أطفال (atfaal) — "children" in Modern Standard Arabic

أطفال

aTfaal

children

Topic
mankind and kinship
Seen in
6 of our stories

"children" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

ولاد

welad

Egyptian Arabic

عيال

eyal

أطفال in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

الأطفال يحبون الموسيقى العالية واللعب

Al-atfal yuhibboon al-musiqa al-aaliyah wa al-la'ib.

The children like loud music and playing.

from Family Birthday

الاطفال يريدون رحلة كبيرة وممتعة

Al-atfal yuriduna rihlatan kabiratan wa mumti'atan

The children want a big and fun trip.

from Weekend Trip

فرح الأطفال كثيرًا بتحديد موعد الرحلة إلى الشاطئ الجميل

Fariha al-atfal kathiran bi-tahdid maw'id al-rihlah ila ash-shati' al-jameel

The children were very happy with setting the trip's time to the beautiful beach

from Planning a Family Trip

الأطفال يقولون نحن كتبنا الواجب

Al-atfal yaqulun nahnu katabna al-wajib.

The children say: We wrote the homework.

from Family Gathering at the Table

الاب قال صباح الخير للام والاطفال

Al-ab qala sabah al-khayr lil-umm wal-atfal.

The father said good morning to the mother and children.

from A Family at a Football Match

كان الاطفال سعداء جدا بالفكرة للذهاب الى البحر.

Kana al-atfalu su'ada' jiddan bil-fikrati li-l-dhahabi ila al-bahr.

The children were very happy with the idea to go to the sea.

from The Weekend Trip

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