Gulf Arabic Grammar
...G.2.1. Definite Article ...G.2.2 Personal Pronouns ...G.2.3 Possessive Pronouns ...G.2.4. Possessives with maal- ...G.2.5 Commands and Requests ...G.2.6 Broken Plural ...G.2.7 Plural -aat ...G.2.8 Plural -iin ...G.2.9 Plural -iyya ...G.3.1 The Construct State - iDaafat ...G.3.2 The Dual Form ...G.3.3 Adjectives ...G.3.4 Personal Pronoun Suffixes ...G.3.5 Prepositions ...G.3.6 To Have, 3ind- ...G.3.7 Past Tense I ...G.4.1 More on Adjectives ...G.4.2 Comparison Forms ...G.4.3 Numbers: Cardinals and Ordinals ...G.4.4 Telling the Time ...G.4.5 Question Words ...G.4.6 This, That, These (Demonstrative Pronouns) ...G.4.7 Past Tense II

Gulf Arabic Vocabulary - At the Market

fawaakih – fruits
xaDrawaat - vegetables

fi-s-suug yibi3uun fawaakih wa xaDrawaat, wa ashya uxra waayida. – At the souk they sell fruits and vegetables, and many other things.

baSal – onion
malfuuf – cabbage
6amaa6 – tomatoes
xiyaar – cucumbers
ruwayd – radishes
faSooliya – beans
aalu – potatoes (a word used predominanlty in Bahrain)
bu6aa6 – potatoes (collective noun, 7abbat bu6aa6 – one potato)

ir-ruwayid bi-cham iS-Surra? – How much is a bundle of radishes? (lit. The radishes, how much the bundle?)

yi77 – watermelon
raggi – watermelon (in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia)
ba6iix – cantaloupe
laymoon – lemon
burtugaal – orange
it-tamar – dates
mooz - banana
il-xoox – peaches
3inab – grapes
jooz – walnuts

3aSiir – juice
3aSiir burtugaal – orange juice
abbi ashrab 3aSiir Tiffaa7 – I want to drink apple juice.
gahwa – coffee
chaay - tea

xubiz – bread
3aysh – rice
jibin – cheese
il-bayDH – eggs (collective noun-word)
il-bayDHa – one egg

bi-cham darzan il-bayDH ya3ni? – How much is a dozen eggs?

’ya3ni’ is one of the most frequently used words in Arabic, most time it is just an interjection to fill in the time. It literally means "it means", used also to mean "almost".)

la7m – meat
la7m xaroof – lamb
la7m bagar – veal
diyaay – chicken meat
simach - fish

Note that 'akil la7m xanziir 7araam fi-l-islaam.' – Eating pork meat is forbidden in Islam. (7araam - forbidden)

juuti (pl. juwaati) – pair of shoes
hduum – clothes
malaabis – clothes
gamiiS – shirt
sirwaal – pair of pants, trousers
bantaloon, plural: binaatliin – pair of pants, trousers
badla – suit
nafnuuf, (plural: nafaaniif) – a dress

haadha l-bantaloon ghaali – This pair of pants is expensive.
laa, muub ghaali. raxiiS. – No, (it’s) not expensive. (It’s) inexpensive/cheap.

The white body-length Arab garb that males wear is called dishdaasha in Kuwait, thoob in Bahrain, and kandoora in the United Arab Emirates. The usually white or red-checkered scarf-like item Gulf Arabs wear on their heads is called gutra, while the black circular piece is called 3agaal. Women wear a black 3abaa covering the whole body. The veil is called borga3.

athaath (pl.) – furniture
kursi, pl. karaasi – chair
mayz, pl. mayzaat – table
firaash – bed
kirfaaya – bed
zuuliiya, pl. zawaali - carpet

moojawhuraat – jewels
dhahab – gold
fiDHDHA – silver

il-7alag min dhahab? – Are the earrings (made) of gold?

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