Describing your Mother in Arabic Language

This is a short story about a mother in Arabic with English translation.

By creating this story, I hope you will get more Arabic vocabulary and more grammar to develop your Arabic language.

I will write the sentence in Arabic first then I translate it into English.

Below is an example of how to describe your mother in Arabic.

1. A short story about my mother

أُمِّيْ
My mother


أُمِّيْ رَبَّةُ البَيْتِ
My mother is a housewife.


اِسْمُهَا مَرْيَمُ
Her name is Maryam.


هِيَ اِمْرَأَةٌ نَشِيْطَةٌ
She is an energetic woman.


تَسْتَيْقِظُ مُبَكِّرًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
She wakes up early every day.


ثُمَّ تَطْبُخُ فِي الْمَتْبَخِ وَتُجَهِّزُ لَنَا طَعَامَ الْفَطُوْرِ
Then she cooks in the kitchen and prepares breakfast for us.


أَنَا أُحِبُّهَا
I love her.

2. The meaning and a word by word explanation

1. أُمٌّ  means mother.


2. أُمِّيْ  means my mother.

ي  is possessive determiner for I (singular first person) => my

Therefore أُمِّيْ  is my mother.


3. رَبَّةُ البَيْتِ  means housewife.


4. اِسْمٌ means name.

هَا is possessive determiner for she (a singular third person for female) => her

So, اِسْمُهَا  = her name.


5. اِمْرَأَةٌ  means woman.

اِمْرَأَةٌ  is singular.

نِسَاءٌ  is the plural form of اِمْرَأَةٌ , so نِسَاءٌ means women.


6. نَشِيْطٌ  means diligent; hardworking; enthusiastic; energetic

Read the sentence above, we notice the words اِمْرَأَةٌ نَشِيْطَةٌ

This is na't and man'uut (ṣifah and mauṣuf), in English we called it a noun and it's adjective.

In Arabic, there is an agreement between noun and adjective. Read the material here:

- a noun in Arabic

- noun gender in Arabic

Let's back to current material, you can see اِمْرَأَةٌ is singular, female, indefinite. Therefore the adjective must be in singular, female, and indefinite form.

نَشِيْطٌ becomes نَشِيْطَةٌ



7. تَسْتَيْقِظُ means wake up; get up

تَسْتَيْقِظُ is for fi'il muḍaari' (verb) for ḍamir أَنْتَ (you) and هِيَ (she).

If you want to look for the meaning of تَسْتَيْقِظُ in the dictionary, you must know the base form.

The base form (fi'l maaḍi and fi'l muḍaari) is => اِسْتَيْقَظَ - يَسْتَيْقِظُ (istaiqaẓa - yastaiqiẓu).

So, اِسْتَيْقَظَ (istaiqaẓa) means wake up; awake; get up.



8. مُبَكِّرٌ means early

Antonym for مُبَكِّرٌ is مُتَأَخِّرٌ

مُتَأَخِّرٌ means late


9. كُلَّ يَومٍ means every day.


10. ثُمَّ (thumma) means then


11. تَطْبُخُ means cook.

تَطْبُخُ is verb form for pronoun أَنْتَ (you) and هِيَ (she).

The base form (for ḍamir/pronoun هُوَ) is طَبَخَ - يَطْبَخُ (ṭabakha - yaṭbakhu).

 Beside يَطْبَخُ, we can say يَطْبُخُ (yaṭbukhu) also.


12. مَطْبَخٌ (maṭbakhun) means kitchen.


13. تُجَهِّزُ (tujahhizu) means prepare.

The base form of تُجَهِّزُ  is جَهَّزَ - يُجَهِّزُ (jahhaza - yujahhizu)


14. طَعَامٌ (ṭa'aamun) means food


15. فَطُورٌ (faṭuurun) means breakfast or first meal of the day.


16. أُحِبُّ means love.

أُحِبُّ  is form for ḍamir  أَنَا

The base form is أَحَبَّ - يُحِبُّ (aḥabba - yuḥibbu).

هَا  is object pronoun for she => her.

So أَنَا أُحِبُّهَا means I love her.

3. List of Arabic words that are used in the story

See the image below. Below are Arabic words and translation in English.


 

a. How to say "mother" in Arabic?

Let me show you how to say mother in Arabic.

Mother in Arabic: أُمٌّ

We say it "ummun", but in daily conversation we can say "umm".

أُمٌّ is singular form.

The plural form of "أُمٌّ" is أُمَّهَاتٌ (ummahaatun).

 

b. Synonym of أُمٌّ

We can say وَالِدَةٌ (waalidatun or waalidah) instead of أُمٌّ.

The plural form of "وَالِدَةٌ" is وَالِدَاتٌ (waalidaat).

In modern Arabic, we can also say مَامَا (mama) for mother.

c. The related words of أُمٌّ

- أُمَّةٌ (ummatun/ummah), the meaning of ummah is "nation".

The plural form of أُمَّةٌ is "أُمَمٌ" (umamun).


- حَمَاةٌ (hamaatun/hamaah). It means mother-in-law.

The plural form of حَمَاةٌ is حمَوَاتٌ (hamawaatun/hamawaat).


- زَوْجَةُ الأَبِ (zawjatul abi): stepmother.


- عِيدُ الأُمّ ('iidul umm): mother's day.


- mother tongue : اللّغَةُ الأُمّ (al-lughatul umm).


- الوَطَنُ الأمِّ (al-watanul umm): motherland.


- breast-feeding mother: مُرْضِعٌ (murdi'un).

d. How to express love to mother in Arabic?

Here are the examples how to express love to your mother:

- أَنَا أُحِبُّكِ يَا أُمِّي (ana uhibbuki yaa ummii).
The meaning: I love you mom.

- أُمِّي حَبِيبَتِي (ummii habiibatii) or حَبِيْبَتِي أُمِّي (habiibatii ummii).
The meaning: "My mom, my love" or  "My dear mother"

- أَشْكُرُكِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يَا أُمِّي (ashkuruki 'ala kulli shai' yaa ummii).
The meaning: Thank you for everything O my mom.

e. Sentence examples using the word "أمّ"

- الاُمُّ تَعْرِفُ أَكْثَرُ مِنَّا (al-ummu ta'rifu aktharu minnaa).
The meaning: The mother knows better than us.

- أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَأَنَا صَغِيْرٌ جِدًّا (ummii maatat wa-ana saghiirun jiddan).
The meaning: My mother died when I was very young.

- أَعِيشُ مَعَ أُمِّي (a-'iish ma'a ummii).
The meaning: I live with my mother.

 

That's all for today, I hope this story can help you developing your Arabic vocabulary and writing skill in Arabic.