Arabic A1, Unit 14: There is and there is not

There is and there is not

Arabic A1 · Unit 14

GoalSay what there is in a room, what there is not, and what you have, with عِنْدِي and لَيْس.

New words

عِنْدِي (ʿindī) · I haveعِنْدَك (ʿindak) · you haveلَيْس (lays) · is not, there is notفِي الْغُرْفَة سَرِير (fī l-ghurfa sarīr) · there is a bed in the roomلَيْس فِي الْغُرْفَة كُرْسِيّ (lays fī l-ghurfa kursī) · there is no chair in the roomعِنْدِي ثَلَّاجَة (ʿindī thallāja) · I have a fridgeهَل عِنْدَك مِفْتَاح؟ (hal ʿindak miftāḥ?) · do you have a key?

Explanation

For “there is”, put the place first, then the thing, without الْ: فِي الْغُرْفَة سَرِير is “in the room (is) a bed”. You can also start with هُنَاكَ: هُنَاكَ أَرِيكَة is “there is a sofa”. For “there is not”, put لَيْس at the start: لَيْس فِي الْغُرْفَة سَرِير. To say what you have, use عِنْدِي (“with me”): عِنْدِي ثَلَّاجَة. For “you have” say عِنْدَك. To say “I do not have”, put لَيْس first: لَيْس عِنْدِي تِلْفَاز.

Pattern	Example	Meaning
فِي + place + thing	فِي الْمَطْبَخ ثَلَّاجَة	There is a fridge in the kitchen.
لَيْس + …	لَيْس فِي الْمَطْبَخ ثَلَّاجَة	There is no fridge in the kitchen.
عِنْدِي + thing	عِنْدِي تِلْفَاز	I have a television.
لَيْس عِنْدِي + thing	لَيْس عِنْدِي تِلْفَاز	I do not have a television.

Worked examples

Dina

هَل فِي الْغُرْفَة تِلْفَاز؟

Tariq

لَا، لَيْس فِي الْغُرْفَة تِلْفَاز.

Dina

وَفِي غُرْفَة الْجُلُوس؟

Tariq

نَعَم، فِي غُرْفَة الْجُلُوس تِلْفَاز كَبِير.

Dina asks Tariq about the rooms.

I have, I do not have, do you have? Press each card.

Look at the picture: there is a bed, a chair and a door. فِي الْغُرْفَة سَرِير وَكُرْسِيّ وَبَاب.

Class activity

Look around. Sit in one room and say three things that are in it with فِي, for example فِي الْغُرْفَة طَاوِلَة. Then say two things that are not there with لَيْس. Then say two things that you have in the house with عِنْدِي. Write the seven sentences on paper with all vowels.

Practice

Press Listen. Is it “there is” or “there is not”?

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Write in Arabic: “I have a desk”.

There is no television in the kitchen. Say it in Arabic.

Ask a friend: “do you have a sister?”.

You have no key. Say it in Arabic.

At home

There is and there is not