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Lesson 5

Singular and Plural - The Verb "To Have"

Learn singular and plural conjugations of "have" and practice translating sentences

Conjugations: "To Have"

PersonSingularPlural
ArabicTransliterationEnglishArabicTransliterationEnglish
First PersonلِيI haveلَنَاlanāWe have
Second Person (Masculine)لَكَlakaYou have (m.)لَكُمْlakumYou have (m. pl.)
Second Person (Feminine)لَكِlakiYou have (f.)لَكُنَّlakunnaYou have (f. pl.)
Third Person (Masculine)لَهُlahuHe hasلَهُمْlahumThey have (m.)
Third Person (Feminine)لَهَاlahāShe hasلَهُنَّlahunnaThey have (f.)

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).

بَيْتٌ
baytun
house
وَ
wa
and
كَبِيرٌ
kabīrun
big
كَلْبٌ
kalbun
dog
سَمِينٌ
samīnun
fat
بُسْتَانٌ
bustān
garden
كَرْمٌ
karmun
vineyard
كِتَابٌ
kitābun
book
ثَوْرٌ
thawrun
ox

Translate from Arabic to English

1.
لِي بَيْتٌ
2.
لَنَا كَلْبٌ
3.
لَهُ بُسْتَانٌ
4.
لَهَا كِتَابٌ وَ كَلْبٌ
5.
لَكَ بَيْتٌ سَمِينٌ
6.
لَهُمْ كَرْمٌ وَ بُسْتَانٌ
7.
لِي ثَوْرٌ سَمِينٌ
8.
لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ

Translate from English to Arabic

1.
I have a dog
2.
We have a house
3.
She has a garden
4.
He has a book
5.
You have a fat dog
6.
They have a vineyard
7.
I have a fat ox and a garden
8.
We have a house and a dog

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