LinguaNo verb “to have”
Arabic says “I have” with a preposition and a suffix. عِنْدِي سَيَّارَةٌ (ʿindī sayyāra) – “I have a car”, literally “at me a car”. لِي أَخٌ (lī ʾakh) – “I have a brother”, “to me a brother”. مَعِي مَالٌ (maʿī māl) – “I have money on me”, “with me money”.
| Person | preposition عِنْدَ | preposition لِـ | preposition مَعَ |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | عِنْدِي | لِي | مَعِي |
| you (a man) | عِنْدَكَ | لَكَ | مَعَكَ |
| you (a woman) | عِنْدَكِ | لَكِ | مَعَكِ |
| he | عِنْدَهُ | لَهُ | مَعَهُ |
| she | عِنْدَهَا | لَهَا | مَعَهَا |
| we | عِنْدَنَا | لَنَا | مَعَنَا |
To ask, put هَلْ in front: هَلْ عِنْدَكَ وَقْتٌ؟ – “do you have time?”. For “I don’t have”, learn لَيْسَ عِنْدِي as a set phrase: لَيْسَ عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ – “I have no question”.
لِي أَخٌ وَأُخْتٌ.I have a brother and a sister.
عِنْدَهَا فِكْرَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.She has a nice idea.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| عِنْدَ | at, with (someone has) | الْكِتَابُ عِنْدَ مُوسَى. Musa has the book. |
| عِنْدِي | I have | عِنْدِي سَيَّارَةٌ. I have a car. |
| لِي | I have; mine (to me) | لِي صَدِيقٌ فِي مِصْرَ. I have a friend in Egypt. |
| لَكَ | for you; yours (to a man) | هٰذَا الْقَلَمُ لَكَ. This pen is for you. |
| مَعَ | with | مُوسَى مَعَ هُدَى. Musa is with Huda. |
| مَعِي | with me; I have on me | مَعِي هَاتِفِي. I have my phone with me. |
| وَقْت | time | الْوَقْتُ قَصِيرٌ. Time is short. |
| سُؤَال | question | سُؤَالٌ جَدِيدٌ a new question |
| فِكْرَة | idea | الْفِكْرَةُ سَهْلَةٌ. The idea is simple. |
| أَخ | brother | أَخِي طَالِبٌ. My brother is a student. |
| أُخْت | sister | أُخْتِي طَبِيبَةٌ. My sister is a doctor. |
| سَيَّارَة | car | سَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ a new car |
| مَال | money | الْمَالُ فِي الْحَقِيبَةِ. The money is in the bag. |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 2
- fill the gap: 4
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “time”?
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