Learn to Read and Write Arabic Using the Tiniest Bit of Vocabulary and Grammar
Unit 7
On this page you will find audio materials corresponding to Unit 7
of Bite-Size Arabic, divided into
new letters and symbols,
vocabulary, and select
exercises (7-C, 7-D, 7-E, 7-F, and 7-K).
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.
raa’
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـر
ـر
ر
ر
zaay
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـز
ـز
ز
ز
taa’ marbuuṭa
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـة
ة
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.
كَبِير
kabiir
‘big, large’
وَجْبَة
wajba
‘meal’
مَدِينَة
madiina
‘city’
ثَلاثَة
thalaatha‘three’
ماذا
maadhaa
‘what’
أَيّ
’ayy‘which’
رَجُل
rajul
‘man’
اِمْرَأَة / المَرْأَة
’imra’a / ’al-mar’a
‘woman’
زَوْج / زَوْجَة
zawj / zawja
‘husband, wife’
يُرِيد
yuriid‘to want’
With the letters raa’
and zaay,
you can now read the following women’s names:
زَيْنَب
zaynab‘Zeinab’
مَرْيَم
maryam‘Maryam, Mary’
And you can also read a number of names that are men’s names in their basic form
and women’s name when a taa’ marbuuṭa is added to them:
نَبِيل
nabiil‘Nabil’
نَبِيلَة
nabiila‘Nabila’
أَمِين
’amiin‘Amin’
أَمِينَة
’amiina‘Amina’
مُنِير
muniir‘Munir’
مُنِيرَة
muniira‘Munira’
Exercises
The following is a selection of the exercises from this unit:
7-C, 7-D, 7-E, 7-F, and 7-K.
Exercise 7-C.
Here are some unfamiliar words containing either a daal,
a raa’, or both.
Can you pronounce them?
1.
نُور
2.
أَرْنَب
3.
مُدَرِّس
4.
رُوح
5.
نُرِيد
6.
مُدَوَّر
Exercise 7-D.
The following words contain a daal,
dhaal,
raa’, or
zaay, or a combination of these letters.
Pronounce each of them.
1.
يَذْكُر
2.
بِذْر
3.
زَيْت
4.
دَيْن
5.
مَخْبَز
6.
ذَنْب
Exercise 7-E.
Read and translate the following sentences.
Sometimes the adjective will be masculine, and sometimes it will be feminine.
You may want to review the new vocabulary introduced in this unit before you begin.
1.
هذه الوَجْبَة لذيذة.
2.
ذلك البيت جميل.
3.
يَدَك كبيرة.
4.
ذلك الجبن لذيذ.
5.
تلك المرأة جميلة.
6.
منير ولد كبير.
Exercise 7-F.
Read aloud and translate the following sentences about husbands and wives.
1.
هذا زَوْجِي.
2.
أَيْنَ زَوْجَتَك؟
3.
أنا زَوْج نُهى.
4.
زَوْجَة مَحْمُود هُناكَ.
5.
تلك المَرْأَة زَوْجَتِي.
6.
زَوْج مُنى من الكُوَيْت.
7.
هذه المَرْأَة زَوْجَتُه.
8.
مِن أَيْنَ زَوْجَتَك؟
9.
زَوْجِي مِن هُنا.
Exercise 7-K.
Read and translate the following sentences.
