English → Arabic
speaking in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- taḥadduth
- Arabizi
ta7addoth- Type
- noun · masculine
- Root
- ح د ث
How to use it
"Speaking" is used as a noun meaning the act of talking. In Arabic it appears as "التَّحَدُّث" and takes the definite article when specific. It is masculine and follows regular noun patterns.
Example sentences
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التَّحَدُّثُ يُحَسِّنُ اللُّغَةَ.
al-taḥadduthu yuḥassin al-lughata.
Speaking improves language.
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أُحِبُّ التَّحَدُّثَ مَعَ الأَصْدِقَاءِ.
uḥibbu al-taḥaddatha maʿa al-aṣdiqāʾi.
I love speaking with friends.
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التَّحَدُّثُ فِي الدَّرْسِ مَحْظُورٌ.
al-taḥadduthu fī al-darsi maḥẓūr.
Speaking in class is prohibited.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Sami started speaking.
بدأ سامي يتكلّم.
Sami was not speaking.
لم يكن سامي يتكلّم.
He is speaking English.
إنه يتكلم الإنجليزية.
I loved speaking Berber.
كنت أحب التكلم بالأمازيغية.
Speaking English isn't easy.
التحدث بالإنجليزية ليس أمراً سهلاً.
With whom were you speaking?
مع من كنت تتكلم؟
Is speaking in English hard?
هل التكلم الإنجليزية صعب؟
I heard them speaking Berber.
سمعتهم يتكلمون الأمازيغيّة.
They were speaking in riddles.
كانوا يتكلّمون بالألغاز.
Sami is having trouble speaking.
سامي لديه صعوبات في الكلام.
James Geary, metaphorically speaking
التعبير مجازياً... جايمس جياري
Moreover, he seemed genuinely committed to reconciliation between Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east and Ukrainian-speaking west.
فضلاً عن ذلك فقد بدا صادقاً في التزامه بتسوية الخلافات بين شرق أوكرانيا الناطق باللغة الروسية وغربها الناطق باللغة الأوكرانية.
Questions and answers
How do I say "I am speaking"?
You say "أنا أَتَكَلَّم" (ana atakallam).
Is there a short form for "speaking"?
In informal speech you can use "كلام" (kalaam) meaning "talk".
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