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Arabic A2 (Elementary)
A free second course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for learners who finished Arabic A1 or can already read vowelled Arabic. Go at your own speed: 18 units, each with 5 short lessons, a quiz and extra practice. Part A builds sentences (verbs, the past, possession, plurals); Part B covers family, home, food, health, shopping and dates; Part C covers the future, travel, free time, study and work, comparing and telling a story.
Start with Unit 1 Continue where you stopped
Continues Arabic A1You should know the letters, the vowels and about 400 words. If not, start with Arabic A1.
Units, not weeksTake a unit in a day or in a month. A unit has 5 lessons, a quiz and extra practice.
Always with vowelsEvery Arabic word keeps its short vowel marks. A transliteration is added for new hard words.
Short textsFrom Part A on, lessons include short reading texts with questions.
Reading marks used in the transliteration: ā ī ū = long vowels · ḥ ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ = the letters with a dot below (deeper sounds) · ʿ = ayn · ʾ = hamza · th dh kh sh gh = one letter each.
Part AVerbs and sentences
1- Reading connected text
- Roots and patterns
- Present tense: I, you (m.), he, she
- Present tense: you (f.), we, they
- Review: reading and the verb
2- Verb, subject, object
- Word order and questions
- Negation with لَا and لَيْسَ
- Adverbs: always, often, never
- Review: sentences with verbs
3- The past: I, you, he, she
- The past: we, they, you (pl.)
- Negating the past with مَا
- “Was”: the verb كَانَ
- Review: the past tense
4- Possessive endings: my, your, his, her
- Possessive endings: our, their
- The construct: the book of the teacher
- Nouns with adjectives
- Review: possession
5- Sound plurals: men and women
- Common broken plurals
- The dual
- Plural adjectives and agreement
- Review: plurals
6- فِي، عَلَى، مِن، إِلَى
- مَعَ، عَن، بِـ، لِـ
- And, but, because, so
- Where and when: time words
- Review of Part A
Part BMy life
7- Relatives
- Describing a person
- Character and feelings
- Age and appearance
- Review: people
8- Rooms and furniture
- Describing my home
- The neighbourhood
- Prepositions of place
- Review: home
9- Meals and dishes
- Ordering in a restaurant
- Quantities and containers
- Cooking and recipes (simple)
- Review: food
10- Parts of the body
- At the doctor
- Feelings and pain
- Advice: should and must
- Review: health
11- Clothes
- Sizes, colours and prices
- Bargaining and paying
- Comparing prices
- Review: shopping
12- Weather
- Seasons
- Months
- Dates and ordinal numbers
- Review of Part B
Part COut and about, and telling stories
13- The future with سَـ and سَوْفَ
- Plans for tomorrow
- Invitations and appointments
- Wishes: أُرِيد أَنْ
- Review: the future
14- At the station and the airport
- Tickets and booking
- In the hotel
- Commands: go, come, wait
- Review: travel
15- Hobbies
- Sport
- I like to… and I can…
- Inviting a friend
- Review: free time
16- School subjects
- The classroom and the university
- Jobs and workplaces
- A job interview (simple)
- Review: study and work
17- Comparatives: bigger, better
- Superlatives: the biggest
- Same and different
- Asking for opinions
- Review: comparing
18- Time order: first, then, finally
- A day in the past
- Short texts and messages
- Reading comprehension
- Final review of Arabic A2
Free to use. This course is made by Darslab; it is not connected to any exam board or publisher.
