โ˜ฐ Units ยท Arabic A1

Daily routine: the present tense

Unit 16 ยท Part C ยท Arabic A1 (Beginners)
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My day: review

Arabic A1 ยท Unit 16
GoalUse all four prefixes with time words to tell about a day.
New words
ุฃูŽู†ูŽุง ุฃูŽุณู’ุชูŽูŠู’ู‚ูุธ ูููŠ ุงู„ุตูŽู‘ุจูŽุงุญ (สพanฤ สพastayqiแบ“ fฤซ แนฃ-แนฃabฤแธฅ) ยท I wake up in the morningู‡ููˆูŽ ูŠูŽุฐู’ู‡ูŽุจ ุฅูู„ูŽู‰ ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุฏู’ุฑูŽุณูŽุฉ ูƒูู„ู‘ ูŠูŽูˆู’ู… (huwa yadhhab สพilฤ l-madrasa kull yawm) ยท he goes to school every dayู‡ููŠูŽ ุชูŽู‚ู’ุฑูŽุฃ ุงู„ู’ูƒูุชูŽุงุจ ุงู„ู’ุฌูŽุฏููŠุฏ (hiya taqraสพ al-kitฤb al-jadฤซd) ยท she reads the new bookู†ูŽุญู’ู†ู ู†ูŽุดู’ุฑูŽุจ ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุงุก (naแธฅnu nashrab al-mฤสพ) ยท we drink waterุฃูŽู†ู’ุชูŽ ุชูŽุณู’ูƒูู† ูููŠ ุจูŽูŠู’ุช ูƒูŽุจููŠุฑ (สพanta taskun fฤซ bayt kabฤซr) ยท you live in a big houseุฃูŽูŠู’ู† ุชูŽุนู’ู…ูŽู„ุŸ (สพayn taสฟmal?) ยท where do you work?ุฃูŽู†ูŽุงู… ูููŠ ุงู„ู„ูŽู‘ูŠู’ู„ (สพanฤm fฤซ l-layl) ยท I sleep at nightู‡ููŠูŽ ุชูŽูƒู’ุชูุจ ูููŠ ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุณูŽุงุก (hiya taktub fฤซ l-masฤสพ) ยท she writes in the evening
Explanation

This is the review of the present tense. Every verb has a small prefix at the front that says who does it: ุฃูŽ is โ€œIโ€, ูŠูŽ is โ€œheโ€, ุชูŽ is โ€œsheโ€ or โ€œyouโ€ (one man), and ู†ูŽ is โ€œweโ€. The stem stays the same. Add a time word to say when. Use the pronouns ุฃูŽู†ูŽุงุŒ ู‡ููˆูŽุŒ ู‡ููŠูŽุŒ ุฃูŽู†ู’ุชูŽุŒ ู†ูŽุญู’ู†ู to make a sentence clear. Read the sentences here aloud, then write your own day.

WhoPrefixExample
IุฃูŽุฃูŽูƒู’ุชูุจ
heูŠูŽูŠูŽูƒู’ุชูุจ
sheุชูŽุชูŽูƒู’ุชูุจ
you (one man)ุชูŽุชูŽูƒู’ุชูุจ
weู†ูŽู†ูŽูƒู’ุชูุจ
Worked examples
Layla

ู…ูŽุชูŽู‰ ุชูŽุณู’ุชูŽูŠู’ู‚ูุธุŸ

Karim

ุฃูŽุณู’ุชูŽูŠู’ู‚ูุธ ูููŠ ุงู„ุตูŽู‘ุจูŽุงุญ.

Layla

ูˆูŽุฃูŽูŠู’ู† ุชูŽุนู’ู…ูŽู„ุŸ

Karim

ุฃูŽุนู’ู…ูŽู„ ูููŠ ุงู„ู’ุฌูŽุงู…ูุนูŽุฉ.

Layla

ุฌูŽูŠูู‘ุฏ!

Layla asks Karim about his day.
ู‡ููŠูŽshe+ุชูŽshe (prefix)+ุดู’ุฑูŽุจdrink (stem)
A sentence built from pieces: she + prefix + stem.
Nour tells about her day. Read each line before you listen.
Class activity

Write your day. Write six lines about your day: when you wake up, where you go, what you read or write, when you sleep. Use at least two time words and give every word its vowels. Then write three lines about a person you know with ูŠูŽ or ุชูŽ.

Practice
1
Press Listen. Who is playing: I, he or we?

โ€ฆ

2
Complete with the right prefix: ___ุฐู’ู‡ูŽุจ (we go).
3
The picture shows a school. Say โ€œshe goes to school every dayโ€.
4
The picture shows a bed. Say โ€œwe sleep at nightโ€.
5
Write in Arabic: โ€œhe writes in the morningโ€.