Levantine Arabic Essential Verbs List
VerbTransliterationArabic
Arrivewiṣelوصل
Ask (a question)sa’alسأل
Ask (for something)ṭalabطلب
Be (used only in past or future)kānكان
Be able toqiderقدر
Becomeṣārصار
Beginballašبلّش
Break (something else)kasarكسر
Bringjābجاب
Buyištaraإشترى
Call (on the phone)ittasalاتّصل مع\في\ب
Choose (between abstract alternatives)iħtārاختار
Choose (between tangible things)naqqaنقّى
Closesakkarسكّر
Comeījaإجى
Diemātمات
Doʿimelعمل
Drinkširebشرب
Drivesāqساق
Eatakalأكل
Enterfātفات
Fallwiqeʿوقع
Findlaqaلقى
Forgetnasiنسي
Give‘aʿṭaاعطى
Gorāḥراح
Go downnazalنزل
Go upṭileʿطلع
Hearsimeʿسمع
Hopetamannaتمنى
Killqatalقتل
Knowʿirefعرف
Learntʿallamتعلم
Leave (to depart)rāḥراح
Look fordawwar ʿalaدوّر على
Loveḥabbحب
Openfataḥفتح
Paydafaʿدفع
Putḥattحط
Readqara’قرأ
Remembertazakkarتذكر
Return (from somewhere)rijeʿرجع
Sitqaʿadقعد
Standwaqqafوقََف
Stopwaqqafوقََف
Studydarasدرس
Takeaħazأخذ
Taste (something)dāqداق
Teachdarrasدرّس
Thinkfakkarفكّر
Try (to do something)jarrabجرَّب
Understandfihemفهم
Useistaħdamاستخدم
Visitzārزار
Waitistannaاستنى
Walkmišiمشى
Want—— not a verb (uses the word بدّ)
Watchtafarrajتفرج
Wear/put onlibesلبس
Workištaġalاشتغل
Writekatabكتب
All verbs are written in the past tense 3rd person as is standard in Arabic verb table - ex: He ate, he drank
For simplicity’s sake however, on the table they will just be written as drink, eat, etc.
Note: Arabic has many different ways of saying the same thing. The words included in this chart are those most often heard but many of them can be said in other ways.