Read and translate the book's sentences comparing things with "bigger than" and "fatter than," and learn to ask "where?" This lesson introduces the comparative with مِنْ and the question word أَيْنَ.
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).
أَرْنَبٌ
'arnabun
hare
مِنْ
min
from; of; than
كَبِيرٌ
kabeerun
great, big
أَكْبَرُ مِنْ
'akbaru min
greater (bigger) than
سَمِينٌ
sameenun
fat
أَسْمَنُ مِنْ
'asmanu min
fatter than
سَلِيمٌ
saleemun
Salim (masculine name)
شَاكِرٌ
shaakirun
Shakir (masculine name)
وَلَدٌ
waladun
boy
تِلْمِيذٌ
tilmeedhun
pupil
أَيْنَ
'ayna
where
فِي
fee
in
Translate from Arabic to English
1.
لِي أَرْنَبٌ وَلَكَ أَرْنَبٌ
2.
أَرْنَبُكَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَرْنَبِي
3.
لَهُ كَلْبٌ وَلِي كَلْبٌ
4.
كَلْبُهُ أَسْمَنُ مِنْ كَلْبِي
5.
سَلِيمٌ وَلَدٌ كَبِيرٌ
6.
شَاكِرٌ تِلْمِيذٌ كَبِيرٌ
7.
سَلِيمٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ تِلْمِيذِي
8.
شَاكِرٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ وَلَدِي
9.
أَيْنَ ثَوْرُكَ؟ ثَوْرِي فِي بُسْتَانِي
10.
كِتَابُكَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ كِتَابِي
11.
كَرْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْ كَرْمِي
12.
ثَوْرُهُ أَكْبَرُ وَأَسْمَنُ مِنْ ثَوْرِي
13.
ثَوْرُكَ وَكَلْبُكَ فِي بُسْتَانِي
14.
أَيْنَ تِلْمِيذُكَ؟ تِلْمِيذِي فِي كَرْمِي
15.
بَيْتُهُ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ بَيْتِي
16.
أَيْنَ أَرْنَبُكَ؟ أَرْنَبُكَ فِي كَرْمِي
Translate from English to Arabic
1.
His dog is fatter than my dog
2.
Where is their (masc.) ox? Their ox is in my garden
3.
Her cock is fatter than my cock
4.
Thy (masc.) hare is in my garden
5.
His boy is bigger than my boy
6.
Where is my pupil and thy (masc.) pupil? My pupil and thy pupil are in my vineyard
7.
I have an ox and she has an ox. Her ox is bigger and fatter than my ox
8.
Where is our dog? Your (masc.) dog is in my house
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