Arabic A2, Unit 13: Review: the future

Review: the future

Arabic A2 · Unit 13

GoalRead a text about a week of plans and use the future with everything from the earlier units.

New words

الْأُسْبُوع الْقَادِم سَتَكُون سَلْمَى فِي عُطْلَة. (al-ʾusbūʿ al-qādim sa-takūn Salmā fī ʿuṭla) · next week Salma will be on holidayفِي الصَّبَاح سَتَدْرُس فِي الْمَكْتَبَة، وَبَعْد الظُّهْر سَتَتَسَوَّق مَعَ لَيْلَى. (fī ṣ-ṣabāḥ sa-tadrus fī l-maktaba, wa-baʿd aẓ-ẓuhr sa-tatasawwaq maʿa Laylā) · in the morning she will study in the library, and in the afternoon she will shop with Laylaيَوْم السَّبْت سَتَذْهَب سَلْمَى وَعَائِلَتُهَا إِلَى حَفْلَة. (yawm as-sabt sa-tadhhab Salmā wa-ʿāʾilatuhā ʾilā ḥafla) · on Saturday Salma and her family will go to a partyتَتَمَنَّى سَلْمَى أَنْ يَكُون الْجَوّ جَمِيلًا. (tatamannā Salmā ʾan yakūn al-jaww jamīlan) · Salma hopes that the weather will be beautifulبَعْد الْحَفْلَة سَتَرْجِع سَلْمَى إِلَى الْبَيْت وَسَتَنَام. (baʿd al-ḥafla sa-tarjiʿ Salmā ʾilā l-bayt wa-sa-tanām) · after the party Salma will return home and sleep

Explanation

This lesson brings Unit 13 together with the earlier units. Read the text about Salma aloud, line by line, and answer the questions. You can say what will happen with سَـ and سَوْفَ, make plans with time words and ثُمَّ, invite, accept and refuse, and say what you want with أَنْ and a verb. At the end write your own text about next week.

I can…	Example
say the future	سَأَذْهَب، سَتَكْتُب، سَنَلْعَب
tell my plan	فِي الصَّبَاح سَأُسَاعِد أُمِّي
invite	أَدْعُوك إِلَى حَفْلَة
accept or refuse	بِكُلّ سُرُور، مَعَ الْأَسَف
say what I want	أُرِيد أَنْ أَكُون طَبِيبًا
say what I can	أَسْتَطِيع أَنْ أَقْرَأ

Worked examples

الْأُسْبُوع الْقَادِم سَتَكُون سَلْمَى فِي عُطْلَة.
فِي الصَّبَاح سَتَدْرُس فِي الْمَكْتَبَة، وَبَعْد الظُّهْر سَتَتَسَوَّق مَعَ لَيْلَى.
يَوْم السَّبْت سَتَذْهَب سَلْمَى وَعَائِلَتُهَا إِلَى حَفْلَة.
تَتَمَنَّى سَلْمَى أَنْ يَكُون الْجَوّ جَمِيلًا.
بَعْد الْحَفْلَة سَتَرْجِع سَلْمَى إِلَى الْبَيْت وَسَتَنَام.

A text: Salma's week. Read it first, then press Listen.

Dina

مَاذَا سَتَفْعَل يَوْم الْجُمُعَة يَا طَارِق؟

Tariq

مَعَ الْأَسَف عِنْدِي مَوْعِد مَعَ الطَّبِيب.

Dina

وَيَوْم الْأَحَد؟ أَدْعُوك إِلَى حَفْلَة.

Tariq

بِكُلّ سُرُور! أَيْن نَلْتَقِي؟

Dina invites Tariq. Press each line.

Mixed sentences.

Class activity

Write your own text of five lines about next week: what you will do in the morning and in the afternoon, whom you will meet, what you hope for and what you want to do on the weekend. Use the future in every line.

Practice

Where will Salma study in the morning?

Who will Salma go shopping with?

What does Salma hope for?

Press Listen. Where will we go: to the garden, to school or to the market?

The picture shows a calendar. Write: “Next week I will visit my uncle.”

The future and plans

Review: the future