درس (dars) — "lesson" in Modern Standard Arabic
درس
dars
lesson
- Topic
- education
- Seen in
- 4 of our stories
"lesson" in the other dialects
درس 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.
هو كتب الدرس على السبورة البيضاء
Huwa kataba al-dars ala al-sabboura al-baydaa
He wrote the lesson on the white board.
from A Day at School
الأم تبتسم وتقول ابني كتب الدرس جيدا
Al-umm tabtasim wa taqool ibni kataba al-dars jayyidan.
The mother smiles and says: My son wrote the lesson well.
يقولون وعليكم السلام ونبدا الدرس
Yaquluna Wa alaykum as-salam wa nabda'u ad-dars.
They say "And peace be upon you too" and we begin the lesson.
from A Day at School
كان الدرس الاول في الصف صعبا قليلا لكن سارة حاولت الفهم
Kāna ad-darsu al-awwalu fī aṣ-ṣaffi ṣa'ban qaleelan lākinna Sārata ḥāwalati al-fahma
The first lesson in class was a little difficult but Sarah tried to understand
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