | colored | ملون | molawan | |
 | white | أبيض | abyad | |
 | black | أسود | aswad | |
 | yellow | أصفر | asfar | |
 | orange | برتقالي | bortoqali | |
 | red | أحمر | ahmar | |
 | pink | وردي | wardi | |
 | violet | بنفسجي | banafsaji | |
 | blue | أزرق | azraq | |
 | green | أخضر | akhdar | |
 | brown | أسمر بني | asmar bonney | |
 | grey | رمادي | ramadi |
Appearance & attributes
| English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| new | جديد | jadid | ||
| old | قديم | qadim | ||
| small | صغير | saghir | ||
| large / big | واسع كبير | wasi' kabir [1] | ||
| young | صغير السن, صغيرة السن | saghir assen (m), sahgirat assen (f) | ||
| kind / pleasant | لطيف ممتع | latif momti' [3] | ||
| unkind / unpleasant | قاس غير ممتع | kasin ghayr momti' [4] | ||
| patient | صبور, صبورة | sabor (m) [5], saborah (f) [6] | ||
| tall (When talking about people) | طويل, طويلة | tawil (m), tawilah (f) | ||
| middle sized (When talking about people) | متوسط الحجم, متوسطة الحجم | motawasit al hajm (m), motawasitat al hajm (f) | ||
| small (When talking about people) | صغير, صغيرة | saghir (m), saghirah (f) | ||
| fat | سمين, سمينة | samin (m), saminah (f) [10] | ||
| thin / slim | نحيف, نحيفة ضئيل, ضئيلة | nahif (m), nahifah (f) da'eel (m), da'eelah (f) | ||
| nice / pretty | لطيف, لطيفة جميل, جميلة | latif (m), latifah (f) jamil (m), jamilah (f) | ||
| beautiful | جميل, جميلة | jamil (m), jamilah (f) | ||
| ugly | قبيح, قبيحة | qabih (m), qabihah (f) | ||
| ill / sick | مريض, مريضة عليل, عليلة | marid (m), maridah (f) 'alil (m), alilah (f) | ||
| healthy | صحي, صحية سليم, سليمة | sihi (m), siheyah (f) salim (m), salimah (f) | ||
| happy / cheerful | سعيد, سعيدة مرح, مرحة | sa'id (m), sa'idah (f) marih (m), marehah (f) | ||
| sad | حزين, حزينة | hazin (m), hazinah (f) | ||
| sporty | رياضي, رياضية | riyadi (m), riyadeyah (f) | ||
| ambitioned | طموح, طموحة | tamoh (m), tamohah (f) | ||
| intelligent | ذكي, ذكية | dzaki (m), dzakeyah (f) | ||
| creative | مبدع, مبدعة | mobde' (m), mobde'ah (f) | ||
| active | نشيط, نشيطة | nasheet (m), nasheetah (f) | ||
| sentimental | وجداني, وجدانية | wejdani (m), wejdaneyah (f) | ||
| rational | عقلاني, عقلانية | aqlani (m), aqlaneyah (f) | ||
| emotional | عاطفي, عاطفية | atifi (m), atifeyah (f) | ||
| natural | طبيعي, طبيعية | tabi'i (m), tabi'eyah (f) | ||
| romantic | رومانسي, رومانسية | romansi (m), romanseyah (f) | ||
| nice / amiable | لطيف, لطيفة ودود, ودودة | latif (m), latifah (f) wadud (m), wadudah (f) | ||
| spontaneous | عفوي, عفوية | afawi (m), afaweyah (f) | ||
| energetic | نشيط, نشيطة | nasheet (m), nasheetah (f) | ||
| stressed (out) | يعاني من الضغط الشديد, تعاني من الضغط الشديد | yo'ani min a daght a'shadid (m), to'ani min a daght a'shadid (f) | ||
| relaxed | مسترخي, مسترخية | mostarkhi (m), mostarkheyah (f) | ||
| frustrated | محبط, محبطة | mohbat (m), mohbatah (f) | ||
| talented | موهوب, موهوبة | mawhob (m), mawhobah (f) |
Questions & phrases
| English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What does he look like? | كيف يبدو؟ | kayfa yabdo? | ||
| What does she look like? | كيف تبدو؟ | kayfa tabdo? | ||
| What is he like? | كيف هو؟ | kayfa howa? | ||
| What is she like? | كيف هي؟ | kayfa hiya? |
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 In the context of 'this trip was pleasant'. If we're talking about a person, it's going to be جميل, jamil or رائع, rae'e'.4 In the context of 'this trip was unpleasant'. If we're talking about a person, it's going to be بغيض, baghid.5 When the word patient is used as 'a patient in the hospital' we use the word مريض, marid.6 When fat is used in a context that refers to food or body fat etc., we use the word دهون, duhoon.
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