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The question words of Arabic: what, who, where, when, why, how, which, how many and how much, from the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists with readings and meanings. Learn these first and you can ask for everything else.
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Arabic question words come at the start of the sentence, and a plain yes-or-no question is marked with ูููู hal in front of an ordinary statement: hal anta แนญฤlib? is "are you a student?". Arabic writes its question mark reversed, ุ.
| English | Arabic | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| what (before a noun) | ู ูุง | mฤ |
| what (before a verb) | ู ูุงุฐูุง | mฤdhฤ |
| who | ู ููู | man |
| where | ุฃููููู | ayna |
| when | ู ูุชูู | matฤ |
| why | ููู ูุงุฐูุง | limฤdhฤ |
| how | ูููููู | kayfa |
| which | ุฃููู | ayy |
| how many, how much | ููู ู | kam |
| yes/no question | ูููู | hal |
| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ุฃููู | ayy | which or what | A1 | ุฃูููู ููุชูุงุจู ุชูุฑููุฏูุAyyu kitฤbin turฤซdu?Which book do you want? |
| ุฃููููู | ayna | where | A1 | ุฃููููู ุจูููุชูููุAyna baytuka?Where is your house? |
| ู ุง | mฤ | what | A1 | ุฃูุญูุจูู ู ูุง ููู ุงูุญููููุจูุฉู.Uแธฅibbu mฤ fฤซ al-แธฅaqฤซbati.I like what is in the bag. |
| ูููููู | kayfa | how | A1 | ูููููู ุญูุงููููุKayfa แธฅฤluka?How are you? |
| ููู ุงุฐุง | limฤdhฤ | why | A1 | ููู ูุงุฐูุง ุชูุฃููููู ุงูุชูููููุงุญูุฉูุLimฤdhฤ taสพkulu al-ttuffฤแธฅata?Why are you eating the apple? |
| ู ุงุฐุง | mฤdhฤ | what | A1 | ู ูุงุฐูุง ุชูุฃููููู ููู ุงูุตููุจูุงุญูุMฤdhฤ taสพkulu fฤซ al-แนฃแนฃabฤแธฅi?What do you eat in the morning? |
| ู ูุชูู | matฤ | when | A1 | ู ูุชูู ุชูุฐูููุจู ุฅูููู ุงููู ูุฏูุฑูุณูุฉูุMatฤ tadhhabu ilฤ al-madrasati?When do you go to school? |
| ูููู | hal | interrogative particle (yes/no) | A1 | ูููู ุฃูููุชู ุจูุฎูููุฑูุHal anta bikhayrin?Are you well? |
| ููู ู | kam | how much or many | A1 | ููู ู ุฃูุฎูุง ุนูููุฏูููุKam akhanฤ สฟindaka?How many brothers do you have? |
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