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Below are common questions related to Arabic lesson with the answers

— How to say “where are you from” in Arabic?

Answer: مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ (min ayna anta?)

Explanation:

أَنْتَ = you (2nd person, masculine, singular).

If you want to ask female and singular ⇒ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتِ؟ (min aina anti?)

If you want to ask masculine, plural, 2nd person ⇒ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتُمْ؟ (min aina antum?)

If you want to ask feminine, plural, 2nd person ⇒ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتُنَّ؟

See the additional information about where are you from expression in Arabic via the video below.

 — How to say “what are you doing” in Arabic?

Answer: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ (ma dha taf'alu?)

Explanation: 

If you want to say “what is he doing?”, “what is she doing?” , etc. you can read here.

—  How to write mother (mom) in Arabic?

Answer: You can say “umm”. 

You can write “أُمٌّ”

You should also read the related short story describing your mother in Arabic or watch the short video about mother : Inspirational story about mother and her son and My mother

—  How to say “how long” in Arabic?

Answer: كَمْ مِنَ الوَقْتِ (kam minal waqt) or you can say كَمْ فَتْرَةً (kam fatratan).

Read the sentence examples here.

—  How to say lunch in Arabic?

Answer: This word has already mentioned here The word used in Durusul lughah book 1.  

lunch = غَدَاءٌ (ghada-un).

—   How do you say breakfast in Arabic?

Answer: breakfast = فَطُورٌ (fatuur)

You can read a closely related Arabic short story about breakfast here.

—  How to say colors in Arabic?

Answer: 

color =  لَوْنٌ (laun).

colors = أَلْوَانٌ (alwaanun)

— How to say “red, pink, brown” in Arabic?

Answer: 

red (masculine) = أَحْمَرُ (aḥmar)

red (feminine) = حَمْرَاءُ (hamraa-u)

pink (masculine) = زَهْرِيٌّ (zahriyyun)

pink (feminine) =  زَهْرِيَّةٌ  (zahriyyatun)

brown (masculine) = أَسْمَرُ (asmaru)

brown (feminine) = سَمْرَاءُ (samraa-u)

You can study another colors here ⇒  Color in Arabic for masculine and feminine form

 — What is the plural for family in Arabic?

Answer: 

family (mufrad/singular) = أُسْرَةٌ (usratun)

families = أُسَرٌ (usarun) or أُسْرَاتٌ (usraatun)

example: how to say my family in Arabic? ⇉ أُسْرَتِي  (usratii)

You can study singular and plural form of family members in Arabic , family members (singular form only) with video lesson and sentence examples.

 — How do you say “how are you?” in Arabic?

 Answer:

How are you? (you ask 2nd person, singular, masculine/male) ⇒ كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ (kaifa haaluka?)

Explanation:

If you want to ask 2nd person, singular, feminine/female ⇒ كَيْفَ حَالَكِ؟ (kaifa haaluki?)

2nd person, masculine, plural ⇒  كَيْفَ حَالَكُمْ؟ (kaifa haalukum?)

2nd person, feminine, plural ⇒  كَيْفَ حَالُكُنَّ؟ (kaifa haalukunna?)

How do you answer “kaifa haluk?” ⇒ You can read how to say I'm fine in Arabic or you can watch the video lesson how do you say I'm fine in Arabic below.

How do you respond to kayf haluk? The sample answer: ana bikhairin (أَنَا بِخَيْرٍ)

— How to say female student in Arabic?

Answer:  

male student = طَالِبٌ (taalibun)
female student = طَالِبَةٌ (taalibatun)

the plural form of   طَالِبٌ is طُلاَّبٌ (tullaabun)
the plural form of طَالِبَةٌ is طَالِبَاتٌ (taalibaatun)

—  How to say rat in Arabic?

Answer: 

rat = جُرَذٌ (jurazun)

mouse = فَأْرٌ (fa'run)

Watch the video lesson about animal names in Arabic, both singular and plural form:

— What is chair in Arabic?

Answer:  

chair = كُرْسِيٌّ (kursiyyun)

For more Arabic words, you should study Furniture in Arabic and House vocabulary in Arabic, or you can study via video lesson “household items in Arabic” below.

— What is 1000 in Arabic?

Answer: أَلْفٌ (alfun), see more explanation here => 100 and 1000 in Arabic.

— How to say please in Arabic language?

Answer: 

Please in Arabic is = مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ; لَوْ سَمَحْتَ

You can study the sentence examples of polite request in Arabic, browse here => could you please in Arabic

— How to say welcome in Arabic language?

Answer:

welcome  (expression when you meet someone) = مَرْحَبًا (marhaban)

Additional sentence examples for welcome and farewell expression in Arabic, read here.

— what is Arabic of my name is?

Answer: أِسْمِي (ismii)

Explanation:

ismii is a response when someone say masmuka (مَا اسْمُكَ؟) or masmuki (مَا اسْمُكِ؟).

Example:

مَا اسْمُكَ؟ (what is your name?)

أِسْمِي أَحْمَدُ (My name is Ahmad).

— How to say your book is on the table?

Answer:

Your book is on the table = كِتَابُكَ عَلَى المَكْتَبِ (kitabuka 'ala al-maktabi)

Another example:

If you want to say the same sentence to a woman, 2nd person, singular, you say:

كِتَابُكِ عَلَى المَكْتَبِ (kitabuki 'ala al-maktab)

— what does habibi mean?

Answer:

حَبِيبِي (habibii) means my darling; my love ⇒  This is for male.

For female is حَبِيبَتِي (habibati)

— What is Arabic yes and no?

Answer:

yes = نَعَمْ (na'am)

no = لاَ (la) 

This is a lesson in Durus al-Lughah Book 1 Lesson 1: hadha, ism istifham maa, and man

I recommend you to start studying the basic Arabic in this link.

— Is a book masculine or feminine in Arabic?

Answer:

a book = كِتَابٌ (kitaabun)

kitaabun is not ended with ta marbutah (ة), so kitaabun is ism mudhakkar (masculine noun).

— How do you know if a noun is masculine or feminine?  

Answer:

You can identify a noun as a masculine noun or a feminine noun. How? Read these recommended lessons: noun gender in Arabic, Example of noun which can be masculine or feminine, types of noun in terms of gender.

Summary:

After reading the lessons, you should be able to answer these types of questions: 

-- Does Arabic have gendered nouns? The answer is yes.

-- Does Arabic have masculine and feminine? The answer is yes.

Read the complete explanation in the link above.

— What is the difference between albait kabir, bait kabir, albait alkabir?

Answer:

-- البَيْتُ كَبِيرٌ (al-baitu kabiirun) means The house is big.

This is a sentence, it is nominal sentence (jumlah ismiyyah), it contains mubtada and khabar.

al-bait = mubtada', kabir = khabar.

You can re-study the lesson about jumlah ismiyyah here ⇒ jumlah ismiyyah rules and examples

 and the theory of jumlah ismiyyah with exercises

-- بَيْتٌ كَبِيْرٌ (baitun kabirun) means a big house.

This is na't wa man'ut or sifah wa mausuf (the noun and it's adjective).

bait = مَنْعُوْتٌ (man'ut), the noun that is described by the adjective.

kabiir = نَعْتٌ (na'tun), the adjective that describes the noun.

-- البَيْتُ الكَبِيْرُ  (al-bait al-kabir) means the big house.

This is also sifah wa mausuf or na't wa man'ut.

Review the rules of adjective and the noun that is described by the adjective here ⇒

Agreement between noun (thing and person) and adjective

The rules na't wa man'ut  

List of 50 adjectives in Arabic

— What is plural of doctor in Arabic? 

Answer:

Doctor = طَبِيبٌ (tabiib).

The plural form of tabiibun is أَطِبَّاءُ (atibbaa-u)

— What is Arabic numbers?

Answer:

Below are numbers in Arabic:

0 = صِفْر  = zero = sifr
1 = وَاحِدٌ = one = waahid
2 = اِثْنَانِ  = isnaan = two
3 = ثَلاَثَةٌ  = salaasah = three
4 = أَرْبَعَةٌ  = arba3ah = four
5 = خَمْسَةٌ = khamsah = five
6 = سِتَّـةٌ = sittah = six
7 = سَبْعَةٌ = sab3ah = seven
8 = ثَماَنِيَـةٌ  = samaaniyah = eight
9 = تِسْعَةٌ = tis3ah = nine
10 = عَشَرَةٌ    = asharah = ten

 Below is the video lesson about number in Arabic:

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to be continued with another questions, so stay tuned!