GoalSay what you want, hope and can do with أَنْ and a present verb.
New words
أُرِيد أَنْ (ʾurīd ʾan) · I want toأَسْتَطِيع أَنْ (ʾastaṭīʿ ʾan) · I canأَتَمَنَّى أَنْ (ʾatamannā ʾan) · I hope toأَكُون (ʾakūn) · I am, I will beحُلْم (ḥulm) · dreamمُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) · future
Explanation
To say what you want, use أُرِيد أَنْ and a present verb: أُرِيد أَنْ أَذْهَب, “I want to go”. In the same way say أَسْتَطِيع أَنْ “I can” and أَتَمَنَّى أَنْ “I hope to”. Copy the second verb as you see it in the table: the person of the two verbs is the same. Use only “I”, “you”, “he”, “she” and “we” after أَنْ for now. To say what you want to be, use أَكُون, and the job takes the ending -an, as after كَانَ: أُرِيد أَنْ أَكُون طَبِيبًا.
The teacher asks about the future. Press each line.
Wants and abilities. Listen and repeat.
Dreams.
Class activity
Write four sentences: one with أُرِيد أَنْ, one with أَسْتَطِيع أَنْ, one with أَتَمَنَّى أَنْ and one about the job you want to have (أَنْ أَكُون…). Then write what your friend wants, with يُرِيد أَنْ or تُرِيد أَنْ.
Practice
1
Press Listen. What does she want to do: eat, sleep or go?
