← All lessons
Level A1
Action Verbs - Making & Creating
15 words · ~15 min
Grammar focus
Verbs for creating, building, changing, and transforming. These verbs are useful for describing processes and results.
Lesson overview
Action Verbs - Making & Creating is a level A1 lesson of 15 words: 15 verbs. Its words come from 14 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Action Verbs - Work & Study (A1)
- Leads to: Action Verbs - Social Interactions (A1)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
أَرْسَلَ arsala | to send | verb | ر-س-ل |
اِسْتَلَمَ istalama | to receive | verb | س-ل-م |
رَدَّ radda | to reply / to return (something) | verb | ر-د-د |
شَكَرَ shakara | to thank | verb | ش-ك-ر |
وَعَدَ waʿada | to promise | verb | و-ع-د |
قَبِلَ qabila | to accept | verb | ق-ب-ل |
رَفَضَ rafaḍa | to refuse / to reject | verb | ر-ف-ض |
نَقَلَ naqala | to transfer / to move | verb | ن-ق-ل |
تَرَكَ taraka | to leave / to abandon | verb | ت-ر-ك |
أَخْبَرَ akhbara | to inform / to tell | verb | خ-ب-ر |
أَصْبَحَ aṣbaḥa | to become / to start the morning | verb | ص-ب-ح |
صَارَ ṣāra | to become | verb | ص-ي-ر |
بَقِيَ baqiya | to stay / to remain | verb | ب-ق-ي |
عَاشَ ʿāsha | to live / to be alive | verb | ع-ي-ش |
وُلِدَ wulida | to be born | verb | و-ل-د |
Themes these words belong to: Verbs (15), Communication (6), Actions (4), Daily (3), Advanced Verbs (2), Quranic (2), Basics (2), Work (1)
Sample word cards
أَرْسَلَ
arsala
to send
اِسْتَلَمَ
istalama
to receive
رَدَّ
radda
to reply / to return (something)
Exercises and spaced review for all 15 words
"Action Verbs - Making & Creating" is one of 144 vocabulary lessons in Fahm Premium, each with guided exercises and spaced-repetition review. The first 10 lessons are free to try.
Free sample lessons stay free forever, and the whole dictionary, root explorer, conjugation tables and review queue are free for everyone.