LinguaA walk through town
| Arabic | Meaning |
|---|---|
| قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمَحَطَّةِ | near the station |
| بَعِيدٌ عَنِ الْبَحْرِ | far from the sea |
| أَمَامَ الْبَنْكِ | in front of the bank |
| هُنَاكَ مَقْهًى | there is a café |
| لَا يُوجَدُ فُنْدُقٌ | there is no hotel |
Three things to remember. After a preposition or a word of place, the noun ends in -i. “There is” takes a noun without the article. And قَرِيب comes with مِنْ, while بَعِيد comes with عَنْ.
فِي وَسَطِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَيْدَانٌ كَبِيرٌ، وَبِجَانِبِهِ مُتْحَفٌ وَحَدِيقَةٌ.In the city centre there is a big square, and next to it a museum and a park.
To give directions, start with “go straight ahead”, then count the streets with الْأَوَّل and الثَّانِي and say the side: عَلَى الْيَمِينِ or عَلَى الْيَسَارِ. Landmarks help: the lights, the corner, the square.
الْكَنِيسَةُ بَعْدَ الْإِشَارَةِ، عَلَى الْيَسَارِ.The church is after the traffic lights, on the left.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| مَسْجِد | mosque | الْمَسْجِدُ كَبِيرٌ. The mosque is big. |
| صَيْدَلِيَّة | pharmacy | الصَّيْدَلِيَّةُ هُنَا. The pharmacy is here. |
| فُنْدُق | hotel | فُنْدُقٌ صَغِيرٌ a small hotel |
| مَحَطَّة | station | مَحَطَّةُ الْقِطَارِ the train station |
| حَدِيقَة | garden, park | الْحَدِيقَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ. The park is beautiful. |
| أَمَامَ | in front of | أَمَامَ الْبَابِ in front of the door |
| بِجَانِبِ | next to, beside | بِجَانِبِ الْمَطْعَمِ next to the restaurant |
| بَيْنَ | between | بَيْنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَالْكَنِيسَةِ between the mosque and the church |
| وَسَط | middle, centre | وَسَطُ الْمَدِينَةِ the city centre |
| يُوجَد | there is (literally “is found”) | يُوجَدُ مَقْهًى هُنَا. There is a café here. |
| مَيْدَان | square (in a city) | مَيْدَانُ التَّحْرِيرِ Tahrir Square |
| زَاوِيَة | corner | زَاوِيَةُ الشَّارِعِ the street corner |
| مُسْتَقِيمًا | straight ahead | اِذْهَبْ مُسْتَقِيمًا. Go straight ahead. |
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 “hotel”?
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