جملة
“جملة” (джумля) — a sentence in Arabic. Noun, level B1. The ta marbuta at the end reads "a": jumla. From jamaʿa, "to gather" — the dictionary's own root: a sentence is "gathered" words. A commercial offer is another word, ʿard. In a live sentence: “جملة واحدة في اليوم تكفي” — One sentence a day is enough. Written with the characters ج, م, ل, ة. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | جملة |
| Read in Latin letters | джумля |
| Translation | a sentence |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The ta marbuta at the end reads "a": jumla. From jamaʿa, "to gather" — the dictionary's own root: a sentence is "gathered" words. A commercial offer is another word, ʿard
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- جملة واحدة في اليوم تكفيджумля ваахида фи аль-йаум такфиOne sentence a day is enough
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “a sentence” in Arabic?
«جملة», read “джумля”. In a live sentence: “جملة واحدة في اليوم تكفي” — One sentence a day is enough. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ج, م, ل, ة.
How is “جملة” written in Latin letters?
джумля. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The ta marbuta at the end reads "a": jumla. From jamaʿa, "to gather" — the dictionary's own root: a sentence is "gathered" words. A commercial offer is another word, ʿard. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.