Arabic vocabulary: Age & life stages – 49 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

لا يا أم فراس. أنا كبرت وسافرت كتير بحياتي، أقدر أتعامل مع أي تغيير.

No Um Firas. I have grown old and traveled a lot in my life, I can deal with any change.

هذا صعب أن يعرفه رجل غريب.

This is difficult for a strange man to know.

تَقُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «يَحْتَاجُ اِبْنِي إِلَى طَبِيبٍ.»

The woman says: “My son needs a doctor.”

يَجْلِسُ الطِّفْلُ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ.

The child sits on the chair.

دَرَسَتْ مُنْذُ صِغَرِهَا، وَكَتَبَتْ عَنِ النِّسَاءِ وَعَنْ أَهَمِّيَّةِ التَّعْلِيمِ.

She studied from a young age, and she wrote about women and the importance of education.

نُورٌ فَتاةٌ فُضُولِيَّةٌ.

Nour is a curious girl.

نعم. عمرها ٨٠ سنة.

Yes. She is 80 years old.

لم أذكر اسمك، يا شاب.

I didn't mention your name, young man.

الْوَلَدُ يَجِدُ الدَّفَّ الأَحْمَرَ!

The boy finds the red tambourine!

اليوم هو ذكرى وفاته، وتريد العائلة أن تتذكره بطبق من زيتونه المحبوب.

Today is the anniversary of his death, and the family wants to remember him with a dish of his beloved olives.

بنات لا تتخانقوا بسببي خلينا نلاقي حل.

Girls, don't fight because of me let's find a solution.

يا خالتي أنا كبير بالسن ما بقدر أستحم ببرد!!

My aunt, I am old in age I can't bathe in the cold!!

طيب هدّوا يا شباب.

Okay, calm down guys.

بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ، يَرَى رَجُلًا عَجُوزًا اسْمُهُ الشَّيْخُ خَالِدٌ.

After the prayer, he sees an old man his name is Sheikh Khalid.

نُورُ هِيَ أُخْتِي الصُّغْرَى.

Noor is my younger sister.

الْكُلُّ يَعْرِفُ أَنَّ كَرِيمًا وَيُوسُفَ كَانَا صَدِيقَيْنِ مُنْذُ الطُّفُولَةِ.

Everyone knows that Karim and Yusuf were friends since childhood.

كَانَ أَبُوهُ رَجُلًا مُسِنًّا وَمَرِيضًا.

His father was an elderly and sick man.

سَارَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِلَا مَاءٍ، حَتَّى شَعَرَ أَنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَرِيبٌ.

He walked for three days without water, until he felt that death was near.

نعم. عندهم برنامج للشباب الصغار.

Yes. They have a program for young youth.

فِي اَلْمُدَرَّجَاتِ، وَلَدٌ يَصْرُخُ: "هَذَا كَلْبِي بُطْرُسُ!"

In the stands, a boy shouts: "This is my dog Butrus!"

لَمْ يَكُنِ الْفَخْرُ الَّذِي شَعَرَ بِهِ بِسَبَبِ الْمَالِ الَّذِي رَبِحَتْهُ أُسْرَتُهُ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِأَنَّهُ فَهِمَ أَخِيرًا أَنَّ هٰذَا الطَّرِيقَ لَا يَحْمِلُ اللُّبَانَ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ يَحْمِلُ أَيْضًا ثِقَةَ الرِّجَالِ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ، وَحِكْمَةَ الْآبَاءِ الَّتِي تَنْتَقِلُ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ، مِثْلَ ذٰلِكَ النَّجْمِ الَّذِي لَا يَتَحَرَّكُ.

the pride he felt was not only because of the money his family earned, but because he finally understood that this road does not carry frankincense alone, but it also carries the trust of men in one another, and the wisdom of the fathers which is passed down from generation to generation, like that star which does not move.

أمي دفنت قبر فاضي وانت شارب قهوة بمكان تاني؟؟

My mother buried an empty grave and you were drinking coffee in another place??

فضّلت أختفي بشكل كامل، حتى الجنازة كانت... مرتبة عشان يقتنعوا إني متوفى

I preferred to disappear completely, even the funeral was... arranged so they would be convinced that I am deceased

كَانَتْ سَارَةُ تَنْتَظِرُ هُدَى فِي الْمَقْبَرَةِ، لَكِنَّ هُدَى لَمْ تَأْتِ.

Sarah was waiting for Huda at the cemetery, but Huda did not come.

يزن... يزن اسمعني منيح. هاي مو مزحة، فيه ناس بتستغل هيك أشياء عشان يبتزوا الناس. أبوك توفى قبل 12 سنة بحادث سيارة، أنا كنت في الدفن، أنا شفت... بس والله ما شفت شي واضح، الحادث كان قاسي كتير. اسمعني، لا تصدق كل شي يوصلك.

Yazan... Yazan, listen to me carefully. This is not a joke, there are people who exploit such things to blackmail others. Your father passed away 12 years ago in a car accident, I was at the burial, I saw... but I honestly didn't see anything clearly, the accident was very severe. Listen, don't believe everything you receive.

طفلة صغيرة تسجلها

A small girl would score it

دَرَسَتْ مُنْذُ صِغَرِهَا، وَكَتَبَتْ عَنِ النِّسَاءِ وَعَنْ أَهَمِّيَّةِ التَّعْلِيمِ.

She studied from a young age, and she wrote about women and the importance of education.

يوم ميلادي بعد يومين بس! 🎂

My birthday is in just two days!

صبي صغير وبنت صغيرة، واقفين قدام بيت

A little boy and a little girl, standing in front of a house

مش فاكرة اسمه، بس قالت إنه كان راجل كبير في السن شوية وكنتِ سرحانة معاه كتير

She doesn't remember his name, but she said he was a somewhat elderly man and you were very preoccupied/distracted with him

من صغري وهو يقول "الهندسة مستقبل مضمون"

Since I was young he has been saying "Engineering is a guaranteed future"

فضّلت أختفي بشكل كامل، حتى الجنازة كانت... مرتبة عشان يقتنعوا إني متوفى

I preferred to disappear completely, even the funeral was... arranged so they would be convinced that I am deceased

أبوي مات وما قدر يقول شي.

My father died and couldn't say anything.

فِي الشَّهْرِ الْمَاضِي، تُوُفِّيَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَجْأَةً.

Last month, Ibrahim passed away suddenly.

سَأَلَتْهُ لَيْلَى بِصَوْتٍ هَادِئٍ: «وَأَيْنَ زَوْجَتُكَ الْآنَ؟» أَجَابَ الرَّجُلُ بِحُزْنٍ: «تُوُفِّيَتْ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ.

Layla asked him in a quiet voice: 'And where is your wife now?' The man answered sadly: 'She passed away three years ago.

يا حبيبتي هي أقدم من ذلك

My dear, it is older than that

ريم... أنا... من زمان بدي احكيلك هاد الشي وما قدرت. لما سافرت، أبوي هو اللي طلب مني أروح. كان تعبان، والدكاترة قالوا الوضع مش تمام، وهو خاف يموت وانا هون بلا شغل وبلا مستقبل. قالي "روح يا سامر، اعمل حالك، وانا بدي بس أطمن انك بخير". وانا... صدقته. تركت كل شي وطرت. وكل يوم من يومها حاسس اني هربت وانا مش هربت. بس ما قدرت أقولك هاي القصة قبل هلأ لأني كنت خايف تلوميني اكتر

Reem... I... I've wanted to tell you this for a long time and I couldn't. When I traveled, my father was the one who asked me to go. He was sick, and the doctors said the situation wasn't good, and he was afraid of dying while I was here with no job and no future. He told me, 'Go, Samer, make something of yourself, and I just want to know you're okay.' And I... I believed him. I left everything and flew. And every day since then, I've felt like I ran away, but I didn't. I couldn't tell you this story until now because I was afraid you would blame me more.

ماشي، بس ما راح تصدقي كم كبرت 😄

Fine, but you won't believe how much she has grown

أنا كنت بعدني ما تولدت بهالفترة

I wasn't born yet in this period

تَزَوَّجَتْ سَارَةُ، وَأَنْجَبَتْ طِفْلَيْنِ.

Sarah got married, and gave birth to two children.

فِي تِلْكَ اللَّحْظَةِ بِالذَّاتِ نَظَرَ فِي عَيْنَيْ عَادِلٍ وَرَأَى شَيْئًا لَمْ يَتَوَقَّعْهُ لَيْسَ خَوْفًا مِنَ الْهَزِيمَةِ، بَلْ إِرْهَاقًا مِنْ نَوْعٍ آخَرَ إِرْهَاقًا نَابِعًا مِنْ سِنِينَ طَوِيلَةٍ مِنَ الْعَدَاءِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَخْتَرْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمَا قَالَ عَادِلٌ بِصَوْتٍ خَافِتٍ، لَا يَكَادُ يُسْمَعُ وَسْطَ ضَجِيجِ الْجُمْهُورِ أَبِي يَحْتَضِرُ يَا كَرَمُ، وَآخِرُ كَلَامٍ قَالَهُ لِي هُوَ أَنَّهُ نَدِمَ عَلَى تِلْكَ التُّرْعَةِ اللَّعِينَةِ الَّتِي فَرَّقَتْنَا تَوَقَّفَتِ الْحَرَكَةُ تَمَامًا.

At that very moment he looked into Adel's eyes and saw something he didn't expect not fear of defeat, but exhaustion of another kind an exhaustion stemming from long years of enmity that neither of them had chosen Adel said in a faint voice, barely heard amidst the noise of the crowd My father is dying, Karam, and the last thing he said to me is that he regretted that cursed canal that divided us The movement stopped completely.

يا خالتي أنا كبير بالسن ما بقدر أستحم ببرد!!

My aunt, I am old in age I can't bathe in the cold!!

أنت صغير، خاصك ورقة من أخوك الكبير.

You are young, you need a paper from your big brother.

يَشْرَبُ الشَّيْخُ الشَّايَ، وَيَهْدَأُ وَجْهُهُ.

The Sheikh drinks the tea, and his face calms down.

كاتب فيها بالحرف: "يزن، أنا أبوك. أنا حي. سامحني."

It literally says: "Yazan, I am your father. I am alive. Forgive me."

عَادَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى أَحْفَادِهَا، وَنَظَرَتْ إِلَيْهِمْ بِعُيُونٍ هَادِئَةٍ، وَقَالَتْ: سَالِمٌ كَانَ جَدِّي الْأَكْبَرَ.

Fatima returned (her attention) to her grandchildren, and looked at them with calm eyes, and said: 'Salem was my great-grandfather.'

أَدْرَكَ حِينَهَا أَنَّ الْمَجْدَ الَّذِي يَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ الْقَادَةُ يُدْفَعُ ثَمَنُهُ أَحْيَانًا مِنْ أَرْوَاحِ أُنَاسٍ بُسَطَاءَ لَا يُذْكَرُ اسْمُهُمْ فِي كُتُبِ التَّارِيخِ.

He realized then that the glory that leaders seek is sometimes paid for with the lives of simple people whose names are not mentioned in history books.

عِنْدَمَا تُوُفِّيَتِ الجَدَّةُ سُعَادُ، لَمْ تَتْرُكْ وَرَاءَهَا لَا ثَرْوَةً طَائِلَةً وَلَا حُلِيًّا نَادِرَةً، بَلْ تَرَكَتْ صُنْدُوقًا خَشَبِيًّا صَغِيرًا، مُقْفَلًا بِإِحْكَامٍ شَدِيدٍ، فِي أَعْمَقِ زَاوِيَةٍ مِنَ الخِزَانَةِ القَدِيمَةِ المَصْنُوعَةِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

When Grandma Souad passed away, she did not leave behind a vast fortune or rare jewelry, but rather she left a small wooden box, tightly locked, in the deepest corner of the old wardrobe made of cedar wood.

كَفَى مَا مَضَى لَمْ يَفْهَمِ الْأَطْفَالُ مَا حَدَثَ، لَكِنَّ الْكِبَارَ الَّذِينَ عَاشُوا الْخِلَافَ مِنَ الْبِدَايَةِ، شَعَرُوا بِثِقْلٍ كَبِيرٍ يَنْزَاحُ عَنْ صُدُورِهِمْ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، تُوُفِّيَ وَالِدُ عَادِلٍ لَكِنَّهُ رَحَلَ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ خِلَافَهُ الْقَدِيمَ قَدِ انْتَهَى لَا بِانْتِصَارٍ، بَلْ بِمُصَافَحَةٍ شُجَاعَةٍ فِي وَسَطِ سَاحَةٍ طِينِيَّةٍ أَمَامَ قَرْيَةٍ تَوَقَّفَتْ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ لِتُشَاهِدَ وَخَرَجَتْ وَقَدْ تَعَلَّمَتْ دَرْسًا فِي التَّسَامُحِ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَتَوَقَّعُهُ

What’s past is enough. The children did not understand what happened, but the adults who lived the dispute from the beginning, felt a great weight being lifted from their chests A few days later, Adel's father passed away but he departed knowing that his old dispute had ended not with a victory, but with a brave handshake in the middle of a muddy square in front of a village that stopped working to watch and came out having learned a lesson in tolerance they had not expected