LinguaWanting and liking
| Arabic | Meaning |
|---|---|
| أُرِيدُ | I want |
| تُرِيدُ / تُرِيدِينَ | you want (man / woman) |
| أُحِبُّ | I like |
| لَا أُحِبُّ | I don’t like |
| هَلْ تُحِبُّ…؟ | do you like…? (to a man) |
With أُرِيدُ you order a thing – أُرِيدُ قَهْوَةً – and the thing ends in -an. With أُحِبُّ you speak about food in general, so it takes الـ: أُحِبُّ الْقَهْوَةَ.
أُحِبُّ الشَّايَ، لَكِنْ أُرِيدُ قَهْوَةً الْآنَ.I like tea, but right now I want a coffee.
At the market, the measure comes first and the food follows: a kilo, half a kilo, a bag, a bottle or a box of something. Ask the price with بِكَمْ, and praise good produce as طَازَج.
فِي الْكِيسِ كِيلُو أَرُزٍّ وَعُلْبَةُ جُبْنٍ وَزُجَاجَةُ مَاءٍ.In the bag there is a kilo of rice, a box of cheese and a bottle of water.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| قَهْوَة | coffee | الْقَهْوَةُ لَذِيذَةٌ. The coffee is delicious. |
| حَلِيب | milk | كُوبُ حَلِيبٍ a glass of milk |
| بِدُونِ | without | بِدُونِ حَلِيبٍ without milk |
| الْحِسَاب | the bill | الْحِسَابُ عِشْرُونَ رِيَالًا. The bill is twenty riyals. |
| أُرِيدُ | I want, I would like | أُرِيدُ شَايًا. I’d like tea. |
| فُطُور | breakfast | الْفُطُورُ السَّاعَةَ السَّابِعَةَ. Breakfast is at seven. |
| عَشَاء | dinner, supper | عَشَاءٌ فِي الْمَطْعَمِ dinner at the restaurant |
| سَمَك | fish | سَمَكٌ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ fish from the sea |
| أُحِبُّ | I like, I love | أُحِبُّ الشَّايَ. I like tea. |
| لَذِيذ | delicious, tasty | الْعَشَاءُ لَذِيذٌ! Dinner is delicious! |
| كِيلُو | kilo | كِيلُو بَصَلٍ a kilo of onions |
| زُجَاجَة | bottle | زُجَاجَةُ عَصِيرٍ a bottle of juice |
| طَازَج | fresh | خُبْزٌ طَازَجٌ fresh bread |
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 “fish”?
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