50 Levantine Arabic Verbs for beginners

Learn Levantine Arabic verbs with our list of 50 most common verbs used in daily life.

Today you will learn how to say; buy, make, work, sleep and many other most common verbs in Levantine Arabic. The list includes pronunciation of each Arabic word.

It is important to note, that Levantine Arabic is a broad term and includes many dialects. Pronunciation may vary a bit from city to city, but the pronunciation shown below can be considered a standard that will be understood throughout the region.

Under the list of verbs you will find a quiz to test your knowledge.

If you want to improve your Levantine Arabic speaking and listening skills check our suggestions of Arabic series in this dialect.

Levantine Arabic Verbs List

Important: Note that there is no infinitive in Arabic, so the following table contains Arabic past tense and present tense for he. For example: to ask – he asked (سَأَل) , he asks (بِسْأَل).

If you are not familiar with the conjugation check our conjugation tables for particular verbs.

English	Arabic he (past tense)	Arabic he (present tense)
to have *pseudo-verb	كانْ عِنْدُه kaan 3indo	عِنْدُه 3indo
to ask	سَأَل sa’al	بِسْأَل bis’al
to do/ make	عِمِل 3imil or سَوَّى sawwa	بِعْمِل bi3mil بِسَوّي  bisawwi
to work	اِشْتَغَل ishtaghal	بِشْتْغِل  bishtghil
to take	أَخَد akhad	بْيَاخُد  byaakhod
to go	راح raaH	بِروح biruuH
to see	شاف shaaf	بِشوف bishuuf
to hear/ listen	سِمِع simi3	بِسْمَع bisma3
to speak/ say / tell	حَكَى Hakaa	بِحْكي biHki
to say/ talk	قال qaal	بِقول biquul
to know	عِرِف 3irif	بِعْرَف bi3raf
to like/ love	حَبّ Habb	بِحِبّ biHibb
to want	بِدُّه biddo	كانْ بِدُّه kaan biddo
to need	اِحْتاج iHtaaj	بِحْتاج biHtaaj
to understand	فِهِم fihim	بِفْهَم bifham
to think	فَكَّر fakkar	بِفَكِّر bifakkir
to drink	شِرِب shirib	بِشْرَب bishrab
to eat	أَكَل akal	بِياكُل byaakul
to sleep	نام naam	بِنام binaam
to cook	طَبَخ Tabakh	بُطْبُخ boTbokh
to open	فَتَح fataH	بِفْتَح biftaH
to clean	نَظَّف naDHDHaf	بِنَظِّف binaDHDHif
to close	سَكَّر sakkar	بِسَكِّر bisakkir
to learn	تْعَلَّم ta3allam	بِتْعَلَّم bit3allam
to teach	عَلَّم 3allam	بِعَلِّم bi3allim
to study	دَرَس daras	بِدْرُس bidros
to write	كَتَب katab	بِكْتُب biktob
to read	قَرأ qara’	بِقْرَأ biqra’
to send	بَعَت ba3at	بِبْعَت bib3at
to buy	اِشْتَرَى ishtaraa	بِشْتِرِي bishtrii
to sell	باع baa3	بِبِيع  bibii3
to pay	دَفَع dafa3	بِدْفَع bidfa3
to start	بَدأ bada’ or بَلَّش ballash	بِبْدأ bibda’ بِبَلِّش biballish
to finish	خَلَّص khallaS	بِخَلِّص bikhalliS
to travel	سَافَر saafar	بِسافِر bisaafir
to visit	زار zaar	بِزور bizuur
to drive	ساق saaq	بِسوق bisuuq
to put	حَطّ HaTT	بِحُطّ biHoTT
to feel	حَسّ Hass	بِحِسّ biHiss
to come	إجى ijaa	بيجي biijii
to give	أَعْطى a3Taa	بِيَعْطي biya3Tii
to wait	اِسْتَنَّى istannaa	بِسْتَنَّى bistannaa
to remember	تْذَكَّر tdhakkar	بِتْذَكَّر bitdhakkar
to remain/ stay	ضَلّ Dall	بِضَلّ biDall
to let/ allow	خَلّى khallaa	بِخَلّي bikhallii
to asked for /request	طَلَب Talab	بِطْلُب biTlob
to answer/ reply/ respond	رَدّ radd	بِرُدّ  birodd
to forget	نِسِي nisii	بِنْسَى binsaa
to play	لِعِب li3ib	بِلْعَب bil3ab
to arrive	وِصِل wiSil	بوصَل buuSal
to become	صار Saar	بِصير biSiir

Verbs in Levantine Arabic Quiz

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