Arabic A2, Unit 8: Rooms and furniture

Rooms and furniture

Arabic A2 · Unit 8

GoalName parts of a house and use their plurals with the right describing word.

New words

شُرْفَة (shurfa) · balconyسَقْف (saqf) · ceilingجِدَار (jidār) · wallأَرْض (arḍ) · floor, groundطَابِق (ṭābiq) · floor, storeyسُلَّم (sullam) · stairs, ladderرَفّ (raff) · shelfسِتَارَة (sitāra) · curtain

Explanation

Here are eight parts of a house. Many nouns have a plural that you learn as a whole word: جِدَار → جُدْرَان (walls), طَابِق → طَوَابِق (floors), رَفّ → رُفُوف (shelves), سِتَارَة → سَتَائِر (curtains), غُرْفَة → غُرَف (rooms), نَافِذَة → نَوَافِذ (windows). A plural of things takes the feminine singular describing word: الْجُدْرَان بَيْضَاء, “the walls are white”. For exactly two things use the dual: طَابِقَان, “two floors”.

One	Many	Meaning
غُرْفَة	غُرَف	room
نَافِذَة	نَوَافِذ	window
جِدَار	جُدْرَان	wall
طَابِق	طَوَابِق	floor
رَفّ	رُفُوف	shelf
سِتَارَة	سَتَائِر	curtain

Worked examples

Things in a house. Listen and repeat.

Yusuf

أَيْن غُرْفَتُكِ؟

Layla

غُرْفَتِي فِي الطَّابِق الْأَوَّل.

Yusuf

وَهَل عِنْدَكِ شُرْفَة؟

Layla

نَعَم، عِنْدِي شُرْفَة صَغِيرَة.

Yusuf asks Layla about her room. Press each line.

Shelf and stairs.

Class activity

Walk round your home and name eight things. Write each with its plural where you can. Then write four sentences about the colours of the walls, the curtains and the doors, for example جُدْرَان غُرْفَتِي زَرْقَاء.

Practice

Press Listen. Do you sleep on it or sit on it?

Write the plural of نَافِذَة.

The picture shows a window. Write “the windows are big”.

The picture shows a ladder. Write “the ladder is long”.

Choose the right word: الْجُدْرَان ___ (بَيْضَاء or أَبْيَض).

Home and neighbourhood

Rooms and furniture