يجتاز الامتحان
“يجتاز الامتحان” (йаджтааз аль-имтихаан) — to pass the exam in Arabic. Phrase, level A2. Literally "crosses the exam": to pass for an Arab is to get across to the other bank, like at a ford. The same verb as in "crossed the border". In a live sentence: “يجتاز الطالب الامتحان” — The student passes the exam. Written with the characters ي, ج, ت, ا, ز, ا, ل, ا, م, ت, ح, ا… A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | يجتاز الامتحان |
| Read in Latin letters | йаджтааз аль-имтихаан |
| Translation | to pass the exam |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "crosses the exam": to pass for an Arab is to get across to the other bank, like at a ford. The same verb as in "crossed the border"
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.
- يجتاز الطالب الامتحانйаджтааз ат-таалиб аль-имтихаанThe student passes the exam
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 “to pass the exam” in Arabic?
«يجتاز الامتحان», read “йаджтааз аль-имтихаан”. In a live sentence: “يجتاز الطالب الامتحان” — The student passes the exam. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ي, ج, ت, ا, ز, ا, ل, ا, م, ت, ح, ا…
How is “يجتاز الامتحان” written in Latin letters?
йаджтааз аль-имтихаан. 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?
Literally "crosses the exam": to pass for an Arab is to get across to the other bank, like at a ford. The same verb as in "crossed the border". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.