Arabic Lesson 2 — Vocabulary by Category

Words are grouped the way the exam groups them. For Q2 you spot the odd one; for Q5 you add 2 more to a group — so learn them as families, not singly. Toggle Flash mode to hide meanings and self-test.

Vocabulary depth from the recorded lectures — both lecturers: Sheikh Riyas taught the odd units (housing/food/study) and Sheikh Irfan the even units (family/daily-life/prayer/professions). Below are exam-testable words, synonyms, plurals and gender/traps the Learn cards miss. Tag ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V08 §5 = arabic_v08, section 5. Off-topic grammar and culture is kept in From the lectures so nothing is lost.

Family الأُسْرَة

والِد = أب (father), والِدة = أمّ (mother); with «my» → والِدي / والِدتي. ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V04 §3, §7, §9
Own children vs children in general: اِبن / اِبنة = one's own son/daughter, but وَلَد (boy) / بِنت (girl) are children generally; بِن / بِنت in a lineage = "son/daughter of." ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V04 §37–§41
Uncles/aunts split by side: عَمّ paternal uncle, عَمّة paternal aunt; خال maternal uncle, خالة maternal aunt. ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V04 §32–§35
Children: طِفْل (a child) → plural أطفال; "how many children?" كَم طِفلًا؟. ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V38 §20–§21

Rooms & furniture الغُرَف والأَثاث

Eating-area words: مائِدة (dining table) and سُفرة (eating-cloth) — place/furniture nouns from the food chapter. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §30–§35
Gender trap: شَقّة (apartment) is feminine (tāʾ marbūṭah), so its adjective agrees: شَقّة جَميلة, not جَميل. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V08 §79

Food & drink الطَّعام والشَّراب

The chapter's two headings: طَعام (food, what we eat) vs شَراب (drink, what we drink). ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §16
Drinks the cards miss: عَصير (juice) is a kind of شَراب; بُنّ (coffee bean) is distinct from قَهوة (the brewed drink). ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §101–§104, §108
Milk has two words: حَليب = لَبَن. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §107
Water plural: ماء → collective مِياه; bread loaf رَغيف (vs general خُبز); pre-dawn meal سُحور. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §27–§29, §46, §99
Exam trap: عَشاء = dinner (a meal) but عِشاء = the night prayer — only the kasrah differs. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §36–§37
Fruit gender/number: فاكِهة (fruit) → plural فَواكِه; تَمر = dates. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V22 §21–§22, §109–§110

Daily activities الأَنْشِطة اليَوْمِيّة

Routine verbs (a NEW group the Learn cards lack): يَستيقِظ (wakes), يَنام (sleeps), يَذهَب (goes), يَقرأ (reads), يَطبُخ (cooks), أُنَظِّف (I clean), أُمارِس الرِّياضة (I exercise), أتَحَدَّث (I chat). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V13 §6–§11, §39, §43–§46
Transport mini-group: سَيّارة (car), حافِلة (bus), طائِرة (plane), سَيّارة أُجرة (taxi). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V13 §11, §17; V29 §16
Places the routine adds: حَديقة (garden/park), عَمَل (work); جَريدة = صَحيفة (newspaper). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V13 §41, §45

Prayer / mosque الصَّلاة والمَسْجِد

The two named mosques: المَسْجِد الحَرام (Makkah, the Kaʿbah) and المَسْجِد النَّبَوِيّ (Madinah). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V29 §19, §21
Friday prayer صَلاة الجُمُعة + the call to prayer أَذان (e.g. أذان العَصْر). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V29 §11–§13, §29
State-adjectives (odd-one-out fuel): مَريض (ill), كَسلان (lazy), قَريب (near), بَعيد (far). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V29 §28, §32–§43

Study / school الدِّراسة

Classroom synonyms & plural: صَفّ = فَصْل (classroom), plural صُفوف; the lesson itself is دَرْس. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V33 §19–§26
Subjects: a single subject is مادّة (pl. مَوادّ); حِساب = رِياضيّات (maths); exam اِختِبار = اِمتِحان. ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V33 §13–§16, §27–§31, §36–§37
Faculties (add-2-words set): كُلِّيّة + الطِّبّ (medicine), التَّربية (education), الهَندَسة (engineering), الآداب (arts), الطَّيَران (aviation). ▶ Sheikh Riyas · V33 §82–§93

Professions المِهَن

"Occupation" has three synonyms: مِهنة = حِرفة (trade, pl. حِرَف) = وَظيفة (job, pl. وَظائِف). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V38 §13
Profession by root: صَيدَلة→صَيدَليّ (pharmacist), تَمريض→مُمَرِّض (nurse), هَندَسة→مُهَندِس (engineer), طَيَران→طَيّار (pilot). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V38 §4–§7
More job words: مُربّي (educator), مُدير (director); مُضيفة (air-hostess). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V38 §8; Sheikh Riyas · V33 §75–§78; V22 §90–§96

Numbers & school stages المَراحِل

School stages (a clean add-2-words set): المَرحَلة الابتِدائيّة (primary), المُتَوَسِّطة (intermediate), الإعداديّة (preparatory), الثانَويّة (secondary), الجامِعيّة (university). ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V38 §16–§19
Ordinals drilled 1st–10th (الأوّل … العاشِر) with family-member ordering — confirms the Cheat-sheet table. ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V29 §54–§55
Honesty — clock/time NOT taught: Unit 8's telling-the-time vocab is teed up but deferred in V38, delivered in no mapped video — don't expect it from the lectures. ▶ Sheikh Irfan · V38 §30

📖 From the lectures — Sheikh Riyas & Sheikh Irfan's vocabulary sessions →

The number sets are tested almost every time — memorise both ordinal columns (masculine and feminine).

Numbers الأَعْداد ١–١٠

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
واحِد	اِثْنان	ثَلاثة	أَرْبَعة	خَمْسة	سِتّة	سَبْعة	ثَمانِية	تِسْعة	عَشَرة

Ordinals الأَعْداد التَّرْتيبيّة (1st–10th)

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
masc.	الأَوّل	الثاني	الثالِث	الرابِع	الخامِس	السادِس	السابِع	الثامِن	التاسِع	العاشِر
fem.	الأولى	الثانِية	الثالِثة	الرابِعة	الخامِسة	السادِسة	السابِعة	الثامِنة	التاسِعة	العاشِرة

Days أيّام الأُسْبوع

السَّبْت	الأَحَد	الإثْنَيْن	الثُّلاثاء	الأَرْبِعاء	الخَميس	الجُمُعة
Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri

Pronouns الضَّمائر

أَنا	أَنْتَ	أَنْتِ	هُوَ	هِيَ	نَحْنُ
I	you (m)	you (f)	he	she	we

Extra exam facts (from the lectures)

Category	Words
Daily-activity verbs (NEW group)	يَستيقِظ wake · يَنام sleep · يَذهَب go · يَقرأ read · يَطبُخ cook · أُنَظِّف clean · أُمارِس الرِّياضة exercise
School stages المَراحِل (add-2-words)	الابتِدائيّة · المُتَوَسِّطة · الإعداديّة · الثانَويّة · الجامِعيّة
Faculties الكُلِّيّات	كُلِّيّة الطِّبّ · التَّربية · الهَندَسة · الآداب · الطَّيَران
Transport	سَيّارة car · حافِلة bus · طائِرة plane · سَيّارة أُجرة taxi
Drinks beyond the cards	عَصير juice · شاي tea · قَهوة coffee · بُنّ coffee-bean · مِياه waters
"Occupation" synonyms	مِهنة = حِرفة = وَظيفة (occupation/trade/job)
"Classroom" synonyms / plural	صَفّ = فَصْل (pl. صُفوف)
"Milk" synonyms	حَليب = لَبَن
"Maths / exam" synonyms	رِياضيّات = حِساب · اِختِبار = اِمتِحان
Gender / plural traps	شَقّة feminine → شَقّة جَميلة; فاكِهة → pl. فَواكِه; ماء → مِياه
Sound-alike trap	عَشاء dinner (meal) vs عِشاء night prayer — kasrah distinguishes
Own children vs general	اِبن/اِبنة = one's own son/daughter; وَلَد/بِنت = boy/girl generally

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