Arabic - Alif baa - Unit 4 - Vocab

please come in, go ahead [to a male]

shaami formal - tafaDDal

tfaDDal

please come in, go ahead [to a female]

shaami - tfaDDli

formal - tafaDDalii

please come in, go ahead [plural]

shaami - tfaDDlu

formal - tafaDDaluu

my [male] friend; my boyfriend

SHAAMI:

SaaHbi (male friend)

rfii’i (boyfriend)

FORMAL:

SaaHibii

• there is not a seperate word for male friend and boyfriend for this one

my [female] friend; my girlfriend

SHAAMI:

SaaHibti (female friend)

rfii’ti (girlfriend)

FORMAL:

SaaHibatii

• There is not a seperate word for female friend and girlfriend for this one

he/it (masculine)

Shaami:

huwwe

Formal:

huwa

she/it (feminine)

shaami:

hiyye

formal:

hiya

his

shaami:

-o

formal:

-hu

his name

shaami:

ismo

formal: ismuhu

her/hers

shaami:

-a

formal:

ismuha

student (male)

Taalib (same word for shaami and formal)

student (female)

shaami:

Taalbe

formal:

Taaliba

professor, teacher (male)

shaami:

istaaz

formal:

ustaadh

professor, teacher (female)

shaami:

istaaze

formal:

ustaadha

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