Arabic A1, Unit 18: Final review of Arabic A1

Final review of Arabic A1

Arabic A1 · Unit 18

GoalUse everything from the whole course: reading, greetings, numbers, family, things, verbs, jobs, the city and shopping.

New words

السَّلَام عَلَيْكُم، أَنَا نُور (as-salām ʿalaykum, ʾanā Nūr) · hello, I am Nourأَنَا طَالِبَة، وَأَسْكُن فِي الْمَدِينَة (ʾanā ṭāliba, wa-ʾaskun fī l-madīna) · I am a student, and I live in the cityأَيْن الْمُسْتَشْفَى؟ هُوَ عَلَى الْيَمِين (ʾayn al-mustashfā? huwa ʿalā l-yamīn) · where is the hospital? It is on the rightأَذْهَب إِلَى السُّوق بِالْحَافِلَة (ʾadhhab ʾilā s-sūq bi-l-ḥāfila) · I go to the market by busأَمْس ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْمَطْعَم (ʾams dhahabtu ʾilā l-maṭʿam) · yesterday I went to the restaurantبِكَم هَذَا الْكِتَاب الْجَدِيد؟ (bi-kam hādhā l-kitāb al-jadīd?) · how much is this new book?أُمِّي طَبِيبَة، وَأَبِي مُهَنْدِس (ʾummī ṭabība, wa-ʾabī muhandis) · my mother is a doctor and my father is an engineerفِي الصَّبَاح أَقْرَأ، وَفِي الْمَسَاء أَكْتُب (fī ṣ-ṣabāḥ ʾaqraʾ, wa-fī l-masāʾ ʾaktub) · in the morning I read, and in the evening I write

Explanation

This is the review of the whole course. You can read and write the Arabic letters and the vowels. You can greet people, count, talk about your family and describe things with colours. You can ask questions with مَن، مَا، أَيْن، مَتَى، كَيْف and هَل. You can say what you do and what you did, name jobs and places, ask the way and ask a price. Read all the texts here aloud, and then write a page about yourself. Keep reading and listening a little every day, and Arabic will grow with you.

I can…	Example
read and write letters	كِتَاب
greet people	السَّلَام عَلَيْكُم
count and use numerals	ثَلَاثَة ٣
describe things	بَيْت كَبِير
ask where something is	أَيْن الْمَحَطَّة؟
say what I do	أَذْهَب إِلَى السُّوق
say what I did	ذَهَبْتُ أَمْس
ask a price	بِكَم هَذَا؟

Worked examples

Karim

السَّلَام عَلَيْكُم.

Mona

وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَام.

Karim

مِن فَضْلِك، أَيْن السُّوق؟

Mona

اِذْهَب مُبَاشَرَةً، هُوَ عَلَى الْيَمِين.

Karim

شُكْرًا.

Mona

مَعَ السَّلَامَة.

Karim asks Mona the way to the market. Read each line before you listen.

Yusuf tells about himself. Read each line, then listen.

أَمْسyesterday+ذَهَبْتُI went+إِلَىto+السُّوقthe market+بِالْحَافِلَةby bus

A long sentence built from pieces.

Class activity

Your Arabic page. Write ten lines about yourself: your name, your job or study, where you live, your family, one thing you do every day, one thing you did yesterday, how you go to school or work, and one question for a friend. Give every word its vowels, then read the page aloud to someone.

Practice

Press Listen. Is it a question or a statement? How can you tell?

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The picture shows a train. Say “I go to school by train”.

Write in Arabic: “today I go to the library, and yesterday I went to the library”.

The picture shows a bag. Ask its price and say that it is cheap.

Write in Arabic: “she is a doctor and she works in a clinic”.

In the city and shopping

Final review of Arabic A1