Learn to Read and Write Arabic Using the Tiniest Bit of Vocabulary and Grammar
Unit 8
On this page you will find audio materials corresponding to Unit 8
of Bite-Size Arabic, divided into
new letters and symbols,
vocabulary, and select
exercises
(8-A, 8-C, 8-D, 8-F, 8-K, 8-L).
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.
siin
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـس
ـسـ
سـ
س
shiin
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـش
ـشـ
شـ
ش
You also learned about the diacritic
fatḥ il-waṣl
or
fatḥataan
in combination with an
’alif, representing the accusative
-an suffix:
اً
ـًا
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.
اِسْم
’ism‘name’
شاي
shaay‘tea’
أَهْلًا
’ahlan ‘hello, hi, welcome’
أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا
’ahlan wa sahlan‘hello, welcome’
أهلًا بِكَ/بِكِ
’ahlan bi-ka/bi-ki‘hello (response)’
مَرْحَبًا
marḥaban‘hello, hi, welcome’
مَرْحَبًا بِكَ/بِكِ
marḥaban bi-ka/bi-ki‘hello (response)’
شَكْرًا
shukran‘thank you’
جِدًّا
jiddan‘very’
يا
yaa(vocative particle)
خَمْسَة
khamsa‘five’
سِتَّة
sitta‘six’
يُساوِي
yusaawii‘to equal’
يَرى
yaraa‘to see’
شَمْس
shams‘sun’
The following woman's name was introduced:
سَلْوى
salwaa‘Salwa’
You also learned two new pairs of names whose feminine forms have a
taa’ marbuuṭa
added to them:
سَمِير
samiir‘Samir’
سَمِيرَة
samiira‘Samira’
سامِي
saamii‘Sami’
سامِيَة
saamiya‘Samya’
Exercises
The following is a selection of the exercises from this unit:
8-A, 8-C, 8-D, 8-F, 8-K, and 8-L.
Exercise 8-A.
Pronounce the following words containing a siin.
1.
ساكِت
2.
مُدَرِّس
3.
رَسْمِيّ
4.
اِبْتَسَم
5.
سَبانِخ
6.
مَكْنَسَة
Exercise 8-C.
Pronounce each of the following words containing a
shiin.
1.
شَجَرَة
2.
مِشْمِش
3.
مَحْشِيّ
4.
فُرْشاة
5.
يَمْشِي
6.
شِبْشِب
Exercise 8-D.
Read aloud the following sentences with fixed expressions
ending in the accusative suffix
-an.
1.
أَهْلاً، يا مُنى.
2.
أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً، يا مُحَمَّد.
3.
مَرْحَبًا، يا خالِد!
4.
مَرْحَبًا بِكِ، يا حَنان!
5.
نِيو يورْك مَدينَة كَبيرَة جِدًّا.
6.
شُكْرًا، يا هانِي.
Exercise 8-F.
Translate the following phrases and sentences.
1.
ما اِسْمَك؟ اِسْمِي جَمال.
2.
ما اِسْم تِلْكَ السَّيِّدَة؟ اِسمَها حَنان.
3.
ما اِسْم هذا الوَلَد؟ اِسْمُه هاني.
4.
اِسْم تِلْكَ البِنْت جَمِيل جِدًّا.
Exercise 8-K.
Practice pronouncing the following demonstrative phrases,
taking care not to make a break between the demonstrative and the following noun.
Note how the
’a
of the article has been dropped.
Try pronouncing the
l
of the article as the end of the preceding word.
For example, for the first phrase pronounce
haadhaa l‑walad
as if it were written
haadhal walad.
Translate each phrase. Is the demonstrative ‘that’ or ‘this’?
1.
هذا الولد
2.
تلك السيدة
3.
ذلك الثوب
4.
هذه اليد
5.
ذلك الجبن
6.
هذه البنت
Exercise 8-L.
Read and translate the following phrases and sentences.
