To say what is wrong, use عِنْدِي, “I have”, and the name of the problem: عِنْدِي صُدَاع, “I have a headache”. For other persons we change the ending: عِنْدَك، عِنْدَكِ، عِنْدَه، عِنْدَهَا. For pain in a place, say أَلَم فِي and the body part with my ending: عِنْدِي أَلَم فِي يَدِي. To say you do not have it, put لَيْسَ before: لَيْسَ عِنْدِي حُمَّى. In the past, add كَانَ: كَانَ عِنْدِي صُدَاع. To say how you feel, use أَشْعُر بِـ: أَشْعُر بِالتَّعَب.
Who
Has
Example
أَنَا
عِنْدِي
عِنْدِي صُدَاع
أَنْتَ
عِنْدَك
عِنْدَك سُعَال
أَنْتِ
عِنْدَكِ
عِنْدَكِ زُكَام
هُوَ
عِنْدَه
عِنْدَه حُمَّى
هِيَ
عِنْدَهَا
عِنْدَهَا أَلَم فِي بَطْنِهَا
Worked examples
What is wrong? Listen and repeat.
Yusuf
مَا بِكِ يَا سَلْمَى؟
Salma
عِنْدِي أَلَم فِي بَطْنِي.
Yusuf
وَهَل عِنْدَكِ حُمَّى؟
Salma
لَا، لَيْسَ عِنْدِي حُمَّى.
Yusuf asks Salma. Press each line.
Other persons.
Class activity
Make a small health card for yourself. Write five sentences: three with عِنْدِي + a problem, one with أَلَم فِي + a body part, and one with لَيْسَ عِنْدِي. Then say them aloud to a friend, who answers مَا بِك؟ before each sentence.
Practice
1
Press Listen. Who has the problem: I, you, we or he?
We: عِنْدَنَا (ʿindanā) means “we have”. The sentence is عِنْدَنَا صُدَاع, “we have a headache”.
2
Write in Arabic: “I have a cough.”
عِنْدِي سُعَال (ʿindī suʿāl).
3
The picture shows a thermometer. Write: “I have a fever.”
عِنْدِي حُمَّى (ʿindī ḥummā).
4
Write: “I have pain in my hand.”
عِنْدِي أَلَم فِي يَدِي (ʿindī ʾalam fī yadī).
5
The picture shows a sick girl. Write: “She has a headache.”
