LinguaNear and far
| Gender | Near: this | Far: that |
|---|---|---|
| masculine | هٰذَا | ذٰلِكَ |
| feminine | هٰذِهِ | تِلْكَ |
ذٰلِكَ (dhālika) and تِلْكَ (tilka) point at what is far away. They work like هٰذَا: with an indefinite noun, a sentence – ذٰلِكَ رَجُلٌ, “that is a man”; with the article, a phrase – ذٰلِكَ الرَّجُلُ, “that man”. Note امْرَأَة (imraʾa, woman): with the article it is الْمَرْأَة (al-marʾa).
Which? Whose?
أَيّ (ʾayy, which) stands before an indefinite noun: أَيُّ سَيَّارَةٍ؟ – “which car?”. لِمَنْ (li-man, whose; for whom) asks about an owner: لِمَنْ هٰذَا الْكِتَابُ؟ – and the answer uses لِـ too: لِمُوسَى (“Musa’s”). And with هَلْ: هَلْ هٰذِهِ السَّيَّارَةُ جَدِيدَةٌ؟ – “is this car new?”.
تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةُ طَبِيبَةٌ.That woman is a doctor.
لِمَنْ تِلْكَ السَّيَّارَةُ؟ لِسَمِيرٍ.Whose is that car? – Samir’s.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ذٰلِكَ | that (masculine) | ذٰلِكَ بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌ. That is a big house. |
| تِلْكَ | that (feminine) | تِلْكَ مَدْرَسَةٌ. That is a school. |
| رَجُل | man | الرَّجُلُ ضَابِطٌ The man is an officer. |
| اِمْرَأَة | woman | الْمَرْأَةُ مُهَنْدِسَةٌ. The woman is an engineer. |
| وَلَد | boy; child | وَلَد نَشِيط a lively boy |
| بِنْت | girl; daughter | بِنْت وَبَنَات a girl and girls |
| سَيَّارَة | car | سَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ a new car |
| شَارِع | street | الشَّارِعُ قَصِيرٌ. The street is short. |
| مَبْنَى | building | الْمَبْنَى جَدِيدٌ. The building is new. |
| أَيّ | which | أَيُّ كِتَابٍ؟ Which book? |
| لِمَنْ | whose; for whom | لِمَنْ هٰذَا الْقَلَمُ؟ Whose is this pen? |
| بَعِيد | far | الْبَحْرُ بَعِيدٌ. The sea is far. |
| قَرِيب | near, close | السُّوقُ قَرِيبٌ. The market is near. |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- fill the gap: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “woman”?
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