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Arabic People Vocabulary — Words for Family & Friends

In Arabic culture, talking about people — family, friends, neighbours — is the heart of everyday conversation, which makes this one of the most rewarding sets of words to learn first. Here you'll find Arabic vocabulary for people: أب (father), أم (mother), صديق (friend), رجل (man), each with its English meaning and a button to hear it pronounced. Two things to know as an English speaker. First, Arabic is written right to left, so the script runs the opposite way to English — give your eyes a moment to adjust. Second, short vowels are usually not written at all; readers supply them from context, which means the printed word shows you less than the spoken word does. That's exactly why audio matters here more than in most languages — tap any 🔊 and a native voice fills in what the script leaves out. Read the table to meet the words, then carry them into the game below, where hearing and matching them does far more than staring at unfamiliar letters ever could.

Key words explained

• man رجل🔊 An old man fed the pigeons in the square.
• woman امرأة🔊 The woman next door teaches piano.
• boy ولد🔊 The boy raced his bike down the hill.
• girl بنت🔊 A girl in a red coat waved from the bus.
• child طفل🔊 Every child in the class drew a picture.
• baby رضيع🔊 The baby slept soundly through the night.
• family عائلة🔊 Our whole family meets for lunch on Sundays.
• mother أم🔊 His mother taught him how to cook.

All 90 Arabic people words

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