LinguaFour demonstratives, two patterns
هٰذَا / هٰذِهِ for near, ذٰلِكَ / تِلْكَ for far, each chosen by the noun’s gender. Then the article decides: هٰذِهِ سَاعَةٌ is a sentence (“this is a watch”), هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةُ a phrase (“this watch”) that still needs its predicate: هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةُ غَالِيَةٌ.
| Arabic | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ذٰلِكَ رَجُلٌ. | That is a man. |
| ذٰلِكَ الرَّجُلُ طَبِيبٌ. | That man is a doctor. |
| سَيَّارَةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ | an old car |
| السَّيَّارَةُ الْقَدِيمَةُ رَخِيصَةٌ. | The old car is cheap. |
لِمَنْ هٰذِهِ الْحَقِيبَةُ الْجَمِيلَةُ؟Whose is this beautiful bag?
أَيُّ كُرْسِيٍّ جَدِيدٌ؟ ذٰلِكَ الْكُرْسِيُّ.Which chair is new? – That chair.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| هٰذَا | this (masculine) | هٰذَا قَلَمٌ. This is a pen. |
| هٰذِهِ | this (feminine) | هٰذِهِ غُرْفَةٌ. This is a room. |
| ذٰلِكَ | that (masculine) | ذٰلِكَ بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌ. That is a big house. |
| تِلْكَ | that (feminine) | تِلْكَ مَدْرَسَةٌ. That is a school. |
| سَاعَة | watch, clock; hour | السَّاعَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ. The watch is beautiful. |
| نَافِذَة | window | النَّافِذَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ. The window is big. |
| كُرْسِيّ | chair | الْكُرْسِيُّ صَغِيرٌ. The chair is small. |
| قَدِيم | old (not new) | بَيْتٌ قَدِيمٌ an old house |
| صَعْب | difficult, hard | سُؤَالٌ صَعْبٌ a difficult question |
| غَالٍ | expensive, dear | هٰذَا الْكِتَابُ غَالٍ. This book is expensive. |
| اِمْرَأَة | woman | الْمَرْأَةُ مُهَنْدِسَةٌ. The woman is an engineer. |
| لِمَنْ | whose; for whom | لِمَنْ هٰذَا الْقَلَمُ؟ Whose is this pen? |
| قَرِيب | near, close | السُّوقُ قَرِيبٌ. The market is near. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- fill the gap: 2
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Complete the sentence (“This window is big”): ___ النَّافِذَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ.
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.