These are the 100 most useful Arabic words from our 1000-word beginner course - the vocabulary you will hear and use most often. Learn them first and you will understand a surprising amount of everyday Arabic.
| # | Word | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the apple | التفاحة |
| 2 | the book | الكتاب |
| 3 | the cat | القطة |
| 4 | the dog | الكلب |
| 5 | the car | السيارة |
| 6 | the house | المنزل |
| 7 | the chair | الكرسي |
| 8 | the table | الطاولة |
| 9 | the window | النافذة |
| 10 | the door | الباب |
| 11 | the pencil | القلم الرصاص |
| 12 | the paper | الورقة |
| 13 | the school | المدرسة |
| 14 | the teacher | المعلم |
| 15 | the student | الطالب |
| 16 | the boy | الولد |
| 17 | the girl | الفتاة |
| 18 | the adult | البالغ |
| 19 | the friend | الصديق |
| 20 | the tree | الشجرة |
| 21 | the flower | الزهرة |
| 22 | the river | النهر |
| 23 | the mountain | الجبل |
| 24 | the beach | الشاطئ |
| 25 | the sun | الشمس |
| 26 | the moon | القمر |
| 27 | the star | النجم |
| 28 | the cloud | السحابة |
| 29 | the rain | المطر |
| 30 | the snow | الثلج |
| 31 | the wind | الريح |
| 32 | the fire | النار |
| 33 | the water | الماء |
| 34 | the food | الطعام |
| 35 | the drink | الشراب |
| 36 | the cup | الكوب |
| 37 | the bottle | الزجاجة |
| 38 | the plate | الصحن |
| 39 | the spoon | الملعقة |
| 40 | the fork | الشوكة |
| 41 | the knife | السكين |
| 42 | the breakfast | الفطور |
| 43 | the lunch | الغداء |
| 44 | the dinner | العشاء |
| 45 | the fruit | الفاكهة |
| 46 | the vegetable | الخضار |
| 47 | the bread | الخبز |
| 48 | the butter | الزبدة |
| 49 | the cheese | الجبن |
| 50 | the milk | الحليب |
| 51 | the coffee | القهوة |
| 52 | the tea | الشاي |
| 53 | the juice | العصير |
| 54 | the soda | الصودا |
| 55 | the chocolate | الشوكولاتة |
| 56 | the candy | الحلوى |
| 57 | the cookie | البسكويت |
| 58 | the cake | الكعكة |
| 59 | the rice | الأرز |
| 60 | the pasta | المعكرونة |
| 61 | the fish | السمك |
| 62 | the chicken | الدجاج |
| 63 | the beef | لحم البقر |
| 64 | the egg | البيضة |
| 65 | the soup | الحساء |
| 66 | the salad | السلطة |
| 67 | the sandwich | الشطيرة |
| 68 | the pizza | البيتزا |
| 69 | the ice cream | الآيس كريم |
| 70 | the cereal | الحبوب |
| 71 | the honey | العسل |
| 72 | the sugar | السكر |
| 73 | the salt | الملح |
| 74 | the pepper | الفلفل |
| 75 | the tomato | الطماطم |
| 76 | the potato | البطاطس |
| 77 | the onion | البصل |
| 78 | the carrot | الجزر |
| 79 | the lettuce | الخس |
| 80 | the cucumber | الخيار |
| 81 | the banana | الموز |
| 82 | the orange | البرتقال |
| 83 | the grapefruit | الجريب فروت |
| 84 | the strawberry | الفراولة |
| 85 | the grape | العنب |
| 86 | the lemon | الليمون |
| 87 | the lime | الليم |
| 88 | the cherry | الكرز |
| 89 | the watermelon | البطيخ |
| 90 | the pineapple | الأناناس |
| 91 | the mango | المانجو |
| 92 | the kiwi | الكيوي |
| 93 | the peach | الخوخ |
| 94 | the pear | الكمثرى |
| 95 | the plum | البرقوق |
| 96 | the berry | التوت |
| 97 | the melon | الشمّام |
| 98 | the phone | الهاتف |
| 99 | the computer | الكمبيوتر |
| 100 | the television | التلفاز |
The 100 most frequent words cover about half of everyday spoken language. With the full 1000-word core vocabulary you understand around 85% of typical conversations in Arabic - enough to follow along and make yourself understood.
They are the most frequently used words of the language, selected by word frequency. Every one of them will appear again and again in real sentences, so each learned word immediately pays off.
Listen and repeat: every word in the 1000 Words course comes with native-speaker audio and an example sentence. Combined with spaced repetition in the free vocabulary trainer, most learners master the first 100 words within one to two weeks.