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Volume 1 · Lesson 15
Volume 1
Conjugate the full perfect (past) tense of شَرِبَ "to drink" and دَخَلَ "to enter," then read and translate sentences with new words: lamb, grandfather and grandmother.
| Person | Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Transliteration | English | Arabic | Transliteration | English | |
| First Person | شَرِبْتُ | sharibtu | I drank | شَرِبْنَا | sharibnaa | we drank |
| Second Person (Masculine) | شَرِبْتَ | sharibta | thou (m.) drankest | شَرِبْتُمْ | sharibtum | you (m.) drank |
| Second Person (Feminine) | شَرِبْتِ | sharibti | thou (f.) drankest | شَرِبْتُنَّ | sharibtunna | you (f.) drank |
| Third Person (Masculine) | شَرِبَ | shariba | he drank | شَرِبُوا | shariboo | they (m.) drank |
| Third Person (Feminine) | شَرِبَتْ | sharibat | she drank | شَرِبْنَ | sharibna | they (f.) drank |
| First Person | دَخَلْتُ | dakhaltu | I entered | دَخَلْنَا | dakhalnaa | we entered |
| Second Person (Masculine) | دَخَلْتَ | dakhalta | thou (m.) enteredst | دَخَلْتُمْ | dakhaltum | you (m.) entered |
| Second Person (Feminine) | دَخَلْتِ | dakhalti | thou (f.) enteredst | دَخَلْتُنَّ | dakhaltunna | you (f.) entered |
| Third Person (Masculine) | دَخَلَ | dakhala | he entered | دَخَلُوا | dakhaloo | they (m.) entered |
| Third Person (Feminine) | دَخَلَتْ | dakhalat | she entered | دَخَلْنَ | dakhalna | they (f.) entered |
Why do words end with “-un”?
The -un ending is called tanween (nunation). It marks indefinite nouns — similar to “a/an” in English.
To find the base word, simply remove the final “-un” sound (the double-stacked damma بٌ on the last letter).
Type your translation, then check it. Spelling and vowel marks are graded leniently.
مَنْ شَرِبَ وَمَنْ أَكَلَ؟ أَخِي شَرِبَ وَأَنَا أَكَلْتُ
هُمْ أَكَلُوا وَمَا شَرِبُوا وَهُنَّ شَرِبْنَ وَمَا أَكَلْنَ
أَرْنَبِي شَرِبَ وَأَرْنَبُكَ مَا شَرِبَ
أَرْنَبُهُ أَسْمَنُ مِنْ أَرْنَبِي
أَخِي دَخَلَ كَرْمِي وَجَارُكَ خَرَجَ مِنْهُ
لِي خَرُوفٌ سَمِينٌ وَلَهَا خَرُوفٌ سَمِينٌ
خَرُوفُهُ كَبِيرٌ وَخَرُوفِي أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ
أَنْتَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَخِي وَأَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكَ
تِلْمِيذُكَ كَبِيرٌ وَتِلْمِيذُهَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ
مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بُسْتَانِي؟ جَدِّي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ
جَدَّتِي دَخَلَتْ بُسْتَانِي وَخَرَجَتْ مِنْهُ
أَيْنَ جَدُّكَ وَجَدَّتُكَ؟ جَدِّي وَجَدَّتِي فِي كَرْمِي
أَبِي وَجَدِّي فِي بُسْتَانِي وَأُمِّي وَجَدَّتِي فِي كَرْمِي
Type your translation, then check it. Spelling and vowel marks are graded leniently.
Thy (masc.) grandfather has written and my father has read
Your (masc.) lamb is fatter than my lamb
Where is our mother? Your (fem.) mother is in my vineyard
Thy (fem.) pupil is big and my pupil is bigger than he
His grandmother entered my garden
My camel drank and her camel did not drink
They (masc.) drank and we did not drink
He went out of my house
My house is nearer than his house
My sister drank and his sister did not drink
Her elephant is bigger than my elephant
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