500 most frequent words Flashcards
in, on, to
فِي
on, about, against
عَلَى
from, since
مِنْ
who, that (relative pronoun)
إلِّي
what, that
مَا
first half of negation
مَا
to say, speak (past singular masculine)
قَالْ
future marker
بَاشْ
I, me
أنَا
no
لاَ
at, for, with
عَنْدْ
With, by, at
مَعَ
to be (past singular masculine)
كَانْ
of, belongs to, has to do with, from
مْتَاعْ
All, each, every
كُلْ
you (singular )
إنْتِي
to come (past singular masculine)
جَا
there is, there are
فَمَّا
now
تَوَّا
that
هَاذَا
to go, walk (past singular masculine)
مْشَى
to count on, depend on (past singular masculine)
عَمِّلْ
hey, you, oh
يَا
to introduce, make known (past singular masculine)
عَرِّفْ
to want, love (past singular masculine)
حبّْ
until, even
حَتَّا
something
حَاجَة
to say, tell story, talk about (past singular masculine)
حْكَا
to be able to, allowed to, can (past singular masculine)
نَجِّمْ
what
شنوا
as, when, like
كِي
to see (past singular masculine)
شَافْ
chief, boss
شَافْ
to get someone to smoke, do drugs (past singular masculine)
كَيِّفْ
to cool/heat a room (air conditioner) (past singular masculine)
كَيِّفْ
to facilitate, make appropriate/possible (past singular masculine)
كَيِّفْ
a lot, much, many, very
بَرْشَة
not, negation
مِشْ
he, it
هُوَ
one
وَاحِدْ
because
خَاطِرْ
his benefit, for his sake
خَاطِرْ
mother
أُمْ
to find (past singular masculine)
لْقَى
spirit, breath
رُوحْ
Go!
رُوحْ
nothing
شىء
here is…
هَاوْ
to become (past singular masculine)
وَلَّى
son
وِلْدْ
to begin, start (past singular masculine)
بدى
this is important, don’t forget, this is true
راهو
she or it
هِيَ
good, ok, all right
بَاهِي
God
االله
to serve, work for (past singular masculine)
خْدِمْ
brother
خُو
to enter (past singular masculine)
دْخَلْ
yes
إيْ
but, yet
أَمَّا
after
بَعْدْ
Man
رَاجِلْ
the last
آخِرْ
a little, some, a few
شْوَيَّا
that
أذَاكَا
like, as
كِيمَا
to go out (past singular masculine)
خْرَجْ
to sit, stay (past singular masculine)
قْعَدْ
Tunisia
توْنسْ
woman
مَرْأَةْ
sense, meaning
مَعْنَى
time
وَقْتْ
how
كِيفَاشْ
problem
مُشْكِلْ
slave, servant
عْبِدْ
who
أشْكُونْ
somebody
أشْكُونْ
to listen (past singular masculine)
سْمَعْ
story
حْكَايَة
people
نَاسْ
father
بو
friend
صَاحِبْ
always
دِيمَا
must, has to be
لَازِمْ
to allow, to leave (past singular masculine)
خَلَّا
he took
خْذَا
Omar (man’s name)
عُمَرْ
before
قْبَلْ
year, school grade
سَنَةْ
some
بَعْضْ
a house
دار
a year
عَامْ
God, the Lord
رَبِّى
Sir, Mr.
سي
either, or
إمَّا
word
كِلْمَةْ
big, large, old
كْبِيرَ
discourse marker expressing hearer’s knowledge, speaker’s frustration
تي
day
يُومْ
job, work, service
خِدْمَة
better
خِيرْ
blessing, something good
خِيرْ
why
عْلَاشْ
daughter
بِنْتْ
day
نْهارْ
we
أحْنَا
feeling
حَسْ
to live (past singular masculine)
عَاشْ
to bring (past singular masculine)
جاب
not, negative marker
مُوشْ
why are you, what’s the matter with you?
شْبِيكْ
head
رَاسْ
name, noun
إسْمْ
like that, that way
أكَا
also, too
زَادَا
still, not yet
مَازَالْ
then, as a result, so (intuitive result)
يَاخِي
money
فْلُوسْ
Dad
بَابَا
one time, once
مَرَّة
mister, sir
سَيِّدْ
master
سَيِّدْ
sitting down
قَاعِدْ
doing something currently
قَاعِدْ
new
جْدِيدْ
morning
صْبَاحْ
Tunisian, Tunisian person
تُونْسِي
to return (past singular masculine)
عَادْ
to visit a sick person (past singular masculine)
عَادْ
go, get out of here, go ahead
بَرَّا
two
زُوزْ
to teach, instruct (past singular masculine)
قَرَّى
to hold, take, pick up (past singular masculine)
هَزّْ
about, to do with
عَنْ
to come back (past singular masculine)
رْجَعْ
more
أكْثِرْ
hour
سَاعَة
hour
سَاعَة
the first modern secondary school in Tunisia (near Kasba)
صَادْقِيَّة
near, close to, next to
بَحْذَا
to add (past singular masculine)
زَادْ
to explain (past singular masculine)
فَهِّمْ
for no reason
أكَّاكَا
like that
أكَّاكَا
it was ok, not great
أكَّاكَا
right
حَقْ
life
حَيَاةْ
Hayat (woman’s name)
حَيَاةْ
to hold, grab (past singular masculine)
شد
wedding
عِرْسْ
hand, arm
يِدْ
place
بْلَاصَة
where
وِينْ
to put, place (past singular masculine)
حطْ
if
إذَا
limit, end
حَدّْ
person
حَدّْ
alive
حَيْ
to reach, arrive (past singular masculine)
وْصِلْ
to buy, purchase (past singular masculine)
شْرَى
we
نَحْنَا
Yasser (man’s name)
يَاسِرْ
to see (past singular masculine)
رَا
to eat (past singular masculine)
كْلَا
to write, edit, compose (past singular masculine)
ألِّفْ
clay used for making skin smooth, brighter
طفَلْ
four
أرْبْعَةْ
bullet
بَالْ
girl
طُفْلَةْ
relation, relationship
عَلَاقَةْ
in front of
قُدّامْ
between
بِينْ
to open, turn on, begin (past singular masculine)
حَلْ
really small or young (cute)
صْغَيَّرْ
type
نَوْعْ
country, hometown
بْلَادْ
brain, mind
مُخّْ
to oblige, force, require (past singular masculine)
لْزِمْ
right
صْحِيحْ
life, the world, everything
دِنْيَا
month
شْهَرْ
full, complete, perfect
كَامِلْ
to no longer have feelings, be hard (past singular masculine)
مَاعَادِشْ إِحِسّْ
one hundred
مْيَا
here
لَهْنَا
existing
مَوْجُودْ
subject, matter
مَوْضُوعْ
to catch something contagious (past singular masculine)
تِعْدَى
eye
عِينْ
evil eye
عِينْ
take, here is
هَاكْ
divorce
طْلَاقْ
let’s, come on
هَيَّا
to speak, talk (past singular masculine)
تْكَلِّمْ
to give (past singular masculine)
عْطَى
car
كَرْهْبَةْ
that
هَذَاكَا
sister
أُخْتْ
private, personal
خَاصْ
heart
قَلْبْ
to play (past singular masculine)
لّعَبْ
night
لِيلْ
one, thing, person
وَحْدَا
five
خَمْسَة
worker, employee
عَامِلْ
to change, transform (past singular masculine)
غَيِّرْ
for example
مَثَلًا
door
بَابْ
how much
قَدَّاشْ
to start, begin, commence (past singular masculine)
بْدَا
to watch, view (past singular masculine)
تفرّج
illegal marriage, but not anti-Islamic
عُرْفِي
to judge, rule, sentence (past singular masculine)
حْكَمْ
to sleep, fall asleep (past singular masculine)
رقد
twenty
عِشْرِينْ
there
غَادِي
Coffee
قَهْوَةْ
coffee shop, café
قَهْوَةْ
face
وْجْهْ
action (usually negative connotation)
عَمْلَةْ
clothes
لِبَاسْ
logical but not intuitive result
مَالَا
to do something, to get up, stand up (past singular masculine)
قَامْ
welcome
مَرْحْبَا
sometimes
سَاعَاتْ
to live, dwell (past singular masculine)
سْكِنْ
to show, indicate (past singular masculine)
ظَهِّرْ
breath
نْفَسْ
Where are you?, How are you?
وِينِكْ
donkey
بْهِيمْ
idiot, stupid person
بْهِيمْ
to laugh (past singular masculine)
ضْحَكْ
to hit, beat (past singular masculine)
ضْرَبْ
to spend time, to eat lots (slang) (past singular masculine)
ضْرَبْ
film, movie
فِيلِمْ
to enlarge, to grow (past singular masculine)
كَبِّرْ
hair
شْعَرْ
to die, pass away (past singular masculine)
مَاتْ
to sell (past singular masculine)
بَاعْ
one dinar
دِينَارْ
health
صِحَّةْ
habit, tradition
عَادَةْ
ten
عَشْرَةْ
that
أَن
atmosphere, weather, ambience
جّو
family
عَايْلَةْ
familial
عَايْلِي
team, crew
فَرِيقْ
Dog
كَلْبْ
to forget (past singular masculine)
نْسَا
to drink (past singular masculine)
شْرَبْ
to go up in price (past singular masculine)
غَلَّا
lying
كِذْبْ
what a, how
مَلاَّ
here
هُونِي
God willing
إنشاالله
bad
خَايِبْ
to go back home, return (past singular masculine)
رَوَّحْ
street, avenue
شَارِعْ
Arab
عَرْبِي
one million
مَلْيُونْ
one thousand dinars
مَلْيُونْ
quickly, fast, hurry up
فِيسَعْ
to be afraid (past singular masculine)
خَافْ
good, great
مْلِيحْ
that’s enough, stop, quit
يِزِّي
to stay, remain (past singular masculine)
بقى
neighborhood
حُومَة
point of view, opinion
رَايْ
six
سِتَّة
to marry (past singular masculine)
عَرِّسْ
father, dad
وَالِدْ
when
وَقْتَاشْ
there you go, there something is
أهَوْكَةَ
difficult
صْعِيبْ
strict, tough
صْعِيبْ
fine, doing well, good
لَابَاسْ
alone, on his one, single
وَحِيدْ
Wahid (man’s name)
وَحِيدْ
first
أوّل
could I ask you something?
بالله بِشْ نِسْهْلِكْ
for God’s sake, please
بْرَبِّي
neighbour
جَارْ
is it true?, really?, maybe, perhaps
زَعْمَة
up or above, on top of
فُوقْ
court case
قَضِيّةْ
to go down (past singular masculine)
هْبَطْ
like that, that way
هَكَّا
to switch, change (past singular masculine)
بدّل
to try, attempt (past singular masculine)
حَاوِلْ
Hannen (Tunisian woman’s name)
حَنَانْ
doctor
طْبِيبْ
world
عَالَمْ
to finish, continue (past singular masculine)
كَمِّلْ
player
لَاعِبْ
the first
لُولْ
food
مَاكْلَةْ
she isn’t
مَهِيشْ
of course
بِالطْبِيعَة
picture, image
تَصْوِيرَة
Tunisians
تْوَانْسَة
natural
طَبِيعِي
hello, hi
أهْلَا
revolution
ثَوْرَة
condition, situation
حَالَة
terrible situation, how bad
حَالَة
Mr. President
سيادة الرئيس
water
مَاءْ
phone, telephone
تَلِفُونْ
to forgive (past singular masculine)
سَامَحْ
straight ahead, direct
طُولْ
length
طُولْ
precious, important, beloved, dear
عْزيزْ
important
مُهِمّْ
clean
نْظِيفْ
yeah, uhuh
آهْ
ooh, missing the old times
آهْ
sentence, PHR
جُمْلَة
prison, jail
حَبْسْ
political party
حِزْبْ
to stay awake (past singular masculine)
سهر
party, evening fun
سَهْرِيَّة
picture, image, photo
صُورَةْ
normal
عَادي
specific, given
مُعَيِّنْ
far, away, distant
بْعِيدْ
education, discipline, politeness
تُرْبِيَة
milk
حْلِيبْ
to accept (past singular masculine)
قبِلْ
he is going out
خَارِجْ
market
سُوقْ
to pass on, infect (past singular masculine)
عْدَى
to step, move forward (past singular masculine)
قَدّمْ
to develop (past singular masculine)
قَدّمْ
to present, introduce (past singular masculine)
قَدّمْ
but, yet
لَكِنْ
elected, chosen
مُنْتَخَبْ
national team
مُنْتَخَبْ
incomplete, lacking, missing
نَاقِصْ
hey
هَا
the beginning, the first of
أَوّلْ
eight
ثْمَانْيَة
a group
جْمَاعَة
education, studies
قْرَايَةْ
successful
نَاجِحْ
text
نَصْ
clear
وَاضِحْ
to imagine, think (past singular masculine)
تصوّر
to get your picture taken (past singular masculine)
تصوّر
truth
حْقِيقَة
to think (past singular masculine)
خمِّمْ
doctor
دُكْتُورْ
to mean, intend (past singular masculine)
قْصَدْ
to go toward (past singular masculine)
قْصَدْ
you didn’t, negation of “you”
مَاكِشْ
to shorten, lessen (past singular masculine)
نَقِّصْ
if
إنْ
under
تَحْتْ
television
تَلْفْزَة
Love
حُبّْ
dear, beloved
حْبِيبْ
to calculate, add up (past singular masculine)
حْسِبْ
thought
حْسِبْ
sweet, delicious
حْلُو
nice, beautiful
حْلُو
he turned
دَارْ
a house
دَارْ
beneath, without
دُونْ
expensive
غَالِي
valuable, significant
غَالِي
to purchase, buy, go shopping (past singular masculine)
قْضَى
one piece, one of, one item
كَعْبَةْ
to talk to, speak to (past singular masculine)
كَلِّمْ
time period
مُدَّةْ
to become ill, sick (past singular masculine)
مْرُضْ
married
مَعَرِّسْ
to take off, remove (past singular masculine)
نَحِّي
here
هْنَا
condition
حَالْ
opening
حَالْ
to be present (past singular masculine)
حْضَرْ
to be ready (past singular masculine)
حْضَرْ
the aunt (mother’s sister)
خَالَة
to have cooked, be ready to eat (past singular masculine)
طَابْ
tomorrow
غُدْوَةْ
to have fun, welcome, treat well (past singular masculine)
فْرَحْ
to write (past singular masculine)
كْتِبْ
ball
كُورَةْ
attorney, lawyer
مُحَامِي
coach, manager
مُدَرِّبْ
soon, I’ll go do that
آتَوّا
less
أقَلْ
human, person
إنْسَانْ
only, one, just
بَرْكْ
to hope for, hope (past singular masculine)
ترجّى
to ask for, beg (past singular masculine)
ترجّى
regional offices, branches, regionalism
جِهَاوِيَّاتْ
fifty
خَمْسِينْ
price
سُومْ
Chafik (man’s name)
شَفِيقْ
compassionate, merciful person
شَفِيقْ
to wonder, like, be amazed (past singular masculine)
عْجَبْ
perhaps, maybe
يُمْكِنْ
you plural, y’all
إنْتُومَة
exactly
بالضَّبْطْ
municipality, town hall
بلديّة
to train, work out, practice a sport (past singular masculine)
ترانى
to behave, act, take action (past singular masculine)
تصرّف
to pull (past singular masculine)
جْبِدْ
to close, close partially (past singular masculine)
رَدْ
to answer, react (past singular masculine)
رَدْ
to vomit, throw up (past singular masculine)
رَدْ
question
سُؤَالْ
to call, ask for (past singular masculine)
طْلَب
therapy, treatment
عِلَاجْ
operation, action
عَمَلِيَّةْ
thought, idea
فِكْرَة
Card, credit card, playing cards
كَارْطَةْ
book
كْتَابْ
to multiply something, increase (past singular masculine)
كَثِّرْ
to wear, put on (past singular masculine)
لِبِسْ
metro
مِتْرُو
sick
مْرِيضْ
dead, deceased
مَيِّتْ
paper or leaf
وَرْقَة
better
أحْسِنْ
administration, office, management
إدَارَةْ
Oh, oh no
أوهْ
card
بِطَاقَة
desk, office
بيرو
to remember (past singular masculine)
تْفَكِّرْ
week
جِمْعَة
Friday
جِمْعَة
conversation
حْدِيثْ
protectors
حُمَاةْ
to turn, turn around (past singular masculine)
دورْ
to drive (past singular masculine)
سَاقْ
leg, foot
سَاقْ
to close, turn off (past singular masculine)
سَكِّرْ
to give over, hand over (past singular masculine)
سَلِّمْ
to greet, say hi (past singular masculine)
سَلِّمْ
summer
صِيفْ
against
ضِدّْ
to repeat, do something again (past singular masculine)
عَاوِدْ
feast, vacation
عِيدْ
respect
قْدَرْ
destiny
قْدَرْ
respectful distance
قْدَرْ
old
قْدِيمْ
one moment, just a moment
لَحْظَةْ
miss, ma’am
مَادَامْ
place, area
مَكَانْ
normal, no problem
نُورْمَالْ
cop, police
بُولِيسْ
room
بِيتْ
history
تَارِيخْ
second
ثَانِي
clothes
حْوَايِجْ
things
حْوَايِجْ
fifteen
خْمُسْتَاشْ
gold
ذْهَبْ
seven
سَبْعَة
to fall (past singular masculine)
طَاحْ
small piece
طَرْفْ
Ali (man’s name)
عْلِي
there
غَادِيكَا
same
فَرْدْ
gun
فَرْدْ
close
قْرِيبْ
to seek, look for, search for (past singular masculine)
لَوِّجْ
Maroua (woman’s name)
مَرْوَى
straight, level
مِسْتْوِي
known, popular
مَعْرُوفْ
law
قَانُونْ
give me
هَاتْ
patriotic
وَطَنِي
Walid (man’s name)
وَلِيدْ
white
أبْيِضْ
yesterday
بارح
Ines (woman’s name)
إينَاسْ
free
بْلَاشْ
from the family of
بني
girl
بِنِيَّة
to die, pass away (past singular masculine)
تْوَفَى
judge
حَاكِمْ
police
حَاكِمْ
to pay, give a salary (past singular masculine)
خَلْص
to save, rescue, get out of a tough situation (past singular masculine)
خَلْص
to comfort, tell someone “May God have mercy on him” (past singular masculine)
رحّم
athlete
رِيَاضِي
luck
زْهَرْ
easy
سَاهِلْ
young person, handsome
شباب
to not sleep all night, pull an all-nighter (past singular masculine)
صَبَّحْ
to greet someone in the morning (past singular masculine)
صَبَّحْ
to repair, to fix (past singular masculine)
صَلَّحْ
to be always with someone, something (negative connotation) (past singular masculine)
عَابِدْ
flag
عَلَمْ
to teach, educate (past singular masculine)
عَلِّمْ
to pass by, go on (past singular masculine)
فَاتْ