LinguaThe whole present tense
| Pronoun | Arabic |
|---|---|
| أَنَا | أَكْتُبُ |
| أَنْتَ | تَكْتُبُ |
| أَنْتِ | تَكْتُبِينَ |
| هُوَ | يَكْتُبُ |
| هِيَ | تَكْتُبُ |
| نَحْنُ | نَكْتُبُ |
| أَنْتُمْ | تَكْتُبُونَ |
| هُمْ | يَكْتُبُونَ |
Four prefixes – أَ I, تَ you and she, يَ he and they, نَ we – and two endings: -īna for a woman you speak to, -ūna for a group. “Not” is لَا before the verb.
أَنَا أَعْمَلُ صَبَاحًا، وَأُخْتِي تَدْرُسُ مَسَاءً، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَعْمَلُ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ.I work in the morning, my sister studies in the evening, and we don’t work on Saturday.
To tell your day, use the time words – morning, noon, evening, night, every day, usually – and link the actions with ثُمَّ, بَعْدَ and قَبْلَ. Ask with مَاذَا (what) and مَتَى (when).
قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ أَقْرَأُ، ثُمَّ أَنَامُ فِي السَّاعَةِ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ.Before going to sleep I read, then I sleep at eleven.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| دَرَسَ | to study | أَدْرُسُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ. I study Arabic. |
| عَمِلَ | to work | تَعْمَلُ فِي مُسْتَشْفًى. She works in a hospital. |
| سَكَنَ | to live (somewhere) | يَسْكُنُ فِي بَيْتٍ كَبِيرٍ. He lives in a big house. |
| ذَهَبَ | to go | تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ. She goes to school. |
| اِسْتَيْقَظَ | to wake up | أَسْتَيْقِظُ مُبَكِّرًا. I wake up early. |
| نَامَ | to sleep | الطِّفْلُ يَنَامُ. The child is sleeping. |
| رَجَعَ | to come back, to return | يَرْجِعُ مَسَاءً. He comes back in the evening. |
| ثُمَّ | then, and then | أَكْتُبُ ثُمَّ أَقْرَأُ. I write, then I read. |
| عَادَةً | usually | عَادَةً أَرْجِعُ مُتْعَبًا. I usually come back tired. |
| مَاذَا | what (before a verb) | مَاذَا تَقْرَأُ؟ What are you reading? |
| مَتَى | when? | مَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟ When are you coming back? |
| عُطْلَة | holiday, day off | الْعُطْلَةُ طَوِيلَةٌ. The holiday is long. |
| 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 form means “we write”?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.