موعد مع الطبيب
“موعد مع الطبيب” (мауʿид маʿа ат-табиб) — doctor appointment in Arabic. Noun, level A2. Mawʿid is an appointed time, maʿa is with: the appointment is literally "a meeting with the doctor". One books by phone or in the app, and mawʿid lives at the hairdresser too. In a live sentence: “عندي موعد مع الطبيب غدا” — I have a doctor appointment tomorrow. Written with the characters م, و, ع, د, م, ع, ا, ل, ط, ب, ي, ب.
In short
| Written in Arabic | موعد مع الطبيب |
| Read in Latin letters | мауʿид маʿа ат-табиб |
| Translation | doctor appointment |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Mawʿid is an appointed time, maʿa is with: the appointment is literally "a meeting with the doctor". One books by phone or in the app, and mawʿid lives at the hairdresser too
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.
- عندي موعد مع الطبيب غداʿанди мауʿид маʿа ат-табиб гаданI have a doctor appointment tomorrow
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 “doctor appointment” in Arabic?
«موعد مع الطبيب», read “мауʿид маʿа ат-табиб”. In a live sentence: “عندي موعد مع الطبيب غدا” — I have a doctor appointment tomorrow. Noun, level A2; written with the characters م, و, ع, د, م, ع, ا, ل, ط, ب, ي, ب.
How is “موعد مع الطبيب” written in Latin letters?
мауʿид маʿа ат-табиб. 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?
Mawʿid is an appointed time, maʿa is with: the appointment is literally "a meeting with the doctor". One books by phone or in the app, and mawʿid lives at the hairdresser too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.