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Handle your personal finances with confidence by learning essential banking terminology.

### Banks and Transactions

A bank is a مصرف, and a financial transaction is a معاملة. When talking about a banker, use مصرفي for a male and مصرفية for a female.

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To express that someone "was going to" do something in the past, combine the past tense of كان (to be) with a present tense verb that has the future prefix سـ attached.

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### Borrowing and Mortgages

When applying for loans, you might need to borrow (اقترض) money or secure a mortgage (رهن).

To express purpose or "in order to," attach the prefix لِـ directly to a present tense verb.

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### The Stock Market and Bonds

The stock market is known as the بورصة. The word تداول is highly versatile in finance; without vowel marks, it serves as both the past tense verb "to trade" and the noun "trading." Investors might trade stocks or a bond (سند).

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### Liquidity

Financial institutions must provide (وفر) enough cash flow for their operations. The term for financial liquidity is سيولة.

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Banking and Finance

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

Topicalized sentences (SVO)

The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

Adverbs of time and place

The future tense (سـ / سوف)

Intentions and desires (أن)

Negating states and possession (ليس)

Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

Negating past events (ما)

Singular commands

Numbers 1 to 10

Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

Direct address (يا)

Giving reasons (لأنّ)

Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Question	Answer
banker	مصرفيmasrifiyy
transaction (financial)	معاملةmu'âmalah
The female banking employee processed the transaction.	أنجزت الموظفة المصرفية المعاملة.anjazati al-muwazzafatu al-masrifiyyatu al-muâmalah
bank	مصرفmasrif
There is a new bank in the city.	يوجد مصرف جديد في المدينة.yuujadu masrifun jadeedun fil madeenah
The female banker refused to finance the project.	رفضت المصرفية أن تمول المشروع.rafadati-l-masrifiyyatu an tumawwila-l-mashrooa
Financial transactions are fast today.	المعاملات المالية سريعة اليوم.al-mu'âmalâtu al-mâliyyatu sarî'atun al-yawm.
I was going to cancel the transaction.	كنت سألغي المعاملة.kuntu sa'ulghî al-mu'âmalah
Will the bank finance this small company?	هل سيمول المصرف هذه الشركة الصغيرة؟hal sayumawwilu al-masrifu hâdhihi ash-sharikata as-saghîrata?
to borrow (money)	اقترضiqtaraḍa
He borrowed money to finance his studies.	اقترض مالا ليمول دراسته.iqtaraḍa mâlan liyumawwila dirâsatahu
Do not borrow from a greedy banker.	لا تقترض من مصرفي جشع.lâ taqtarid min masrifiyyin jashi'in
She was going to borrow money from the bank.	كانت ستقترض المال من المصرف.kânat sataqtariḍu al-mâla mina al-maṣrif
mortgage	رهنrahn
I paid the mortgage installment this morning.	سددت قسط الرهن هذا الصباح.sadadtu qista ar-rahni hâdha as-sabâh
The bank demanded a mortgage to finance the house.	طلب المصرف رهنا ليمول المنزل.talaba al-masrifu rahnan liyumawwila al-manzila
stock market	بورصةbûrsa
Many people lost their money in the stock market.	خسر كثير من الناس أموالهم في البورصة.khasira kathîrun mina n-nâsi amwâlahum fî l-bûrsati.
The stock market is stable today.	البورصة مستقرة اليوم.al-bûrṣatu mustaqirratun al-yawma.
to trade	تداولtadâwala
Trading in the stock market requires experience.	التداول في البورصة يحتاج إلى خبرة.at-tadâwulu fil-bûrsati yahtâju ilâ khibratin
The investors traded shares successfully.	تداول المستثمرون الأسهم بنجاح.tadâwala al-mustathmirûna al-as-huma binajâhin
bond (financial)	سندsanad
The investor bought new bonds.	اشترى المستثمر سندات جديدة.ishtarâ al-mustathmiru sanadâtin jadîdatan
We were going to trade bonds in the market.	كنا سنتداول السندات في السوق.kunnâ sanatadâwalu as-sanadâti fi s-sûq
liquidity	سيولةsuyûla
The company suffers from a lack of liquidity.	تعاني الشركة من نقص في السيولة.tu'ânî ash-sharikatu min naqsin fî as-suyûlah.
to provide, to supply	وفرwaffara
The bank provides sufficient liquidity to the market.	يوفر المصرف سيولة كافية للسوق.yuwaffiru al-masrifu suyûlatan kâfiyatan lissûq
The bank was going to provide liquidity.	كان المصرف سيوفر السيولة.kâna al-masrifu sayuwaffiru as-suyûlata

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