โ˜ฐ Units ยท Arabic A2

Home and neighbourhood

Unit 8 ยท Part B ยท Arabic A2 (Elementary)
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Review: home

Arabic A2 ยท Unit 8
GoalRead a short text about a home and a neighbourhood and use everything from Unit 8.
New words
ุฃูŽุณู’ูƒูู† ูููŠ ุดูู‚ูŽู‘ุฉ ูˆูŽุงุณูุนูŽุฉ ูููŠ ุงู„ุทูŽู‘ุงุจูู‚ ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽูˆูŽู‘ู„. (สพaskun fฤซ shuqqa wฤsiสฟa fฤซ แนญ-แนญฤbiq al-สพawwal) ยท I live in a spacious flat on the first floorูููŠู‡ูŽุง ุซูŽู„ูŽุงุซ ุบูุฑูŽู ูˆูŽุดูุฑู’ููŽุฉ ุตูŽุบููŠุฑูŽุฉ. (fฤซhฤ thalฤth ghuraf wa-shurfa แนฃaghฤซra) ยท it has three rooms and a small balconyุบูุฑู’ููŽุชููŠ ู…ูุฑูŽุชูŽู‘ุจูŽุฉุŒ ูˆูŽูููŠู‡ูŽุง ุณูŽุฑููŠุฑ ูˆูŽุฑูŽูู‘. (ghurfatฤซ murattaba, wa-fฤซhฤ sarฤซr wa-raff) ยท my room is tidy, and there is a bed and a shelf in itุฌูŽุงุฑููŠ ู„ูŽุทููŠูุŒ ูˆูŽุจูŽูŠู’ุชูู‡ ู‚ูŽุฑููŠุจ ู…ูู†ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุฎู’ุจูŽุฒ. (jฤrฤซ laแนญฤซf, wa-baytuh qarฤซb mina l-makhbaz) ยท my neighbour is kind, and his house is near the bakeryุงู„ู’ู…ูŽู„ู’ุนูŽุจ ุจูŽุนููŠุฏ ุนูŽู†ู ุงู„ู’ุญูŽูŠู‘ุŒ ู„ูŽูƒูู†ู ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุฏููŠู‚ูŽุฉ ู…ูู‚ูŽุงุจูู„ ุจูŽูŠู’ุชููŠ. (al-malสฟab baสฟฤซd สฟani l-แธฅayy, lฤkini l-แธฅadฤซqa muqฤbil baytฤซ) ยท the playground is far from the area, but the garden is opposite my house
Explanation

This lesson brings Unit 8 together. You can name parts of a house, describe a home with ูููŠู‡ and ูููŠู‡ูŽุง, say what is near and far, and tell where things are. Read the text below aloud, line by line, and then answer the questions. At the end write your own text about your home.

I canโ€ฆExample
name parts of a houseุดูุฑู’ููŽุฉุŒ ุฌูุฏูŽุงุฑุŒ ุณูู„ูŽู‘ู…
use plurals of thingsุงู„ู’ุบูุฑูŽู ูƒูŽุจููŠุฑูŽุฉ
say what is in itูููŠู‡ ุญูŽุฏููŠู‚ูŽุฉุŒ ูููŠู‡ูŽุง ุณูŽุฑููŠุฑ
say near and farู‚ูŽุฑููŠุจ ู…ูู†ุŒ ุจูŽุนููŠุฏ ุนูŽู†
say where things areุฎูŽู„ู’ูุŒ ููŽูˆู’ู‚ุŒ ุจูŽูŠู’ู†ุŒ ุญูŽูˆู’ู„
Worked examples

ุฃูŽุณู’ูƒูู† ูููŠ ุดูู‚ูŽู‘ุฉ ูˆูŽุงุณูุนูŽุฉ ูููŠ ุงู„ุทูŽู‘ุงุจูู‚ ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽูˆูŽู‘ู„.
ูููŠู‡ูŽุง ุซูŽู„ูŽุงุซ ุบูุฑูŽู ูˆูŽุดูุฑู’ููŽุฉ ุตูŽุบููŠุฑูŽุฉ.
ุบูุฑู’ููŽุชููŠ ู…ูุฑูŽุชูŽู‘ุจูŽุฉุŒ ูˆูŽูููŠู‡ูŽุง ุณูŽุฑููŠุฑ ูˆูŽุฑูŽูู‘.
ุฌูŽุงุฑููŠ ู„ูŽุทููŠูุŒ ูˆูŽุจูŽูŠู’ุชูู‡ ู‚ูŽุฑููŠุจ ู…ูู†ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุฎู’ุจูŽุฒ.
ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽู„ู’ุนูŽุจ ุจูŽุนููŠุฏ ุนูŽู†ู ุงู„ู’ุญูŽูŠู‘ุŒ ู„ูŽูƒูู†ู ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุฏููŠู‚ูŽุฉ ู…ูู‚ูŽุงุจูู„ ุจูŽูŠู’ุชููŠ.

A text: a home and an area. Read it first, then press Listen.
Hassan

ุฃูŽูŠู’ู† ุชูŽุณู’ูƒูู†ููŠู†ุŸ

Layla

ุฃูŽุณู’ูƒูู† ูููŠ ุญูŽูŠู‘ ู‡ูŽุงุฏูุฆุŒ ูˆูŽุจูŽูŠู’ุชููŠ ู‚ูŽุฑููŠุจ ู…ูู†ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽูƒู’ุชูŽุจูŽุฉ.

Hassan

ู‡ูŽู„ ุจูŽูŠู’ุชููƒู ูƒูŽุจููŠุฑุŸ

Layla

ู„ูŽุงุŒ ู‡ููˆูŽ ุตูŽุบููŠุฑ ู„ูŽูƒูู† ู…ูุฑููŠุญุŒ ูˆูŽูููŠู‡ ุญูŽุฏููŠู‚ูŽุฉ.

Hassan and Layla talk about where they live. Press each line.
Short sentences from different lessons.
Class activity

Write your own text of five lines about your home: where you live, how big it is, what is in one room, who your neighbour is, and which place is near or far. Use at least one of ูููŠู‡ or ูููŠู‡ูŽุง, one place word from Lesson 4 and one of ู‚ูŽุฑููŠุจ ู…ูู† or ุจูŽุนููŠุฏ ุนูŽู†. Read it aloud.

Practice
1
How many rooms does the flat have?
2
Where is the neighbourโ€™s house?
3
What is opposite the speakerโ€™s house?
4
The picture shows a house. Write โ€œmy house is far from the marketโ€.
5
The picture shows a bed. Write โ€œthe bed is between the shelf and the windowโ€.