Unit 11
On this page you will find audio materials corresponding to Unit 11 of Bite-Size Arabic, divided into new letters and symbols, vocabulary, and select exercises: 11-A, 11-B, 11-C, 11-D, 11-F, 11-G, 11-H, 11-I, 11-K, 11-M, and 11-Q.
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.
| ṣaad | |||
| Final | Medial | Initial | Independent |
| ـص | ـصـ | صـ | ص |
| ḍaad | |||
| Final | Medial | Initial | Independent |
| ـض | ـضـ | ضـ | ض |
| ṭaa’ | |||
| Final | Medial | Initial | Independent |
| ـط | ـطـ | طـ | ط |
| ḍhaa’ | |||
| Final | Medial | Initial | Independent |
| ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ | ظ |
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.
| صِفْر | ṣifr ‘zero’ |
| صَغِير | ṣaghiir ‘small, little’ |
| طَوِيل | ṭawiil ‘long’ |
| صَدِيق، صَدِيقَة | ṣadiiq, ṣadiiqa ‘friend (m., f.)’ |
| قَلَم | qalam ‘pen, pencil’ |
| صَباح | ṣabaaḥ ‘morning’ |
| خِطاب | khiṭaab ‘letter (i.e. written message)’ |
| تَفَضَّل، تَفَضَّلِي | tafaḍḍal, tafaḍḍalii ‘go ahead, please do’ |
| ظُهْر | ḍhuhr ‘noon’ |
| بَعْد | baʕd ‘after’ |
| يَكْتُب | yaktub ‘to write’ |
| رِسالَة | risaala ‘message’ |
| مَساء | masaa’ ‘evening’ |
| لِ | li ‘for, to’ |
The following men’s names was introduced:
| عَبْدُه | ʕabd-uh ‘Abdou’ |
| عَبْد الله | ʕabd al-laah ‘Abdallah (informally pronounced ʕabdallah)’ |
| عَبْد المَجِيد | ʕabd al-majiid ‘Abd al‑Majid’ |
| عَبْد العَزِيز | ʕabd il-ʕaziiz ‘Abd al‑Aziz’ |
| عَبْد الواحِد | ʕabd il-waaḥid ‘Abd al‑Wahed’ |
Exercises
The following is a selection of the exercises from this unit: 11-A, 11-B, 11-C, 11-D, 11-F, 11-G, 11-H, 11-I, 11-K, 11-M, and 11-Q.
Exercise 11-A. Pronounce the following words.
Exercise 11-B. Pronounce the following words.
Exercise 11-C. Pronounce the following words. Pronounce or transcribe the following words.
Exercise 11-D. Pronounce the following words.
Exercise 11-F. Now practice the four emphatic letters by pronouncing the following words.
Exercise 11-G. Practice pronouncing the following words with the article. Each of the words contains an emphatic letter. Remember also that all four emphatic letters are pronounced with the front part of the tongue, so the definite article before one of these letters is pronounced with a double consonant rather than with an l.
’aḍh-ḍhuhr ‘(the) noontime’
’aṣ-ṣabaaḥ ‘the morning’
’aṭ-ṭaawila ‘the table’
’aḍ-ḍabaab ‘the fog’
Exercise 11-H. Practice reading the following four dialogues.
| مَحْمُود: | صَباح الخَيْر، يا آنِسَة مَها. |
| مَها: | صَباح النُّور، يا سَيِّد مَحْمُود. |
| نهى: | أَهْلًا وَسَهْلاً، يا عُمَر. |
| عُمَر: | أُهْلاً بِكِ، يا نُهى. |
| زَيْنَب: | مَساء الخَيْر، يا حَبِيبي! |
| مُنِير: | مَساء النُّور، يا حَبِيبَتي! |
| أَحْمَد: | تَفَضَّلِي، يا مُنى. |
| مُنى: | شُكْرًا، يا أَحْمَد. |
| أَحْمَد: | عَفْوًا. |
Exercise 11-I.
‘servant of the Gentle One’
‘servant of the Merciful One’
‘servant of the Strong One’
Exercise 11-K. Read and translate the following phrases and sentences.
Exercise 11-M. Practice pronouncing the following adjectives in an informal style. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed. For each pair, the feminine form is stressed on a different syllable than the masculine form.
‘Egyptian’
‘Lebanese’
‘Algerian’
‘Syrian’
Exercise 11-Q. Read and translate the following phrases and sentences.
