Action Verbs - Daily Activities
13 words · ~15 min
Verbs for everyday activities. Practice conjugating these verbs in the present tense with different pronouns: 'ana aktub' (I write), 'anta taktub' (you write), 'huwa yaktub' (he writes).
Lesson overview
Action Verbs - Daily Activities is a level A1 lesson of 13 words: 13 verbs. Its words come from 13 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Action Verbs - Movement & Travel (A1)
- Leads to: Action Verbs - Communication (A1)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
قَرَأَ qaraʾa | to read | verb | ق-ر-أ |
سَمِعَ samiʿa | to hear / to listen | verb | س-م-ع |
فَهِمَ fahima | to understand | verb | ف-ه-م |
نَامَ nāma | to sleep | verb | ن-و-م |
اِسْتَيْقَظَ istayqaẓa | to wake up | verb | ي-ق-ظ |
جَلَسَ jalasa | to sit / to sit down | verb | ج-ل-س |
وَقَفَ waqafa | to stand / to stop | verb | و-ق-ف |
اِسْتَحَمَّ istaḥamma | to take a bath / to shower | verb | ح-م-م |
عَرَفَ ʿarafa | to know | verb | ع-ر-ف |
ظَنَّ ẓanna | to think / to suppose | verb | ظ-ن-ن |
ذَكَرَ dhakara | to remember / to mention | verb | ذ-ك-ر |
نَسِيَ nasiya | to forget | verb | ن-س-ي |
أَحَبَّ aḥabba | to love / to like | verb | ح-ب-ب |
Themes these words belong to: Verbs (13), Cognition (5), Daily (5), Communication (3), Quranic (2), Health (2), Emotions (1)
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