HikmahBridge Arabic

Vocabulary

Words and phrases you can use in real conversations. Every item has Arabic, a pronunciation aid and English, and you can listen, say it and tick it off.

Learn → Listen → Example → Practise

Each phrase page follows this order: read it, press Play, say it aloud, then check yourself with the phrase check and use it in a conversation.

Word sets

  • AvailableBeginner: greetings — 10 phrases
  • AvailableEveryday: introductions and courtesies — 13 phrases across two sets
  • AvailableNumbers 0 to 10 — 11 words
  • AvailableFamily — 11 phrases
  • AvailableFood — 13 phrases
  • AvailableShopping — 7 phrases
  • AvailableTravel — 13 phrases
  • AvailableTime — 7 words
  • AvailableA1 lessons vocabulary — 81 phrases across nine lessons (Meeting People, Family, Daily Life, Food, Shopping, Travel, Health Basics, Weather, Plans and Appointments). Some overlap the sets above; 168 distinct phrases and words in total across Pre-A1, the A1 phrase bank and the lessons.
  • Beta · not yet native-reviewedA2 lessons vocabulary — 61 phrases across six lessons (past events, describing things, directions, clock times, invitations, work and study). Modern Standard Arabic, not yet native-reviewed. Not counted in the totals above.
  • Beta · not yet native-reviewedB1 lessons vocabulary — 30 phrases across three lessons (opinions and reasons, telling a story, advice and suggestions). Modern Standard Arabic, not yet native-reviewed. Not counted in the totals above.
  • Beta · not yet native-reviewedB2 lessons vocabulary — 60 phrases across six lessons (problems and solutions, comparing and contrasting, hopes and possibilities, opinion with evidence, describing a process, a short news report). Modern Standard Arabic. Not counted in the totals above.
  • Beta · not yet native-reviewedC1 lessons vocabulary — 30 phrases across three lessons (reported speech, although and despite, passive voice and formal requests). Modern Standard Arabic. Not counted in the totals above.
  • Beta · not yet native-reviewedC2 lessons vocabulary — 30 phrases across three lessons (hedging and nuance, emphasis and restriction, structuring a formal argument). Modern Standard Arabic. Not counted in the totals above.
  • In developmentGulf Spoken Arabic word bank — 183 everyday Gulf-dialect words and phrases (a dialect, not MSA). Draft, not yet reviewed by a native speaker, no audio. Not counted in the totals above.
  • AvailableQur’anic vocabulary — ten words from Al-Fatihah, with a practice unit

Still to come

  • PlannedWork
  • PlannedVerbs
  • PlannedIslamic vocabulary
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