Learn Arabic Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. What is the Arabic word for 'house' or 'home'? → بيت (Bayt)
2. What does 'Masa al-khayr' (مساء الخير) mean? → Good afternoon / Good evening
3. Arabic nouns have how many grammatical genders? → Two (masculine and feminine)
4. What is the Arabic word for 'time'? → وقت (waqt)
5. مُوسَى The word's final letter is → Alif al-maqsoora
6. What does 'Hakim' (حكيم) mean in Arabic? → Wise man / Sage
7. What does 'Min fadlak' (من فضلك) mean? → Please
8. What is the Arabic word for 'friend'? → صديق (Sadiq)
9. What is the Arabic response to 'Shukran' (Thank you)? → Afwan (عفواً)
10. What is the Arabic letter 'ا' (alif) typically used to represent? → A long 'a' vowel sound
11. In Arabic, numbers 3–10 show a grammar rule called 'polarity.' What does this mean? → The number's gender is opposite to the noun's gender
12. What does the word "Mustashfa" mean in Arabic? → Hospital
13. What is the Eastern Arabic numeral for the number 5? → ٥
14. How do you say 'I want' in Arabic? → أريد (urid)
15. What does 'shams' (شمس) mean in Arabic? → Sun
16. What does 'ibn' (ابن) mean in Arabic names? → Son of
17. How do you say 'Thank you' in Arabic? → شكراً (shukran)
18. How do you make a verb negative in the PAST tense in Modern Standard Arabic? → Add لم (lam) + the jussive (present) form of the verb
19. Which Arabic word means 'big' or 'large'? → كبير (kabir)
20. How do you say 'My name is...' in Arabic? → Ana ismee... (أنا اسمي)
21. What are 'short vowels' called in Arabic? → Harakat
22. In Arabic script, how does a letter's shape change based on its position in a word? → It can have up to 4 different forms
23. How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet? → 28
24. What does the adjective 'طويل (tawil)' mean? → Tall/Long
25. In Arabic, what happens to the noun when it follows the number 2? → It takes the dual form
26. What does 'Marhaba' (مرحبا) mean? → Hello / Welcome
27. What is the Arabic word for 'time'? → وقت (Waqt)
28. In Arabic, how is a simple sentence like 'The house is big' ('البيت كبير') structured? → Subject + adjective (no linking verb needed)
29. What prefix makes a noun definite in Arabic? → ال (al-)
30. What does 'أسود (aswad)' mean in English? → Black