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### Unwanted House Guests

Dealing with household pests requires specific vocabulary. Common intruders include a mouse (فأر), which is a type of rodent (قارض), and a cockroach (صرصور).

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### Calling the Professionals

If a situation gets out of hand, you will need pest control. The word for control or combating is مكافحة. 

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When professionals arrive, their goal is to exterminate (أباد) the pests entirely.

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### Chemical Solutions

To clear an infestation, workers use a pesticide (مبيد). The standard verb for applying these liquids is to spray (رش).

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For more severe cases, spraying might not be enough, and a building may require fumigation (تبخير).

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### Baits and Prevention

To tackle the problem yourself or prevent it, look for poison (سم) or a repellent (طارد).

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Pest Control

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)

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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)

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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
mouse	فأرfa'r
There is a mouse in the kitchen.	يوجد فأر في المطبخ.yûjadu fa'run fî al-matbakhi
The mouse escaped under the bed.	هرب الفأر تحت السرير.haraba al-fa'ru tahta as-sarîr
cockroach	صرصورsursur
I saw a big cockroach in the bathroom.	رأيت صرصورا كبيرا في الحمام.ra'aytu sursûran kabîran fil-hammâm.
The woman has killed the cockroach.	قد قتلت المرأة الصرصور.qad qatalati l-mar'atu s-sursoora
rodent	قارضqâridun
The mouse is a small rodent.	الفأر قارض صغير.al-fa'ru qâriḍun ṣaghîrun
Is there a rodent in this room?	هل يوجد قارض في هذه الغرفة؟hal yûjadu qâriḍun fî hâdhihil-ghurfah?
control	مكافحةmukâfaha
I called the insect control company.	اتصلت بشركة مكافحة الحشرات.ittasaltu bishariqati mukâfahati al-hasharâti.
Rodent control is very important.	مكافحة القوارض مهمة جدا.mukâfahatu al-qawâridi muhimmatun jiddan
to exterminate	أبادabâda
The team exterminated the insects in the house.	أباد الفريق الحشرات في المنزل.abâda al-farîqu al-hasharâti fi al-manzili
The female worker has exterminated the cockroaches.	قد أبادت العاملة الصراصير.qad abâdati l-âmilatu s-sarâsîr
pesticide	مبيدmubîd
Where do I find a pesticide for insects?	أين أجد مبيدا للحشرات؟ayna ajidu mubeedan lil-hasharât?
I used the same pesticide yesterday.	استخدمت نفس المبيد أمس.istakhdamtu nafsa almubîdi amsi
to spray	رشrashsha
The female employee sprayed the pesticide in the garden.	رشت الموظفة المبيد في الحديقة.rashshati l-muwazzafatu l-mubîda fi l-hadîqati
Please, spray here.	من فضلك، رش هنا.min fadlik, rushsha huna.
fumigation	تبخيرtabkhîr
The building needs fumigation.	يحتاج المبنى إلى تبخير.yaḥtâju al-mabnâ ilâ tabkhîrin
The fumigation has started on the same floor.	قد بدأ التبخير في نفس الطابق.qad bada'a t-tabkhîru fî nafsi t-tâbiqi
poison	سمsumm
The female control expert put poison for the mice.	وضعت خبيرة المكافحة سما للفئران.wada'at khabîratu almukâfahati samman lilfi'rân
This poison is dangerous for dogs.	هذا السم خطير على الكلاب.hâdhâ as-summu khatîrun 'alâ al-kilâb.
repellent	طاردtârid
I bought a mosquito repellent.	اشتريت طاردا للبعوض.ishtaraytu târidan lilba'ûḍ.
There is an insect repellent in the store.	يوجد طارد حشرات في المتجر.yûjadu ṭâridu ḥasharâtin fî al-matjari