Clothing

 

 

أَحْمَر

 

/ʼaHmar/

 

Means

 

Red

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

أَبْيَض

 

/ʼabyadh/

 

Means

 

White

 

 

---

 

 

أَزْرَق

 

/ʼazraʼ/

 

Means

 

Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

إِسْوِد

 

/ʼiswid/

 

Means

 

Black

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

أَخْضَر

 

/ʼakhdhar/

 

Means

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

Adjectives should agree with the corresponding nouns

 

As in

 

كتاب أَخْضَر

 

عَرَبِيَّة سودا

 

 

---

 

 

خَضْرا

 

/khadhra/

 

Means

 

Green

 

(For feminine nouns)

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

حَمْرا

 

/Hamra/

 

Means

 

Red

 

(For feminine nouns)

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

سودا

 

/sooda/

 

Means

 

Black

 

(For feminine nouns)

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

بيضا

 

/baidha/

 

Means

 

White

 

(For feminine nouns)

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

زَرْقا

 

/zarʼa/

 

Means

 

Blue

 

(For feminine nouns)

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

بَنْطَلون

 

/banTaloon/

 

Means

 

Trousers

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

قَميص

 

/ʼameeS/

 

Means

 

Shirt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

جيبا

 

/jeeba/

 

Means

 

Skirt

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

Nouns in Arabic always come

before adjectives

 

As in

 

(بَنْطَلون إِسْوِد)

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

Adjectives should agree with the

corresponding nouns in gender

 

As in

 

(جيبا بيضا)

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

جَكيت

 

/jakit/

 

Means

 

Jacket

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

شَنْطَة

 

/shanTah/

 

Means

 

Bag

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

طاقِيَّة

 

/Taaʼiyyah/

 

Means

 

Hat

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

جَزْمَة

 

/gazmah/

 

Means

 

Shoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

طَويل

 

/Taweel/

 

Means

 

Long and tall

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

قُصَيَّر

 

/ʼuSayyar/

 

Means

 

Short

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

جَميل

 

/gameel/

 

Means

 

Beautiful

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 “Yes or No” questions do not have a question word in dialectal Arabic.

 

Intonation will indicate if it is an inquiry

 

As in

 

دا جَكيت قُصَيَّر؟

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

و

 

/w/

 

Means

 

And

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

أَوْ

 

/ʼaw/

 

Means

 

Or

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

بَس

 

/bas/

 

Means

 

But

 

 

 

 

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