Arabic A2, Unit 12: Review of Part B

Review of Part B

Arabic A2 · Unit 12

GoalRead a text about a year and use everything from Units 7–12.

New words

اِسْمِي سَلْمَى، وَعِيد مِيلَادِي فِي شَهْر يُولْيُو. (ismī Salmā, wa-ʿīd mīlādī fī shahr yūlyū) · my name is Salma, and my birthday is in Julyفَصْلِي الْمُفَضَّل هُوَ الصَّيْف، لِأَنَّ الْجَوّ حَارّ وَمُشْمِس. (faṣlī l-mufaḍḍal huwa ṣ-ṣayf, li-ʾanna l-jaww ḥārr wa-mushmis) · my favourite season is summer, because the weather is hot and sunnyفِي الصَّيْف نَذْهَب أَنَا وَعَائِلَتِي إِلَى بَيْت جَدِّي. (fī ṣ-ṣayf nadhhab ʾanā wa-ʿāʾilatī ʾilā bayt jaddī) · in summer my family and I go to my grandfather's houseنَأْكُل السَّمَك فِي الْمَطْعَم، وَأَلْبَس الْفُسْتَان الْأَبْيَض. (naʾkul as-samak fī l-maṭʿam, wa-ʾalbas al-fustān al-ʾabyaḍ) · we eat fish in the restaurant, and I wear the white dressفِي الشِّتَاء أَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف الْأَحْمَر، لِأَنَّ الْجَوّ بَارِد. (fī sh-shitāʾ ʾalbas al-miʿṭaf al-ʾaḥmar, li-ʾanna l-jaww bārid) · in winter I wear the red coat, because the weather is coldأَجْمَل يَوْم فِي السَّنَة هُوَ عِيد مِيلَادِي. (ʾajmal yawm fī s-sana huwa ʿīd mīlādī) · the most beautiful day of the year is my birthday

Explanation

This lesson brings Part B together: family, home, food, health, clothes, weather, months and dates. Read Salma's text aloud, line by line, and answer the questions. In line 6, أَجْمَل يَوْم means “the most beautiful day”: a comparative before a noun gives the superlative. At the end write your own text of five lines about your year.

I can…	Example
talk about my family and home	بَيْت جَدِّي، فِي الْمَطْبَخ
order food	أُرِيد حَسَاء وَسَلَطَة
talk about health	عِنْدِي صُدَاع، يَجِب أَنْ تَنَام
talk about clothes and prices	أَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف، بِكَم هَذَا؟
describe the weather and seasons	الْجَوّ بَارِد، فِي الصَّيْف
say months and dates	فِي شَهْر مَارِس، الْعَاشِر مِن مَايُو

Worked examples

اِسْمِي سَلْمَى، وَعِيد مِيلَادِي فِي شَهْر يُولْيُو.
فَصْلِي الْمُفَضَّل هُوَ الصَّيْف، لِأَنَّ الْجَوّ حَارّ وَمُشْمِس.
فِي الصَّيْف نَذْهَب أَنَا وَعَائِلَتِي إِلَى بَيْت جَدِّي.
نَأْكُل السَّمَك فِي الْمَطْعَم، وَأَلْبَس الْفُسْتَان الْأَبْيَض.
فِي الشِّتَاء أَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف الْأَحْمَر، لِأَنَّ الْجَوّ بَارِد.
أَجْمَل يَوْم فِي السَّنَة هُوَ عِيد مِيلَادِي.

A text: Salma tells about her year. Read it first, then press Listen.

Dina

كَيْف الطَّقْس الْيَوْم؟

Hassan

هُنَاكَ رِيح وَمَطَر.

Dina

إِذًا يَجِب أَنْ تَلْبَس الْمِعْطَف.

Hassan

عِنْدِي مِعْطَف أَزْرَق.

Dina and Hassan on a rainy day. Press each line.

Mixed sentences.

Class activity

Write your own text of five lines: your name and birthday month, your favourite season and why, what you wear in that season, what you do with your family, and the most beautiful day of your year. Use at least one ordinal or one date, one colour and one comparative.

Practice

When is Salma's birthday?

What is her favourite season, and why?

Where does Salma go in summer, and with whom?

What does Salma wear in winter, and why?

Press Listen. What is the weather like today?

Weather, seasons, months and dates

Review of Part B