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6.6: Vocabulary

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Learning Objectives

In this section, you will be able to:

  • Learn new vocabulary using the new letters in this chapter.
  • Recognize words used in Arabic and English (Cognates).

Vocabulary

Vocabulary
Image Recording Meaning Formal / Writing
Grandparents with their Granddaughter
Grandfather

Grandfather

جَدٌّ

A Happy Kid Sitting on His Grandfather's Lap while Playing Together
My grandfather

My Grandfather

جَدّي

Grandmother
Grandmother

My grandmother جَدّتي
Person On a Window of an Apartment Building
neighbor

Neighbor

جَار

Brown Bear Plush Toy
bear

Bear

دُب

People Dancing Inside Dim Room
nightclub

Club

نادي

man in gray suit and woman in white wedding dressز
Husband

Husband (noun) زَوج
Wife
Wife

My wife (noun) زَوجتي
Rice
Rice

Rice أَرز

Adjectives

Image Recording Meaning Formal / Writing
Modern villa with spacious yard in winter
new house

New

جَديد

Man In Black Formal Suit Jacket
thumbs up

Fine / Good

جَيِّد

Cognates

Cognates are words used in multiple languages that originate from the same linguistic root. Some examples are these words.

Cognates
English Arabic
Bachelor’S Degree البكالوريوس
Brazil برازيل
Mexico مكسيك
Argentina أرجنتين
Kuwait كويت
Qatar قطر
Bahrain بحرين

Activities

Query 6.6.1
Query 6.6.2
Query 6.6.3

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