marHaban and welcome to this week’s lesson in our Arabic for Life Series on apartment hunting. 


In this lesson, you'll learn a lot of vocabulary associated with living spaces and, of course, practical vocabulary and expressions used by anyone looking for a new place to live in the Arab world. In Part 2, you'll read a dialogue using that vocabulary as Robert and Sarah take a look at an apartment they're thinking about renting. In Part 3 you’ll learn a little bit more about definite articles and something called hamzatu ilwaSl/ هَمزَةُ الوَصل.


For today, however, let's see some vocabulary in action.


Vocabulary for Finding an Apartment

 

Remember to read through all of the words and practice aloud.


English

Transliteration

Arabic

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/ʼiʻlaan/

إعلان

apartment

/shiqqah/

شِقَّة

available

/mutaaH/

مُتاح

renovated 

/tamma tajdeeduh/

تَمَّ تَجديدُه

landlord 

/almaalik/

المالِك

landlady

/almaalikah/

‮ المالِكَة  ‬ 

tenant 

/mustaʼjir/

مُستأجِر

storage space 

/masaaHat ittakhzeen/

مِساحَة التَّخزين

balcony

/shurfah/

شُرفَة

lease 

/ʼijaar/

إيجار

deposit 

/alwadeeʻah/

الوَديعَة

pay in advance

/idfaʻ muqaddaman/

اِدفَع مُقَدَّمًا

for rent

/lilʼijaar/

لِلإيجار


This is the vocabulary you’ll find is used most often when looking for an apartment in an Arabic-speaking Country. Study these words and, again, practice saying them out loud. In Part 2, you’ll see how to put them into practice when we look at a dialogue where an American couple is searching for an apartment in the Middle East. Come back later for Part 2 on looking for an apartment.


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