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In this lesson, we will expand your clothing vocabulary to describe outfits more precisely, covering specific names for warm-weather clothes, sleepwear, and footwear types.

### Fit, Features, and Sleepwear

Let's start by adding some useful descriptive words to your shopping vocabulary. You can describe clothes as loose (**فضفاض**) or refer to inner layers and pockets as **داخلي**. Remember that in Arabic, adjectives follow the noun and must match its gender and definiteness.

When describing how clothes or bags are fastened, you can use the word for zipper (**سحاب**). For comfortable home attire, the word for pajamas is **بيجامة**.

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### Past Obligation and Everyday Clothing

Next, let's look at some specific clothing items: a skirt (**تنورة**), a sandal (**صندل**), a traditional garment (**ثوب**), and pants (**سروال**). 

In the examples below, you will see the phrase **كان يجب أن** followed by a present tense verb. This translates to "had to" or "it was necessary to," allowing you to express past obligations like having to buy or remove an item of clothing.

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### Tops and Slippers

Finally, let's round out the wardrobe with a blouse (**بلوزة**) and light indoor footwear like slippers (**شبشب**). 

Note that while "slippers" is plural in English, it is treated as a singular noun in Arabic when referring to a single pair.

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Wardrobe Additions: Specific Clothing

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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Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

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Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

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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
loose	فضفاضfadfâd
I prefer these loose clothes.	أفضل هذه الملابس الفضفاضة.ufaddilu hâdhihi-l-malâbisa-l-fadfâdata
The boy wore a loose shirt.	لبس الولد قميصا فضفاضا.labisa al-waladu qamîsan fadfâdan
inner	داخليdâkhilî
Did the woman wash the underwear?	هل غسلت المرأة الملابس الداخلية؟hal ghasalati-l-mar'atu-l-malâbisa-d-dâkhiliyyah?
I found a coat that has an inner pocket.	وجدت معطفا له جيب داخلي.wajadtu mi'tafan lahu jaybun dâkhiliyyun
zipper	سحابsahhâb
These bags have a strong zipper.	هذه الحقائب لها سحاب قوي.hâdhihi al-haqâ'ibu lahâ sahhâbun qawiyyun.
I cannot open this zipper.	لا أستطيع أن أفتح هذا السحاب.lâ astatee'u an aftaha hâdhâ as-sahhâba.
pajamas	بيجامةbijâma
Where are the new pajamas?	أين البيجامات الجديدة؟ayna al-bijâmâtu al-jadîdah
The girl slept in comfortable pajamas.	نامت الفتاة في بيجامة مريحة.nâmati-l-fatâtu fî bîjâmatin murîhatin.
skirt	تنورةtannûra
I had to buy a new skirt.	كان يجب أن أشتري تنورة جديدة.kâna yajibu an ashtariya tannûratan jadîdatan.
This skirt is very long.	هذه التنورة طويلة جدا.hâdhihi at-tannûratu tawîlatun jiddan
sandal	صندلsandal
My mother had to take off the sandal at the beach.	كان يجب أن تخلع أمي الصندل على الشاطئ.kâna yajibu an takhla'a ummî aṣ-ṣandala 'alâ ash-shâṭi'
This brown sandal is old.	هذا الصندل البني قديم.hâdhâ aṣ-ṣandalu al-bunniyyu qadîmun.
garment	ثوبthawb
I had to wear a traditional garment.	كان يجب أن ألبس ثوبا تقليديا.kâna yajibu an albasa thawban taqlîdiyyan
My father wore a garment that he liked.	لبس أبي ثوبا أعجبه.labisa abî thawban a'jabahu
pants	سروالsirwâl
I had to wash these pants yesterday.	كان يجب أن أغسل هذا السروال أمس.kâna yajibu an aghsila hâdha s-sirwâla amsi.
My brother put the pants in the washing machine.	وضع أخي السروال في الغسالة.wada'a akhî as-sirwâla fil-ghassâlah.
blouse	بلوزةbalûza
I bought a blouse that has a red color.	اشتريت بلوزة لونها أحمر.ishtaraytu balûzatan lawnuhâ ahmar.
The green blouse is beautiful.	البلوزة الخضراء جميلة.albalûzatu lkhadrâ'u jamîlatun
slippers	شبشبshibshib
I want slippers that are light.	أريد شبشبا وزنه خفيف.ureedu shibshiban waznuhu khafeef
Where are the blue slippers?	أين الشبشب الأزرق؟ayna shshibshibu lazraqu