Arabic A2, Unit 11: Review: shopping

Review: shopping

Arabic A2 · Unit 11

GoalRead a short text about shopping and use everything from Unit 11 and the earlier units.

New words

ذَهَبَتْ مَرْيَم إِلَى السُّوق مَعَ أُخْتِهَا لَيْلَى. (dhahabat Maryam ʾilā s-sūq maʿa ʾukhtihā Laylā) · Maryam went to the market with her sister Laylaفِي الْمَحَلّ فُسْتَان أَحْمَر وَفُسْتَان أَزْرَق. (fī l-maḥall fustān ʾaḥmar wa-fustān ʾazraq) · in the shop there is a red dress and a blue dressالْفُسْتَان الْأَحْمَر أَجْمَل، لَكِنَّه أَغْلَى مِن الْأَزْرَق. (al-fustān al-ʾaḥmar ʾajmal, lākinnahu ʾaghlā min al-ʾazraq) · the red dress is more beautiful, but it is more expensive than the blue oneثَمَن الْأَحْمَر أَرْبَعُون دِينَارًا، وَثَمَن الْأَزْرَق ثَلَاثُون دِينَارًا. (thaman al-ʾaḥmar ʾarbaʿūn dīnāran, wa-thaman al-ʾazraq thalāthūn dīnāran) · the price of the red one is forty dinars, and of the blue one thirty dinarsاِشْتَرَتْ مَرْيَم الْفُسْتَان الْأَزْرَق، وَدَفَعَتْ نَقْدًا. (ishtarat Maryam l-fustān al-ʾazraq, wa-dafaʿat naqdan) · Maryam bought the blue dress and paid in cash

Explanation

This lesson brings Unit 11 together with the earlier units. Read the text about Maryam aloud, line by line, and answer the questions. You can use clothes, colours, prices, comparatives and the past tense. At the end write your own short text about a shopping trip.

I can…	Example
name clothes	قَمِيص، فُسْتَان، مِعْطَف
say what I wear	أَلْبَس الْوِشَاح
use colours	حَقِيبَة سَوْدَاء، قَمِيص أَسْوَد
ask and say prices	بِكَم هَذَا؟ عِشْرُون دِينَارًا
compare	أَرْخَص مِن، الْأَرْخَص
pay	أَدْفَع نَقْدًا

Worked examples

ذَهَبَتْ مَرْيَم إِلَى السُّوق مَعَ أُخْتِهَا لَيْلَى.
فِي الْمَحَلّ فُسْتَان أَحْمَر وَفُسْتَان أَزْرَق.
الْفُسْتَان الْأَحْمَر أَجْمَل، لَكِنَّه أَغْلَى مِن الْأَزْرَق.
ثَمَن الْأَحْمَر أَرْبَعُون دِينَارًا، وَثَمَن الْأَزْرَق ثَلَاثُون دِينَارًا.
اِشْتَرَتْ مَرْيَم الْفُسْتَان الْأَزْرَق، وَدَفَعَتْ نَقْدًا.

A text: Maryam goes shopping. Read it first, then press Listen.

Karim

بِكَم الْحِذَاء الْأَسْوَد؟

Seller

أَرْبَعُون دِينَارًا.

Karim

هَذَا غَالٍ. هَل عِنْدَك أَرْخَص؟

Seller

نَعَم، هَذَا الْحِذَاء الْأَبْيَض بِعِشْرِين دِينَارًا.

Karim

رَائِع! أُرِيد الْأَبْيَض.

Karim buys shoes. Press each line.

Mixed sentences.

Class activity

Write your own text of five lines about buying something: where you went, with whom, what you saw, which one was cheaper or more beautiful, and what you bought. Use a colour, a price and a comparative.

Practice

Where did Maryam go, and with whom?

What colours were the dresses?

Which dress was more expensive, and how much was it?

What did Maryam buy, and how did she pay?

Press Listen. Is the yellow scarf cheap or expensive?

Clothes and shopping

Review: shopping