Read and translate sentences that contrast the Perfect and the Imperfect, negate the Imperfect with لَا "not," and use الْآنَ "now." New nouns: school, table, chair and bench.
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).
لَا
laa
not (negation before the Imperfect)
الْآنَ
al-aana
now, at present
فَاطِمَةُ
faatimatu
Fatima (feminine name)
صَالِحٌ
saalihun
Salih (masculine name)
مَدْرَسَةٌ
madrasatun
school
تَرَكَ
taraka
to leave
مَائِدَةٌ
maa'idatun
table
فَتَحَ
fataha
to open
كُرْسِيٌّ
kursiyyun
chair
بَنْكٌ
bankun
bench
Translate from Arabic to English
1.
مَنْ يَكْتُبُ وَمَنْ يَرْسُمُ؟ أَخِي يَكْتُبُ وَأُخْتِي تَرْسُمُ
2.
هُمْ كَتَبُوا وَأَنْتُمْ مَا كَتَبْتُمْ
3.
هُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَكْتُبُونَ
4.
هُنَّ شَرِبْنَ وَأَنْتُنَّ مَا شَرِبْتُنَّ
5.
هُنَّ يَشْرَبْنَ وَأَنْتُنَّ لَا تَشْرَبْنَ
6.
بَقَرَتِي تَشْرَبُ الْآنَ وَبَقَرَتُكَ لَا تَشْرَبُ
7.
أَيْنَ تَكْتُبُ فَاطِمَةُ؟ هِيَ تَكْتُبُ فِي دَفْتَرِي
8.
صَالِحٌ كَتَبَ الْآنَ وَأَنَا مَا كَتَبْتُ
9.
أَيْنَ تَرَكْتَ ثَوْرِي؟ تَرَكْتُهُ فِي بُسْتَانِي
10.
شَاكِرٌ تَرَكَ كِتَابِي فِي مَدْرَسَتِي
11.
مَنْ فَتَحَ كِتَابِي؟ تِلْمِيذِي فَتَحَهُ
12.
لِي مَائِدَةٌ وَكُرْسِيٌّ وَلَكَ مَائِدَةٌ وَبَنْكٌ
13.
مَائِدَتُكَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ مَائِدَتِي
14.
أَيْنَ أَخِي أَحْمَدُ؟ هُوَ فِي مَدْرَسَتِي
15.
أُخْتِي فَاطِمَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي وَأَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكَ
16.
مَنْ فَتَحَ كِتَابِي؟ أَنَا مَا فَتَحْتُهُ. فَتَحَهُ تِلْمِيذُكَ شَاكِرٌ
17.
هِيَ تَخْرُجُ وَأَنْتِ لَا تَخْرُجِينَ
18.
أَنْتَ تَرْسُمُ وَهُوَ لَا يَرْسُمُ
19.
إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَكْتُبُ وَفَاطِمَةُ لَا تَكْتُبُ
20.
أَنْتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ بُسْتَانِي وَهُمْ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ
Translate from English to Arabic
1.
Thy (masc.) brother wrote and we did not write
2.
We shall write and you (masc.) will not write
3.
Thy (masc.) table is bigger than my table
4.
I have a chair and a bench and she has a table and a chair
5.
Where did Salim write? He wrote in my vineyard
6.
His ox is black and her ox is white
7.
Your (masc.) pupil broke my chair
8.
Thy (fem.) horse is bigger and fatter than my horse
9.
Where is her brother? He is in my school
10.
They (masc.) will write and he will not write
11.
Our sister drank and thy (masc.) sister did not drink
12.
Where is his lamb? His lamb is in my garden
13.
I have written and my grandfather did not write
14.
Your (fem.) house is nearer than my house
15.
We have an ox and an ass and he has a camel and a cow
16.
She has a sister and I have a sister and a brother
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