Contents 1 7 8 9 Introduction... Getting started... ب ت ش ن ي alphabet: Letters of the Vowels Basic greetings Putting words together...10 ا د ذ ر ز و alphabet: Letters of the Putting words together Introductions The family...1 ج ه خ ه م alphabet: Letters of the Masculine and feminine Members of the family Jobs...18 س ش ص ض alphabet: Letters of the Jobs Sound plurals and plural pronouns Describing things... ف ق ك ل alphabet: Letters of the ( this ) هذا/هذه ( the ) ال... Basic adjectives Where is it?... ط ظ ع غ alphabet: Letters of the Words describing position هل Yes/no questions with Describing places...0 More about adjectives isn t ) ( there is/there هناك/ليس هناك Directions Review... Review of Units 1 7 Countries and people...8 Geographical position Nationality and home town
Contents 10 11 1 1 1 1 1 17 18 19 0 Counting things... Arabic numbers 1 10 Talking about price Shopping Plurals and colours... ف عول and ا فعال Broken plurals Colours and materials What happened yesterday?...0 Basic verbs in the past tense: singular Narrating past events Wish you were here... ف ع ل and ف عال Broken plurals Numbers 11 100 Basic verbs in the past tense: plural All the President s men...8 Days of the week ف ع لاء Plural pattern Business and government Review... Review of Units 9 1 Every day... Times and dates Basic verbs in the present tense School and university Eating and drinking...70 At the grocer and in the restaurant Forms of the verb: II, III and IV Making sentences negative Comparing things...7 Comparitives ( was/were ) كان Comparing past and present Future plans...78 Months of the year Talking about future plans Review...8 Review of Units 1 19 Answers to activities...8
The family 1 Match the letter combinations to their joined-up equivalents. a حامد b ماري c حاتم d مها e ياس مين f هاني م + ه + ا ه + ا + م + د ه + ا + ن + ي ه + ا + ت + م م + ا + ر + ي ي + ا + س + م + ي + ن 1 Handwriting practice هذا هذه زجاجة خيمة حمد ا هو هي happledha (this, masc.) happledhihi (this, fem.) zujappleja (bottle) khayma (tent) a mad (Ahmed) huwa (he) hiya (she) Tip: The letter happle (ه) needs special attention. The letter shape varies considerably depend-.(ه or ه) ing on its position, and happle also has an alternative shape in the middle
جاجة ز وج ز وجة ز دينة Unit 1 Look at the picture and find the word in the word square. (The words can be found running right to left or top to bottom.) Then write the Arabic joined up next to the picture and decide if the word is masculine (M) or feminine (F), as in the example. ب ي ت د ذ ا ش ن ه ر م خ ر ة ت ذ ي ت ي ب ج ر ش ذ ه م ا ر د ج ا ج ة ش ي ه م ب ه م ا د ذ ي ز ج ا ج ة F 1 7 8 Re-write the words below, adding the ending ي -ı ( my ), as in the example. (daughter) (husband) (wife) (house) (city/town) اخي ( my brother) (brother) 1 ا خ ا ب ا م ا خت ا بن (son) بنت بيت م 1 7 8 9 0 (father) (mother) (sister) Tip: When you add the ending, adjust the final letter to the joining shape and remember.(ت) tapple is then written and pronounced as a regular (ة) that the feminine ending tapple marbü a
وج ز ن يم 1 Unit Complete the names of the family members on the family trees below, according to what the people are saying. زوج ناد ية. وا نا انا حام د وماري. داني ا م م ها انا ا بن حامد بدر انا وناد ية. داني. اخي وهذا ماري انا ب در. ا خت زيزي انا... مها. ا انا وا نا = نادية مها = 1 داني
Unit 17 How do you say these in Arabic? 1 This is my husband, Hamed. This is my mother, Maha. Mary is Ayman s daughter. Nadia is Hamed s wife. Who s Badr? He s my son. Who s Mary? She s my daughter. هذا زوجي حامد. 7 ( Conversation Your father and your little sister are seeing you off at the train station when you bump into your friend Zaynab again. (Note: train = قطار qi appler) Prepare your half of the conversation introducing your father and sister to Zaynab and try saying it out loud. Remember that you can use the transliteration to help you pronounce the words and write your response; but you may also now want to have a go at writing some of the words in Arabic script. Use the English prompts to guide you, as in the example. kayf al- applel yapple zaynab? ا هلا. ahlan. How are you, Zaynab? الهمد الله lillappleh. al- amdu Zaynab, this is my father. تش ر فنا. ومن هذه happledhihi? tasharrafnapple. wa-man This is Mimi. She s my sister. ا هلا يا ميمي! mımı! ahlan yapple Ah, this is my train. مع الس لامة! s-salapplema! maعa Goodbye! كيف الهال يا زينب