Bite-Size Arabic
Learn to Read and Write Arabic Using the Tiniest Bit of Vocabulary and Grammar

Unit 3

On this page you will find audio materials corresponding to Unit 3 of Bite-Size Arabic, divided into new letters and symbols, vocabulary, and exercises.

New Letters and Symbols

In this unit the following letters are introduced. You can click on the name of the letter to hear it pronounced.

baa’
FinalMedial InitialIndependent
ـب ـبـ بـ ب
thaa
FinalMedial InitialIndependent
ـث ـثـ ثـ ث
laam
FinalMedial InitialIndependent
ـل ـلـ لـ ل

You also learned the shadda, which is used to indicate that the consonant over which it is written is doubled:

shadda
ـــّــ
 

Vocabulary

The following are the new words introduced in this unit. You will need to know them to complete some of the exercises in this unit and those in the following units. Click on the word to listen.

باب baab ‘door’
ثَـوْب thawb ‘dress; garment’
أَب ’ab ‘father’
بِنْت bint ‘girl’
لِيْبِيا liibiyaa ‘Libya’
اِثْنان ’ithnaan ‘two’
اِبْن ’ibn ‘son’
بَيْت bayt ‘house’
لُبْنان lubnaan ‘Lebanon’

Exercises

The following is a selection of the exercises from this unit: 3-B, 3-D, 3-E, 3-F, 3-H, 3-I, 3-J.

Exercise 3-B. Sound out the following words. Click on the word to listen.

1.
ثابِت
2.
بَيان
3.
ثَوْبُها
4.
اِبْنُنا
5.
تُبْتُ
6.
أَنْياب

Exercise 3-D. Sound out the following words. Click on the word to listen.

1.
لَبِثَ
2.
أُنات
3.
نِلْتُ
4.
لَن
5.
بُلْبُل
6.
لَهَب

Exercise 3-E. Sound out the following words. Click on the word to listen.

1.
أَبُوه
2.
ثانِي
3.
هُونُولُولُو
4.
هانِي
5.
نالُوها
6.
ثالِث

Exercise 3-F. Sound out the following words. Click on the word to listen.

1.
لُبّ
2.
بَنّان
3.
ثَلَّثَها
4.
بُنِّي
5.
نَبِيّ
6.
اِبْتَلَّت
7.
نُهَلِّل
8.
بَيِّن
9.
بَثَّت

Exercise 3-H. First do the exercise in the book, then check your work against this web version and click on the words to listen to the pronunciation.

1.
’al-khubz
‘the bread’
2.
’as-sabaanikh
‘the spinach’
3.
’ar-rummaana
‘the pomegranate’
4.
’al-milḥ
‘the salt’
5.
’ash-shaay
‘the tea’
6.
’at-tuffaaḥa
‘the apple’
7.
’ath-thuum
‘the garlic’
8.
’al-’urz
‘the rice’
9.
’ad-dajaaj
‘the chicken’

Exercise 3-I. Sound out the following words, all of which contain the definite article. Click on the word to listen.

1.
اَلْثّانِي
2.
اَلْبُـنّ
3.
اَلْتِّيـن
4.
اَلْيابان
5.
اَلْلَّهَب
6.
اَلْنُّوبِيّ

Exercise 3-J. Translate the following phrases into English. The answers can be found in the answer key or your book.

1.
أَيْنَ اَلْباب؟
2.
أَنْتَ وَهِيَ هُنا.
3.
اِبْن وَأَب
4.
لِيبِيا أَو لُبْنان
5.
اَلْبَيْت هُنا.
6.
أَيْنَ اَلْبِنْت وَالْثَّوْب؟