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Peace be with you

And may peace be
with you
What
Name
Your name
Neighbor
Your neighbor
New
Welcome
Hello
How ?
age
Your age
My age
A year
years
too
Happy
Know , Recognize
Get to know
My neighbor
happier
See you (until we
meet again)
Good bye

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Language Notes:
1- Possession:
a) To say my+ noun (Masculine), you add to the noun.
EX:- My name: = +
My age: = +
b) To say my + noun (Feminine), you omit and add
Ex: My table: (-= ))
My notebook: ( + = ) )
c) To say his + noun (Masculine), you add to the end of the noun.
Ex: His book: = +
His pen: = +
d) To say his+ noun (Feminine), you delete and add to the end of the
noun.
Ex: His table: (+= )
His notebook: ( += )
e) To say her+ noun (feminie), you add to the end of the noun.
Ex: Her name: = +

Her name: = +
f) To say her+ noun (Feminine), you delete and add to the end of the
noun.
Ex: Her table: (+= ) )
Her notebook: (+= ) )
g) To say your (masculine)+ noun (masculine), you add to the end of the

noun and make sure is Fattah.

=
+
Ex: your book, Jack.
= +
Your age, Jack.
to
h) To say your (masculine)+ noun (Feminine), you delete and add
the end of the word.
+ = )
Ex: your table, jack. (
+= )
Your notebook, jack. (
i) To say your (Feminine)+ noun (masculine), you add
to the end of the
word and make sure is kassrah.
Ex: your book, Rose.
=
+
Your age, rose.
=
+
j) To say your (feminine) + noun (masculine), you delete and add
to the
end of the noun.
Ex: your table, rose. (
+ )
= )
Your notebook, rose. (
+ )
=
to the end of the
k) To express your (plural)+ noun (masculine), you add
noun.
Ex: your book:
Your age:

l) To express your (plural) + noun (Feminine), you delete and add

Ex: your car:

2- To express your age:

One year
Two years
From 3-10 you say
From 11- to the end , you say

3- Calling particle is which may equal to hey, Jack.

The Present Simple

Revision
The Infinitive in Arabic usually starts with .
Ex: To play :
To go:

Ex: I play: To conjugate I with the

I go verb, omit and add

To conjugate he with

the verb, do not do any
changes to the verb.

To conjugate she with

the verb, omit and
add instead.
:The simple Past

Ex: I play:
To conjugate I with the
I go
verb, omit and add

at the end of the

verb.

To conjugate he with

the verb, delete and

make the first letter and

last letter of the verb
fattha

To
conjugate
she with

the verb, omit and

add at the end and

make it sukoon.

Meet
In front of
Home
Gave greeting to
Ask


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Uncle (to show respect)
want
,Please
A bottle
water
Cold
Thirst
Thirsty (m)
Thirsty (f)
Here you are
Thanks a lot
You are welcome
The price
Half
Dollar
So
Give
A piece
Choclate
The change(the rest of
the money giving to
the cashier)
Hungry (m)
Hungry (F)

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was
Play
In
Garden
Store
Neighbor
A friend
. Owner of
Said
Go
State of being well
The praise be to allah (I
am fine)
I am fine
request/ ask for
something
Buy

(noun ) +

Language notes:
a) We can use the particle to express an action happened in the past and
usually the verb is in the present form.
Ex:
Ahmed was playing with a ball.
Here we can see that in the present but because of we
understand that the action was in the past.
With she we say .
b) A friend is /
c) Owner of something is usually followed by a noun.

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One
Two
Three
Four
Five
six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty one
Twenty two

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Family
A student (m)
A student (f)
A picture
A doctor
A child
Children
Teacher
Teacher (f)
school
Happy
Work
love
Pediatric

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Funny
Graceful picture
draw
painter
Older
Younger
A brother
A sister
A father
A mother
A girl
A boy
A skillful painter
A father ( more
respectful)
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From, by
Outside
Inside
with
Is located
on
Bank (of a river)
Lake
Small
suburb
near
City
Surrounds it
A tree
Trees
Many, plenty
Every, all
Side, direction
Consists of
A floor
Two floors
The ground
Room
The guest room
The study room
Kitchen
food
Bathroom
Three
To sleep
sleeping
Two bathrooms
one

Language notes:
a) The rule al (For more information look at Wightwick p.10-mid 12)
1) In Arabic, there is separate word for a or an
2) To express the, we add at the beginning of the noun.
Ex: the book
A book
3) The pronunciation of
a) Sun letters

If a word starts with one of the above letters, do not pronounce and
we pronounce the first letter twice (shadda)
Ex: the sun ( ash-shams)
The hawk ( as-sakr)
b) Moon letters

If a word starts with these letters, pronounce
Ex: the chair ( al- kursi)
The girl ( al-bint)
a) The Dual (Wightwick 73- mid 74)
In Arabic, there is a rule for expressing two things, persons, etc. we add
or at the end of the noun to express the meaning of two.
The context determines which ending should be used.
Ex: a floor
Two floors /
If a word ends with , delete it and add or
Ex: a tree
Two trees or


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Where
Live
Street
Near
sometimes
Come, bring
Walk
Run
Walking adj
Far from
bus
Car
Yes,no question
Ride
Or
Apartment
yes
no
In it

Language Notes:
a) Yes or No question (Wightwick 48-53)
To form yes or no question, just add hal in front of the sentence.
Is this your car?
Yes, it is
.
No, it is not ..
If you notice, when you answer with no, you add two negation words. La at
the beginning of the sentence and layst or laysa after the
subject.
b) If the sentence has the pronoun you, it is better to delete the pronoun.
Ex: You play football. .
Do you play football?
c) To form wh- question, just add the question word at the beginning of the
sentence.
Ex: where is the book?
Who
What
Why
When
How

Which
?How many
?How much

d) What = or
Use ma when it is followed by a noun: what is your name?
Use Maza when it is followed by a verb: what are you
playing?
e) How is followed by a singular noun and add to the noun ( an) to the end
of the noun.
How many students in the class?
If the noun ends with , do not add aliff but add tanween .
How many students (females) in the class?
f) Conjugation with we Nahnu
to conjugate the verb with the pronoun we nahnu , delete and add to
the beginning of the verb.
Ex: play we play

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) (f

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Importance
Important
Food
Drink (n)
Necessary
Human
Animal
Plant (n)
When
Feels hungry
Need
Eat
Get thirsty
Drink (v)
One variety
Varieties
Different
Such as
Bread
Vegetables
fruits
Meat
Grains
) Young child
Young children
Milk
Juice
To strengthen
strengthening
bones
usually
meal
Meals
A day
Breakfast
Lunch
Supper

Language notes:
a) To express the meaning of for you add to the beginning of the word.
Ex: for strengthening the bones.
b) Possession: Idafa (Wightwick 54-upper 55)
To express possession, just put the nouns together in the following order:
Possessed+ possessed+ possessed+possessor.

Add to the possessor, only, at the beginning of the noun.

If you did not add to the possessor, the meaning will be in general.
Ex: the book of the teacher
The book of a teacher

If the possessed ends with , pronounced t>

Ex: the teacher (f) of the class ( Mudarist alfasl).


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Hungry (adj)
Very
The appointed time
Now
Morning
postpone
I was late
arrives
Bus
You have
A problem
The hour is
Twelve
O God/ allah
after
Two hours
You must be patient
Can
Be patient
A female teacher
A male teacher
Teach, learned
A lesson
,Leave, get out
Without

Language notes:
a) ( )which means have look at (Abdallah 87)
b) To form imperative, add aliff maksura to the beginning of the verb
after you delete .
c) Talking to a girl, add aliff maksura to the beginning of the verb after
you delete add add to the end of the verb.