My routine from morning to night

A day in verbs

ArabicMeaning
أَسْتَيْقِظُI wake up
أَغْسِلُI wash
أَلْبَسُI get dressed, I put on
أَخْرُجُI go out
أَرْجِعُI come back
أَنَامُI sleep, I go to bed

Times of day: صَبَاحًا (in the morning), ظُهْرًا (at noon), بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ (in the afternoon), مَسَاءً (in the evening), لَيْلًا (at night). كُلَّ يَوْمٍ is “every day”, عَادَةً “usually”. An exact hour is فِي السَّاعَةِ + the ordinal: فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّابِعَةِ – at seven.

عَادَةً أَسْتَيْقِظُ فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ صَبَاحًا.I usually wake up at six in the morning.

To link actions: ثُمَّ – then, بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ – after that, بَعْدَ + noun – after (بَعْدَ الْفُطُورِ), قَبْلَ + noun – before (قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ).

أَغْسِلُ وَجْهِي، ثُمَّ أَلْبَسُ، وَبَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ أَخْرُجُ.I wash my face, then I get dressed, and after that I go out.

Words in this lesson

WordMeaningExample
اِسْتَيْقَظَto wake upأَسْتَيْقِظُ مُبَكِّرًا.
I wake up early.
غَسَلَto washتَغْسِلُ الْكُوبَ.
She washes the glass.
لَبِسَto put on, to wearيَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا أَبْيَضَ.
He wears a white robe.
خَرَجَto go out, to leaveأَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ.
I leave the house.
رَجَعَto come back, to returnيَرْجِعُ مَسَاءً.
He comes back in the evening.
نَامَto sleepالطِّفْلُ يَنَامُ.
The child is sleeping.
ظُهْرًاat noonالْغَدَاءُ ظُهْرًا.
Lunch is at noon.
لَيْلًاat nightأَقْرَأُ لَيْلًا.
I read at night.
كُلَّ يَوْمٍevery dayأَشْرَبُ الشَّايَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
I drink tea every day.
ثُمَّthen, and thenأَكْتُبُ ثُمَّ أَقْرَأُ.
I write, then I read.
بَعْدَafterبَعْدَ الدَّرْسِ
after the lesson
قَبْلَbeforeقَبْلَ الْعَشَاءِ
before dinner
عَادَةًusuallyعَادَةً أَرْجِعُ مُتْعَبًا.
I usually come back tired.

Exercises

This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:

  • multiple choice: 3
  • fill the gap: 2
  • match the pairs: 1
  • build the sentence: 1
  • translate the sentence: 2
  • listen and type: 1

Try the first one

Which word means “to sleep”?

  1. لَبِسَ
  2. نَامَ
  3. خَرَجَ
  4. رَجَعَ

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