الْأَلْوَانُ وَالْأَشْكَال
Vocabulary lesson 8 of 20
Colors and Shapes
Describe what something looks like with clear visual words.
The color forms listed here are the common masculine singular forms. Arabic adjectives change to match the noun they describe.
Begin by recognising the base word. Agreement becomes much easier once the color itself is familiar.
The fifteen words
01
أَبْيَض
abyad
white
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02
أَسْوَد
aswad
black
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03
أَحْمَر
ahmar
red
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04
أَزْرَق
azraq
blue
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05
أَخْضَر
akhdar
green
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06
أَصْفَر
asfar
yellow
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07
بُنِّيّ
bunni
brown
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08
بُرْتُقَالِيّ
burtuqali
orange
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09
وَرْدِيّ
wardi
pink
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10
رَمَادِيّ
ramadi
gray
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11
لَوْن
lawn
color
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12
دَائِرَة
da'irah
circle
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13
مُرَبَّع
murabba'
square
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14
خَطّ
khatt
line
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15
شَكْل
shakl
shape
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Practice without looking
Find five objects and name each color. Add kabir or saghir to describe its size.
Recognition is only the first step. Close the list, retrieve the words, then check what you missed.