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My things
Egyptian Arabic A1 · Unit 9
GoalSay «my book», «your pen», «his phone» and «her door» with endings.
New words
حَاجَة (ḥāga) · thingحَاجَات (ḥagāt) · thingsكِتَابِي (kitābi) · my bookقَلَمَك (ʾalamak) · your pen (to a man)مُوبَايْلِك (mobāylik) · your phone (to a woman)كِتَابُه (kitābu) · his bookكِتَابْهَا (kitābha) · her book
Explanation
حَاجَة (ḥāga) means «a thing» and حَاجَات (ḥagāt) means «things». Put an ending on a noun to say «my …»: كِتَاب + ـِي gives كِتَابِي. Use ـَك to a man and ـِك to a woman: قَلَمَك, مُوبَايْلِك. For «his» use ـُه and for «her» use ـْهَا: كِتَابُه, كِتَابْهَا. Words that end in ـَة change a little, so learn them as whole words.
| Word | my | your (man) | your (woman) | his | her |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| كِتَاب | كِتَابِي | كِتَابَك | كِتَابِك | كِتَابُه | كِتَابْهَا |
| قَلَم | قَلَمِي | قَلَمَك | قَلَمِك | قَلَمُه | قَلَمْهَا |
| بَاب | بَابِي | بَابَك | بَابِك | بَابُه | بَابْهَا |
Worked examples
Omar
الكِتَاب دَه كِتَابِك؟
Salma
أَيْوَه، دَه كِتَابِي.
Omar
وِالقَلَم؟
Salma
دَه قَلَمُه.
Whose phone? Press each card.
His and her things.
Class activity
Choose five things in your room. Say «this is my …» with دَه and the ending ـِي. Then point at a friend's things and say whose they are: …ـَك, …ـِك, …ـُه or …ـْهَا. Say the sentence aloud each time.
Practice
1
Say «my book».
كِتَابِي.
2
You talk to a man. Say «your pen».
قَلَمَك.
3
Press Listen. Whose door is it: his or her?
Her door: بَابْهَا.
4
The picture shows a phone. Say «his phone».
مُوبَايْلُه.
5
Which word means «things»?
حَاجَات.