LinguaMore than one person
| Pronoun | Arabic | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| نَحْنُ | نَدْرُسُ | we study |
| أَنْتُمْ | تَدْرُسُونَ | you study (plural) |
| هُمْ | يَدْرُسُونَ | they study |
| أَنْتُنَّ | تَدْرُسْنَ | you study (women only) |
| هُنَّ | يَدْرُسْنَ | they study (women only) |
“We” takes the prefix نَ. “You” and “they” for a group add the ending -ūna: تَدْرُسُونَ, يَدْرُسُونَ. The two forms for groups of women only are given so you can recognise them. To say “not”, put لَا before the verb: لَا أَعْمَلُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ – I don’t work on Friday.
نَحْنُ نَدْرُسُ فِي الْجَامِعَةِ، وَهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي بَنْكٍ.We study at the university, and they work in a bank.
Two question words: مَاذَا (mādhā) asks “what” before a verb – مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ “what are you doing?”; مَتَى (matā) asks “when” – مَتَى الْعُطْلَةُ؟ “when is the holiday?”.
مَاذَا تَدْرُسُونَ؟ – نَدْرُسُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ، وَعِنْدَنَا وَاجِبٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.What are you studying? – We study Arabic, and we have homework every day.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| نَحْنُ | we | نَحْنُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. We are from Egypt. |
| أَنْتُمْ | you (several) | أَنْتُمْ هُنَا. You are here. |
| هُمْ | they (men or mixed) | هُمْ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ. They are from Lebanon. |
| لَا | no | لَا، هُوَ ضَابِط no, he is an officer |
| مَاذَا | what (before a verb) | مَاذَا تَقْرَأُ؟ What are you reading? |
| مَتَى | when? | مَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟ When are you coming back? |
| يَوْم | day | يَوْمٌ جَمِيلٌ! A beautiful day! |
| أُسْبُوع | week | أُسْبُوعٌ وَاحِدٌ one week |
| عُطْلَة | holiday, day off | الْعُطْلَةُ طَوِيلَةٌ. The holiday is long. |
| جَامِعَة | university | الْجَامِعَةُ هُنَاكَ. The university is there. |
| دَرْس | lesson | دَرْس صَبَاح a morning lesson |
| وَاجِب | homework; duty | الْوَاجِبُ سَهْلٌ. The homework is easy. |
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 “when?”?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.