Read and translate sentences using هَٰذَا "this," مَا "what?/not," and مَنْ "who?", together with the perfect tense and new nouns such as brother, sister and camel.
Vocabulary
Why do words end with “-un”?
The -un ending is called tanween (nunation). It marks indefinite nouns — similar to “a/an” in English.
كِتَابٌ (kitaabun) = a bookvsكِتَاب (kitaab) = book (base word)
To find the base word, simply remove the final “-un” sound (the double-stacked damma بٌ on the last letter).
مَا
maa
what?
هَٰذَا
haadhaa
this
حِمَارٌ
himaarun
ass, donkey
أَكَلَ
'akala
to eat
مَا
maa
not (with the perfect)
مَنْ
man
who?
كَتَبَ
kataba
to write
رَسَمَ
rasama
to sketch, to draw
أَخٌ
'akhun
brother
أُخْتٌ
'ukhtun
sister
جَمَلٌ
jamalun
camel
خَرَجَ
kharaja
to go out
هُنَاكَ
hunaaka
there
هُنَا
hunaa
here
Translate from Arabic to English
1.
مَا هَٰذَا؟ هَٰذَا حِمَارٌ
2.
هَٰذَا حِمَارِي
3.
هَٰذَا كَلْبُكَ
4.
حِمَارِي أَكَلَ وَحِمَارُكَ مَا أَكَلَ
5.
أَنَا أَكَلْتُ وَأَنْتَ مَا أَكَلْتَ
6.
مَنْ كَتَبَ وَمَنْ رَسَمَ؟ سَلِيمٌ كَتَبَ وَأَنَا رَسَمْتُ
7.
لِي أَخٌ وَأُخْتٌ وَلَهُ أَخٌ وَأُخْتٌ
8.
شَاكِرٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَخِي
9.
لِي جَمَلٌ وَلَكَ جَمَلٌ. جَمَلُكَ أَكْبَرُ وَأَسْمَنُ مِنْ جَمَلِي
10.
مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بُسْتَانِي؟ أَخِي خَرَجَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ
11.
مَنْ أَكَلَ فِي بُسْتَانِي؟ أَبِي أَكَلَ هُنَاكَ
12.
أَخِي كَتَبَ هُنَا وَأُخْتِي كَتَبَتْ هُنَاكَ
13.
جَمَلِي أَكَلَ هُنَا وَجَمَلُكَ أَكَلَ هُنَاكَ
14.
هُمْ كَتَبُوا وَمَا رَسَمُوا
15.
هُنَّ رَسَمْنَ وَمَا كَتَبْنَ
16.
نَحْنُ خَرَجْنَا مِنْ بُسْتَانِي وَأَنْتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ
17.
هُمْ رَسَمُوا وَأَنْتُنَّ مَا رَسَمْتُنَّ
18.
نَحْنُ وَأَنْتُمْ. هُمْ وَأَنْتُنَّ. أَنَا وَهُنَّ. أَنْتَ وَهُوَ. هِيَ وَأَنْتِ
19.
كَتَبْنَا وَمَا رَسَمْنَا. رَسَمْتُمْ وَمَا كَتَبْتُمْ. كَتَبُوا وَمَا رَسَمُوا
Translate from English to Arabic
1.
I ate and thou (fem.) didst not eat
2.
They (masc.) wrote and we drew
3.
My father went out of my garden
4.
My mother went out of my vineyard
5.
We wrote and he did not write
6.
My pupil has a brother and a sister and thou (fem.) hast a brother
7.
Thy (masc.) camel ate and my ass did not eat
8.
What is this? This is a camel
9.
Your (masc.) dog is bigger and fatter than my dog
10.
We ate in my garden
11.
He ate and she did not eat
12.
My sister wrote and you (fem.) did not write
13.
Your (masc.) brother went out of my vineyard
14.
We ate and she did not eat
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