Edexcel GCSE in Arabic

1 GCSE Arabic Edexcel GCSE in Arabic Edexcel GCSE 2009 Arabic Vocabulary Book Edexcel are pleased to provide this free vocabulary book freely to support learners following the Edexcel GCSE 2009 Specification in Arabic . Please note: the most up to date version of this document is available on the Edexcel website and a definitive list of core vocabulary is available in the Edexcel Specification. Introduction This bilingual glossary has been produced to support you in your language learning and to help you prepare for the Edexcel GCSE. It features a revised minimum core vocabulary foundation level vocabulary (this has been expanded from the original one in the specification) as well as higher level vocabulary. English meanings, genders and irregular word endings are given and the vocabulary is listed both alphabetically and under the following Edexcel headings: High Frequency Language Verbs Adjectives Colours Adverbs Numbers Quantities Connecting words Time Expressions Times Days of the Week Months of the Year Question words Countries Continents Nationalities Areas/Mountains/Cities/Rivers Acronyms and Abbreviations Social Conventions Prepositions Listening and Reading Topics Out and About - Visitor Information, Basic Weather, Local Amenities, Accommodation, Public Transport, Directions Customer Services and Transactions - Cafes and Restaurants, Shops, Dealing with Problems Personal Information - General Interest, Leisure Activities, Family and Friends, Lifestyle (healthy eating and exercise).

2 Future Plans, Education and Work - Basic Language of the Internet, Simple Job Advertisements, Simple Job Applications and CV, School and College, Work and Work Experience Speaking and Writing Topics Media and Culture - Music/Film/Reading, Fashion/Celebrities/Religion, Blogs/Internet Sports and Leisure - Hobbies/interests, Sporting Events, Lifestyle Choices Travel and Tourism - Holidays, Accommodation, Eating (food and drink). Business, Work and Employment - Work Experience/Part-time Jobs, Product or service Information Although words are listed under specific topic headings, they are not always exclusive to these. Many words can also relate to other topic areas, but may only be listed in one. At the end of each section you will find some blank pages, these enable you to note down other words that you encounter during the GCSE course and which may prove useful. Please note that this is not a complete list of all vocabulary for the Edexcel GCSE, and should be used as a reference guide that students can refer to and add to rather than a definitive list of vocabulary needed to achieve a specific grade.

3 This vocabulary book is currently a first draft; if centres notice any errors in the vocabulary lists contained in this document please let us know and we will ensure they are updated appropriately. Section 1. High Frequency Language This has been taken from the appendix in the specification Verbs accept . advise .. allow . answer . appear . apply . arrive . argue . attach . avoid . bake . be . able . call . beat . begin . bind . bleed . blow . borrow . break . burn . calculate . carry . check . chew . climb . close . collect . come . copy . crawl . cry . cross . cut . dance . deliver . describe . deserve .. detect . dig . dislike . do .. draw . dream . dress . drink . earn . eat . empty .. end . enter . escape . explain . fall . fail . feel . find . finish . follow . forge . forgive . forsake . freeze . get . get angry . give . go . go down . go for a walk . grind . guard . hate . have to . hear . hit . hold . hope . hurry . hurt . Inform / .. introduce . invite.

4 Joke . jump . kill . kneel . know . knock . last . laugh . lay . leap . leave . lend . let . lie . listen . live . look . look after . lose . make . manage . mean . meet . murder . note . obtain . open . organise . pass by . pay . permit . phone . / . place . please . plant . play . prefer . present . prevent . produce . promise . pull . push . put . reach . read . receive . refuse . regret . remember . rent . request . repair . repeat . research . reserve . return . revise . ride . rise . rule . run . save . saw . say . scream . search . see . seek . seem . sell . send . serve . show . sign . sink . sit . slay . sleep . smile . sneeze . speak . spend . spill . split . spread . squeeze . stand . stay . steal . sting . strike . stop . study . succeed . swear . sweep . take . tell . thank . think . thrive . throw . touch . try . understand . use . visit . walk . want . wash . wear . win . wish . work . worry . write . Adjectives able . active . alone . angry.

5 Awake . bad . beautiful . bent .. best . big . bitter . black . boiling . boring . brief . bright . brilliant . broken . charming . cheap . cheerful / / . clean . clear . clever . closed . cold . comfortable . common . complete . complex . cruel . dark . dead . deep . different . difficult . dirty . disgusting . dry . early . easy . electric . equal . exciting . false . fast . fat (person) / . favourite .. female . first . free . friendly . full . funny . general . good . great . happy . hard (difficult) . hard (stiff) . healthy .. heavy . high . hot . ill . important . kind . large . last . late . lazy . least . light . little . long . loving . low . male . married . marvellous . mature . medical . mixed . narrow . natural . new . nice . noisy . normal . numerous . old . open . perfect . pleased .. polite . poor . pretty . private . public . punctual . quick . quiet . ready . real . regular . responsible . rich . right . rough . round . sad . safe . same . secret.

6 Sensitive .. separate . serious .. sharp . short . shy . silent . simple . slow . small . soft . sorry . sour . special . strange . strict .. strong . stupid . sudden . sweet . tall . the best . the greatest . the least . the worst . thick . thin . tired . true . typical . ugly . unbelievable . useful . valid . valuable . violent . warm . weak . well . wet . wide . wise . witty . wrong . young . Colours black . blue . brown . chestnut brown . colour . dark . green . grey . light . orange . pink . red . violet . white . yellow . Adverbs already / . almost . always/still . here . however / . immediately . long time . more . often ( ) . perhaps . quickly . rather / . really . recently . sometimes . straight away . there . too . unfortunately . very . Numbers . 0 1 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 10 11 . 12 13 . 14 15 . 16 17 . 18 19 . 20 21 . 22 23 . 24 25 . 26 27 . 28 29 . 30 31 . 40 42 . 50 53 . 60 64 . 70 75 . 80 86 . 90 97 . 100 . Quantities a third . bottle /.

7 Box . jar . little . many . packet . piece . several .. Connecting words also / . and . but . first of all . or . so . then . Time expressions afternoon / . always . day . early . evening . everyday . from .. later .. midnight .. minute .. morning .. night .. now .. punctual .. since .. soon .. the day after tomorrow .. today .. tomorrow .. week .. weekend .. yesterday .. Times . one o' clock . two o'clock . three o'clock . four o'clock . five o'clock . six o'clock . seven o'clock . eight o'clock . nine o'clock . ten o'clock . eleven o'clock . twelve o'clock . a quarter past one . twenty past one . half past one . twenty to two . a quarter to two . five minutes past two . five minutes to three . Days of the week Monday . Tuesday . Wednesday . Thursday . Friday . Saturday . Sunday . Months of the year January / . February / . March / . April / . May / . June / . July / . August / . September / . October / . November / . December / . Question words how many, how much.

8 How? . what? / . when? . who? . why? . Continents Africa . Asia . Australia . Europe . North America . South America . Countries Egypt . France . Germany . Great Britain . Iraq . Ireland . Italy . Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Lebanon . Russia . Spain . United States . Yemen . Nationalities African . American . British . Egyptian . French . German . Iraqi . Irish . Italian . Lebanese . Russian . Saudi . Spanish . Yemeni . Social conventions And you? . Bless you (when sneezing) . Congratulations! . Could you repeat that, please? . Could you speak slowly, please? . Did You Like It Here? . Do You Speak (English/ Arabic )? / . Don't worry! ! / . Enjoy! (for meals).. Good Evening . Good Luck! ! . Good Morning . Good Night / . Good night & sweet dreams! ! .. Good/so-so / . goodbye . Happy Birthday . Happy Eid! . Happy New Year . Happy Ramadan . Hello . Hi friend(brother).. Hi sister . How are you? . How Old Are You? . I don't know! ! . I don't understand! . I have missed you so much.

9 I have no idea.. I Have To Go . I Like Arabic . I live in .. I need to practise my Arabic . I Will Be Right Back! . I'm (American). / . I'm fine thanks .. I'm (age) .. I'm From .. I'm Learning Arabic . I'm sorry! (if you don't hear). ! . Just a Little.. Merry Christmas . Mr. Mrs. / Miss .. / / .. My Name Is .. Nice To Meet You . No Problem! . Nothing much . see you later / . Sorry ! . Thank you (very much). ( ) . Welcome .. What Do You Do For A Living? . What is this? . What's new? . What's that called in Arabic ? . What's Your Name? . Where Are You From? . Where Do You Live? . Write it down please! ! . / ! .. You're welcome . You're Very Kind . ! . Hello . Good Morning . Good Evening . Welcome .. How are you? . I'm fine thanks .. And you? . Good/so-so / . Thank you (very much) ( ) . You're welcome . Hi friend(brother) . Hi sister . I have missed you so much . What's new? . Nothing much . Good Night / . see you later / . goodbye . Do You Speak (English/ Arabic )?

10 / . Just a Little.. What's Your Name? . My Name Is .. Mr. Mrs. / Miss .. / / .. Nice To Meet You . You're Very Kind . ! . Where Are You From? . I'm From .. I'm (American) / . Where Do You Live? . I live in .. Did You Like It Here? . What Do You Do For A Living? . I Like Arabic . I'm Learning Arabic . How Old Are You? . I'm (age) .. I Have To Go . I Will Be Right Back! . Good Luck! ! . Happy Birthday . Happy New Year . Merry Christmas . Happy Eid! . Happy Ramadan . Congratulations! . Enjoy! (for meals) . Bless you (when sneezing) . Good night & sweet dreams! ! .. I'm sorry! (if you don't hear) ! . Sorry ! . No Problem! . Could you repeat that, please? . Could you speak slowly, please? . Write it down please! ! . / ! .. I don't understand! . I don't know! ! . I have no idea.. What's that called in Arabic ? . What is this? . I need to practise my Arabic . Don't worry! ! / . Prepositions about .. above .. according to / . across . after . against .. ahead of . all over.