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Explore vocabulary related to living in shared urban spaces, handling noise issues, community etiquette, and respecting privacy.

### The Neighborhood Environment

A good living situation starts with good neighborliness (**جيرة**).

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When things get loud, you might hear a commotion (**ضجة**). To express that a situation was so extreme it caused a specific result ("to the extent that..." or "so much that..."), you can use the phrase **لدرجة أن** followed by an attached pronoun or a noun.

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### Handling Disputes

Urban living sometimes involves disputes. If a quarrel (**شجار**) breaks out, someone might complain (**اشتكى**).

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The building's doorman (**بواب**) is often the one who knows everyone and helps keep the peace.

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### Privacy and Boundaries

Respecting privacy means not being overly curious or nosy (**فضولي**).

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It is also polite to ask permission (**استأذن**) before entering someone's space or taking something.

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### Living Together Peacefully

Ultimately, successful coexistence (**تعايش**) in any community requires mutual (**متبادل**) respect between neighbors.

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When conflicts do happen, the goal is always to resolve them with an amicable (**ودي**) solution.

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Urban Living & Neighbors

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...)

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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)

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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

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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
neighborliness	جيرةjîra
We love this neighborhood because of the good neighborliness.	نحن نحب هذا الحي بسبب الجيرة الجيدة.nahnu nuhibbu hâdhâ al-hayya bisababi al-jîrati al-jayyidah.
According to the law, we must respect good neighborliness.	وفقا للقانون، يجب علينا احترام الجيرة الجيدة.wafqan lil-qânûni, yajibu 'alaynâ ihtirâmu al-jîrati al-jayyidati
commotion	ضجةdajja
A big commotion happened, to the extent that I did not sleep.	حدثت ضجة كبيرة لدرجة أنني لم أنم.hadathat dajjatun kabîratun lidarajati annani lam anam
My neighbor did not hear any commotion in the building yesterday.	ما سمعت جارتي أي ضجة في المبنى أمس.mâ sami'at jârati ayya dajjatin fil mabnâ ams
to complain	اشتكىishtakâ
quarrel	شجارshijâr
The employee complained about the quarrel in the street.	اشتكت الموظفة من الشجار في الشارع.ishtakatil muwazhzhafatu minash-shijâri fish-shâri'.
If a commotion happened, the manager complained immediately.	إذا حدثت ضجة، اشتكت المديرة فورا.idhâ hadathat dajjatun, ishtakati al-mudîratu fawran.
I did not participate in a quarrel with my neighbor at all.	ما شاركت في شجار مع جاري أبدا.mâ shârak'tu fî shijârin ma'a jârî abadan
doorman	بوابbawwâb
The doorman is a nice man and always helps the neighbors.	البواب رجل لطيف ويساعد الجيران دائما.al-bawwâbu rajulun latîfun wa-yusâ'idu al-jirâna dâ'iman.
nosy (overly curious)	فضوليfudooli
My neighbor is very nosy, to the extent that she watches everything.	جارتي فضولية جدا لدرجة أنها تراقب كل شيء.jârati fudûliyyatun jiddan lidarajati annahâ turâqibu kulla shay'in
The nosy woman asks about everything.	تسأل المرأة الفضولية عن كل شيء.tas'alu al-mar'atu al-fuduliyyatu 'an kulli shay'in
to ask permission	استأذنista'dhana
The nosy neighbor entered my apartment without asking permission.	دخل الجار الفضولي شقتي بدون أن يستأذن.dakhala al-jâru al-fudûliyyu shaqqatî bidûni an yasta'dhina
My friend asked permission before picking apples from the garden.	استأذن صديقي قبل أن يقطف التفاح من الحديقة.ista'dhana sadîqî qabla an yaqtifa at-tuffâha mina al-hadîqati
coexistence	تعايشta'âyush
mutual	متبادلmutabâdal
Coexistence in the city needs mutual respect.	التعايش في المدينة يحتاج إلى احترام متبادل.at-ta'âyushu fil-madînati yahtâju ilâ ihtirâmin mutabâdal
The love between the neighbors is mutual.	الحب بين الجيران متبادل.al-hubbu bayna al-jirâni mutabâdal.
The community succeeded in coexistence despite the problems.	نجح المجتمع في التعايش رغم المشاكل.najaha al-mujtama'u fi at-ta'ayushi raghma al-mashakili
amicable	وديwuddiyy
The doorman found an amicable solution after the quarrel.	وجد البواب حلا وديا بعد الشجار.wajada l-bawwâbu ḥallan widdiyyan ba'da sh-shijâr
This discussion is amicable and we will not disagree.	هذا النقاش ودي ولن نختلف.hâdhâ an-niqâshu wuddiyyun wa lan nakhtalifa