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Clothes
Arabic A2 · Unit 11
GoalName common clothes and say what you wear with the verb لَبِسَ.
New words
قَمِيص (qamīṣ) · shirtبَنْطَلُون (banṭalūn) · trousersفُسْتَان (fustān) · dressحِذَاء (ḥidhāʾ) · shoe, shoesجَوْرَب (jawrab) · sockمِعْطَف (miʿṭaf) · coatقُبَّعَة (qubbaʿa) · hatوِشَاح (wishāḥ) · scarf
Explanation
These are the common clothes. To say what you wear, use the verb لَبِسَ “to wear”. In the present it is أَلْبَس “I wear”, تَلْبَس “you wear (m.) / she wears”, تَلْبَسِين “you wear (f.)”, يَلْبَس “he wears” and نَلْبَس “we wear”. The verb works like the verbs of Unit 1. For the past we say لَبِسْتُ “I wore”. After the verb comes the thing you wear, with الْ: أَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف.
| Who | Present of لَبِسَ | Example |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا | أَلْبَس | أَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف |
| أَنْتَ | تَلْبَس | تَلْبَس الْقَمِيص |
| أَنْتِ | تَلْبَسِين | تَلْبَسِين الْفُسْتَان |
| هُوَ | يَلْبَس | يَلْبَس الْبَنْطَلُون |
| هِيَ | تَلْبَس | تَلْبَس الْوِشَاح |
| نَحْنُ | نَلْبَس | نَلْبَس الْحِذَاء |
Worked examples
What do they wear? Listen and repeat.
Maryam
مَاذَا تَلْبَس الْيَوْم يَا عُمَر؟
Omar
أَلْبَس قَمِيصِي الْجَدِيد.
Maryam
وَأَنَا أَلْبَس فُسْتَانِي.
Past and “not”.
Class activity
Open your wardrobe or think of it. Write what you wear today, using the verb لَبِسَ and the new words: أَلْبَس … Write five sentences. Then write what a friend wears with تَلْبَس or يَلْبَس.
Practice
1
Press Listen. Who wears hats: one person, you (f.) or a group of men?
A group of men: يَلْبَسُون (yalbasūn), “they wear”.
2
Write: “I wear the coat.”
أَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف (ʾalbas al-miʿṭaf).
3
The picture shows a dress. Write: “Maryam wears the dress.”
تَلْبَس مَرْيَم الْفُسْتَان (talbas Maryam al-fustān).
4
The picture shows a scarf. Write the Arabic word.
وِشَاح (wishāḥ).
5
Write: “You (f.) wear”.
تَلْبَسِين (talbasīn).