A review lesson using the new letters ع and غ. Read and translate sentences about going, returning and places, with comparatives such as "smaller than," "poorer than" and "richer than."
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).
إِلَى
'ilaa
to
ذَهَبَ
dhahaba
to go; to go away (imperfect: أَذْهَبُ)
يَا
yaa
O (particle of address)
عَلَى
'alaa
on, upon
غُرْفَةٌ
ghurfatun
room, chamber
رَجَعَ
raja'a
to return (imperfect: يَرْجِعُ)
يَافَا
yaafaa
Jaffa
غَدًا
ghadan
tomorrow
مُعَلِّمٌ
mu'allimun
teacher
مَعَ
ma'a
with
صَغِيرٌ
sagheerun
small
أَصْغَرُ مِنْ
'asgharu min
smaller than
فَقِيرٌ
faqeerun
poor, needy
أَفْقَرُ مِنْ
'afqaru min
poorer than
غَنِيٌّ
ghaniyyun
rich
أَغْنَى مِنْ
'aghnaa min
richer than
جِدًّا
jiddan
very
Translate from Arabic to English
1.
إِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ يَا أَخِي؟ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى مَدْرَسَتِي
2.
أَيْنَ كِتَابُكَ؟ كِتَابِي عَلَى مَائِدَتِي
3.
أُخْتِي خَرَجَتْ مِنْ غُرْفَتِي وَأَخِي مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ
4.
أَخِي رَجَعَ مِنْ يَافَا وَأَبِي يَرْجِعُ غَدًا مِنْ هُنَاكَ
5.
مُعَلِّمِي ذَهَبَ مَعَ جَدِّي إِلَى مَدْرَسَتِي
6.
مَنْ خَرَجَ مَعَكَ مِنْ غُرْفَتِي؟ مُعَلِّمُكَ خَرَجَ مَعِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ
7.
لِي كَلْبٌ كَبِيرٌ وَلَكَ كَلْبٌ صَغِيرٌ. كَلْبُكَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْ كَلْبِي
8.
أَخِي أَصْغَرُ مِنِّي وَأَنَا أَصْغَرُ مِنْكَ
9.
جَارِي فَقِيرٌ جِدًّا وَجَارُكَ غَنِيٌّ جِدًّا
10.
جَمَلُكَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْ جَمَلِي وَحِمَارُكَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ حِمَارِي
11.
أَحْمَدُ فَقِيرٌ جِدًّا وَسَلِيمٌ أَفْقَرُ مِنْهُ
12.
إِبْرَاهِيمُ غَنِيٌّ جِدًّا وَشَاكِرٌ أَغْنَى مِنْهُ
Translate from English to Arabic
1.
Where is my newspaper? Thy (masc.) newspaper is on my table
2.
His horse is smaller than my horse
3.
Her ox is very big
4.
Ibrahim is richer than my neighbour
5.
His neighbour is rich and our neighbour is poor
6.
O Salim, where is my book? Thy book is in my room
7.
Your (masc.) garden is smaller than my garden. My garden is very big
8.
Thou (masc.) art bigger than my brother
9.
Where is my grandfather? He is in my room
10.
Your (masc.) grandfather is richer than my grandfather
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