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And, but, because, so
Arabic A2 · Unit 6
GoalJoin words and sentences with وَ، أَوْ، لَكِن، لِأَنَّ and لِذَلِك.
New words
وَ (wa-) · andأَوْ (ʾaw) · orلَكِن (lākin) · butلِأَنَّ (li-ʾanna) · becauseلِذَلِك (li-dhālik) · so, thereforeأَيْضًا (ʾayḍan) · also, too
Explanation
وَ means “and” and it is written together with the next word: الْقَلَم وَالدَّفْتَر. أَوْ means “or” and لَكِن means “but”. لِأَنَّ means “because” and starts the reason, which is a full sentence. لِذَلِك means “so” and starts the result. أَيْضًا means “also”: وَأَنَا أَيْضًا is “and me too”.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| وَ | and | الْقَلَم وَالدَّفْتَر |
| أَوْ | or | شَاي أَوْ قَهْوَة |
| لَكِن | but | صَغِير لَكِن جَمِيل |
| لِأَنَّ | because | لِأَنَّ الْمَدْرَسَة بَعِيدَة |
| لِذَلِك | so | أَنَا جَائِع، لِذَلِك آكُل |
| أَيْضًا | also | وَأَنَا أَيْضًا |
Worked examples
Hassan
هَل تُرِيدِين الشَّاي أَوِ الْقَهْوَة؟
Dina
أُرِيد الشَّاي.
Hassan
وَأَنَا أَيْضًا.
Because and so. Listen and repeat.
But, in a short sentence.
Class activity
Join the sentences. Write four pairs of short sentences and join each pair with a different word: وَ، أَوْ، لَكِن or لِأَنَّ. For example, join “I like tea” and “I do not like coffee” with لَكِن. Then write one sentence with لِذَلِك. Read all of them aloud.
Practice
1
Press Listen. What are the two drinks, and which little word joins them?
Juice (عَصِير) and milk (حَلِيب), joined by أَوْ, “or”.
2
Write in Arabic: “a pen and a book”.
قَلَم وَكِتَاب
3
The picture shows tea and bread. Write “tea and bread”.
شَاي وَخُبْز (shāy wa-khubz)
4
The picture shows a house. Write “the house is small but beautiful”.
الْبَيْت صَغِير لَكِن جَمِيل
5
Which word starts the reason: لِأَنَّ or لِذَلِك?
لِأَنَّ (li-ʾanna), “because”. لِذَلِك starts the result.