You know مَاء (water), شَاي (tea) and عِنَب (grapes). New drinks: قَهْوَة (coffee) and عَصِير (juice). Fruit is فَاكِهَة. In Arabic the fruit word names the fruit in general: تُفَّاح means “apples”. For one single piece, add ة: تُفَّاحَة is “one apple”, مَوْزَة is “one banana”. A piece is feminine, but the general word is treated as masculine: التُّفَّاح أَحْمَر (apples are red), and تُفَّاحَة حَمْرَاء (a red apple).
Fruit
One piece
Say
تُفَّاح
تُفَّاحَة
tuffāḥ → tuffāḥa
مَوْز
مَوْزَة
mawz → mawza
بُرْتُقَال
بُرْتُقَالَة
burtuqāl → burtuqāla
لَيْمُون
لَيْمُونَة
laymūn → laymūna
Worked examples
Four fruits. Which one is the banana, the orange, the strawberry?
Colours of fruit. Press each card.
Nour
هَل هَذَا عَصِير؟
Omar
نَعَم، عَصِير بُرْتُقَال.
Nour
وَهَذِهِ قَهْوَة؟
Omar
لَا، هَذَا شَاي.
Nour and Omar at the juice stand.
Class activity
The fruit bowl. Look at the fruit and drinks in your home and say their names in Arabic. For each fruit say its colour: التُّفَّاح أَحْمَر. Then say “one piece” of three fruits, for example مَوْزَة. Write a list of three drinks and four fruits with all vowels.
Practice
1
Press Listen. Is it a drink or a fruit?
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A drink: الْحَلِيب (al-ḥalīb), milk.
2
Write in Arabic: “one banana”.
مَوْزَة
3
The picture shows an orange. Say “this is an orange” (one piece).
هَذِهِ بُرْتُقَالَة.
4
The picture shows a strawberry. Complete the sentence: الْفَرَاوِلَة ___ (red).
