LinguaIs there a bank here?
You know هُنَاكَ as “there”. Put it before a noun without الـ, and it means “there is”: هُنَاكَ مَطْعَمٌ قَرِيبٌ – there is a restaurant nearby. The other way is يُوجَدُ (yūjad, “is found”): هَلْ يُوجَدُ بَنْكٌ هُنَا؟ The answer is نَعَمْ، يُوجَدُ or لَا، لَا يُوجَدُ.
هَلْ يُوجَدُ فُنْدُقٌ هُنَا؟ – نَعَمْ، هُنَاكَ فُنْدُقٌ فِي الْمَيْدَانِ.Is there a hotel here? – Yes, there is a hotel in the square.
| Phrase | Meaning |
|---|---|
| اِذْهَبْ مُسْتَقِيمًا | go straight ahead |
| خُذِ الشَّارِعَ الْأَوَّلَ | take the first street |
| عَلَى الْيَمِينِ | on the right |
| عِنْدَ الْإِشَارَةِ | at the traffic lights |
| فِي الزَّاوِيَةِ | on the corner |
Directions come as fixed phrases: اِذْهَبْ (go) and خُذْ (take) are commands – learn them as you see them, the verb forms come later. Streets are counted with الْأَوَّل (the first) and الثَّانِي (the second); a big open square is a مَيْدَان.
اِذْهَبْ مُسْتَقِيمًا، وَخُذِ الشَّارِعَ الثَّانِيَ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ. الْبَنْكُ فِي الزَّاوِيَةِ.Go straight ahead and take the second street on the right. The bank is on the corner.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| هُنَاكَ | there | السُّوقُ هُنَاكَ. The market is there. |
| يُوجَد | there is (literally “is found”) | يُوجَدُ مَقْهًى هُنَا. There is a café here. |
| لَا يُوجَدُ | there is no, there isn’t | لَا يُوجَدُ مُتْحَفٌ فِي الْقَرْيَةِ. There is no museum in the village. |
| شَارِع | street | الشَّارِعُ قَصِيرٌ. The street is short. |
| مَيْدَان | square (in a city) | مَيْدَانُ التَّحْرِيرِ Tahrir Square |
| إِشَارَة | traffic light; sign | الْإِشَارَةُ حَمْرَاءُ. The light is red. |
| زَاوِيَة | corner | زَاوِيَةُ الشَّارِعِ the street corner |
| مُسْتَقِيمًا | straight ahead | اِذْهَبْ مُسْتَقِيمًا. Go straight ahead. |
| الْأَوَّل | the first | الشَّارِعُ الْأَوَّلُ the first street |
| الثَّانِي | the second (masculine) | الْبَابُ الثَّانِي the second door |
| عَلَى الْيَمِينِ | on the right | الْمَطْعَمُ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ. The restaurant is on the right. |
| عَلَى الْيَسَارِ | on the left | الْمَسْجِدُ عَلَى الْيَسَارِ. The mosque is on the left. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- fill the gap: 2
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “square (in a city)”?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.