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Navigate campus life and discuss your studies with these essential university terms.

### Enrollment and Classes

Use the adjective دراسي (academic) to describe things related to school or studying. Like all Arabic adjectives, it follows the noun it modifies and matches its gender.

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To say someone enrolled in a university or program, use the verb التحق paired with the preposition ب. Once enrolled, you will likely attend a lecture (محاضرة).

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### Courses and Degrees

A university course is a مقرر. If a student does not study well, they might fail (رسب).

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Use معدل for your grade point average. Standard academic degrees include a Bachelor's (بكالوريوس) and a Master's (ماجستير).

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Each degree program follows a specific curriculum (منهج).

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### Administration and Student Activities

The student union (اتحاد الطلاب) organizes campus events, while course registration (تسجيل) is required every semester.

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The head of a university faculty is the dean (عميد for a male, عميدة for a female).

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University Life

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
academic (scholastic)	دراسيdirâsiyy
The university campus is very beautiful during the academic period.	المدينة الجامعية جميلة جدا خلال الفترة الدراسية.al-madînatu l-jâmi'iyyatu jamîlatun jiddan khilâla l-fatrati d-dirâsiyyah
to enroll in	التحق بiltahaqa bi
lecture	محاضرةmuhâdara
She enrolled in the university and attended the first lecture.	التحقت بالجامعة وحضرت المحاضرة الأولى.iltahaqat bil-jâmi'ati wa-hadarati-l-muhâdarata-l-'ûlâ
to fail (an exam or course)	رسبrasaba
course	مقررmuqarrar
He failed the course because he did not study well.	رسب في المقرر لأنه لم يدرس جيدا.rasaba fi al-muqarrari li'annahu lam yadrus jayyidan
average	معدلmu'addal
Bachelor's degree	بكالوريوسbakâlôryôs
He must get a good average in the Bachelor's degree.	يجب عليه أن يحصل على معدل جيد في البكالوريوس.yajibu 'alayhi an yahsula 'alâ mu'addalin jayyidin fil-bakâlôryûs.
curriculum	منهجmanhaj
Master's degree	ماجستيرmâjistîr
The Master's curriculum is different from the Bachelor's curriculum.	منهج الماجستير مختلف عن منهج البكالوريوس.man'haju al-mâjistîri mukhtalifun 'an man'haji al-bakâlôriyûs.
The professor was not giving a lecture yesterday morning.	لم يكن الأستاذ يلقي محاضرة صباح أمس.lam yakuni l-'ustâdhu yulqî muhâdaratan sabâha 'amsi.
Maryam, if you fail, you can enroll in the course again.	يا مريم، إذا رسبت، يمكنك أن تلتحقي بالمقرر مرة أخرى.yâ maryamu, idhâ rasabti, yumkinuki an taltahiqi bil-muqarrari marratan ukhrâ.
Her academic average was excellent last year.	كان معدلها الدراسي ممتازا في العام الماضي.kâna mu'addaluhâ ad-dirâsiyyu mumtâzan fî al-'âmi al-mâdî
We read many books about the new curriculum for the Master's degree.	قرأنا كتبا كثيرة عن منهج الماجستير الجديد.qara'nâ kutuban kathîratan 'an manhaji l-mâjistîr al-jadîd.
The student will graduate from the university with a Bachelor's degree.	سوف يتخرج الطالب من الجامعة بدرجة البكالوريوس.sawfa yatakharraju al-tâlibu mina al-jâmi'ati bidarajati al-bakâlûryûs.
Studying the course is very important.	دراسة المقرر مهمة جدا.dirâsatu al-muqarrari muhimmatun jiddan
union (federation, association)	اتحادittihâd
registration	تسجيلtasjîl
Did you join the student union after registration, Fatima?	هل التحقت باتحاد الطلاب بعد التسجيل يا فاطمة؟hal iltahaqti bi-ittihâdi at-tullâbi ba'da at-tasjîli ya fâtima?
dean	عميدamîd
Isn't the dean in her office now?	أليست العميدة في مكتبها الآن؟alaysati al-'amîdatu fî maktabihâ al-âna?
The dean refused the registration of the female students who did not pay the tuition fees.	رفضت العميدة تسجيل الطالبات اللواتي لم يدفعن الرسوم الدراسية.rafadati al'amidatu tasjila attalibati allawati lam yadfa'na arrusuma addirasiyyata.
The student union organized an excellent university festival.	نظم اتحاد الطلاب مهرجانا جامعيا ممتازا.nazzama ittihâdu at-tullâbi mahrajânan jâmi'iyyan mumtâzan