Which Arabic words should I learn first?

The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.

What comes after these 100 words?

Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Arabic words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Your first 100 Arabic words

New to Arabic? Here are 100 easy words to start with: verbs, the small words of grammar and everyday vocabulary, translated into English.

These words come from the 26 grammar and everyday-life topics of KoKo. The app holds 2,234 words at this level.

Grammar 24 words

Arabic	English
قال	to say
قرأ	to read
ضحك	to laugh
قتل	to kill
منخفض	low
جيد	good
قاس	hard
أكيد	sure
هناك	thereAt that place, nearby or pointed out
هنا	here
بشكل سيئ	badly
قليلا	little
إلى	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
من	fromProvenance, origin
و	and
أو	or
هذا	thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a consonant
بعض	somePartitive article, masculine singular
هو	heSubject pronoun, masculine singular
أنا	ISubject pronoun, first person singular
دخل	to come in
خرج من	to get out
ساعد على	to help to
خلع	to take off

Everyday life 76 words

Arabic	English
لا	no
نعم	yes
شكرا	thank you
أهلا	hiInformal greeting
واحد	one
عشرة	ten
قليل	few
ستة	six
نهاية	end
مايو	May
صيف	summer
أغسطس	August
عظم	boneHard part of the skeleton
عنق	neck
ظهر	back
أنف	nose
راحة	rest
صحة	health
فيروس	virus
سرطان	cancer
صديق	friendPerson bound by friendship, standard register
رضيع	baby
ابن	son
زوج	husbandEveryday use
مجنون	crazy
خائب الأمل	disappointed
فرح	joy
خوف	fear
مفتاح	key
سرير	bed
جدار	wall
أرضية	floor
خشب	wood
مسمار	nail
منشار	saw
دلو	bucket
راق	smart
جلد	leather
جينز	jeans
تنورة	skirt
ثوم	garlic
قمح	wheat
ماء	water
عصير	juice
عضوي	organic
وعاء	bowl
جوع	hunger
طعم	flavour
كيس	bag
غال	expensive
تكلفة	cost
سعر	price
شارع	street
محطة قطار	train station
منتزه	park
خريطة	map
حافلة	bus
دراجة نارية	motorbike
ميناء	harbour
عجلة	wheel
رحلة جوية	flight
موقع	site
مرشد	guide
فندق	hotel
شرق	east
بحيرة	lake
بحر	sea
منقار	beak
ديك	rooster
عش	nest
ذهب	gold
حديد	iron
أزرق	blue
رابط	link
صفحة	page
مكالمة	call

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Frequently asked questions

Which Arabic words should I learn first?: The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.
What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Arabic words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Arabic vocabulary on iPhone.