Learn to Read and Write Arabic Using the Tiniest Bit of Vocabulary and Grammar
Unit 9
On this page you will find audio materials corresponding to Unit 9
of Bite-Size Arabic, divided into
new letters and symbols,
vocabulary, and select
exercises
(9-A, 9-B, 9-C, 9-D, 9-E, 9-G, 9-I, 9-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.
ʕayn
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـع
ـعـ
عـ
ع
ghayn
Final
Medial
Initial
Independent
ـغ
ـغـ
غـ
غ
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.
نَعَم
naʕam‘yes’
عِنْد
ʕind‘at, by’
أَرْبَعَة
’arbaʕa‘four’
عَرَبِيّ
ʕarabiyy‘Arabic, Arab’
إِنْجِلِيزِيّ
’injiliiziyy‘English’
يَتَكَلَّم
yatakallam‘to speak’
مَعَ
maʕa‘with’
لـُغَة
lugha‘language’
هَل
hal(interrogative particle)
مِئَة
mi’a‘hundred’
سُؤال
su’aal
‘question’
غالِي
ghaalii‘expensive’
لـَيْسَ
laysa‘isn’t’
The following woman's name was introduced:
غادَة
ghaada‘Ghada’
The following three men’s names were also presented:
عَلِيّ
ʕaliyy, ʕalii‘Ali’
عُمَر
ʕumar‘Omar’
عَزِيز
ʕaziiz‘Aziz’
Exercises
The following is a selection of the exercises from this unit:
9-A, 9-B, 9-C, 9-D, 9-E, 9-G, 9-I, 9-K.
Exercise 9-A.
Transcribe or read aloud the following words containing the letter
ʕayn.
1.
يَبْلَع
2.
عِنَب
3.
مُعَيَّن
4.
دُمُوع
5.
مَوْعِد
6.
عَجَلَة
Exercise 9-B.
Having learned the word for ‘four’,
you should now be able to count from one to six.
Can you read all these numbers correctly without any short vowels
or other diacritics to guide you in their pronunciation?
واحد، اثنان، ثلاثة، أربعة، خمسة، ستة
Exercise 9-C.
Pronounce or transcribe the following words containing the letter
ghayn:
1.
غَدًا
2.
مَغْرور
3.
رَغْبَة
4.
زَغْلُول
5.
غَنِيّ
6.
أُغْنِيَة
Exercise 9-D.
The following words demonstrate the various ways the
hamza.
can be written in different contexts.
Read them aloud or transcribe them.
1.
بِئْر
2.
سُوء
3.
يَجْرُؤ
4.
جاءَت
5.
سَيِّئ
6.
كُؤُوس
7.
أَشْياء
8.
مُؤْلِم
9.
بَراءَة
Exercise 9-E.
Translate the following sentences and questions.
An important new word introduced in this unit you will need to know for
this exercise is مَعَ
maʕa ‘with’.
ِ
1.
مَن تَتَكَلَّم مَعَ تِلْكَ السَّيِّدَة؟
2.
هَل زَوْجَتَك تَتَكَلَّم اللُّغَة العَرَبِيَّة؟
3.
أَيّ لُغَة تَتَكَلَّمِيـن؟
4.
مَعَ مَن تَتَكَلَّم؟
5.
هَل مُنى تَتَكَلَّم مَعَ اِبْنَها؟ نَعَم.
6.
أَيّ لُغَة تَتَكَلَّم سَلْوى مَعَ أُمَّها؟
Exercise 9-G.
Translate the following sentences containing ʕind.
In one of the sentences you this word has the sense of
‘at someone’s place’ rather than ‘have’.
Diacritics such as short vowels have been used sparingly.
1.
هل عنْدِك كباب، يا مُنِيرَة؟
2.
ذلك السيّد عندُه بيت كبير.
3.
لـَيْسَ عندي جبن.
4.
السيّدة أمينة عندها اِبن وَبنت.
5.
ماذا عندك؟
6.
أَيّ كتاب عندُه؟
7.
أنا عند سَمِير اليَوم.
8.
نوال ليس عندها ثَـوْب جميل.
Exercise 9-I.
Translate the following phrases. Then practice pronouncing them, taking care not to make a break between the two words. Note how the initial ’a of the article has been dropped.
1.
ذلك السؤال
2.
هذا الشاي
3.
تلك اللغة
4.
هذه المرأة
5.
هذا الحمام
6.
تلك الأم
Exercise 9-K.
Translate the following sentences. Diacritics such as short vowels have been used sparingly.
