Arabic4Women: Level 3: Beginning Conversation

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Those who believe in the Oneness of Allah and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah - Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do the hearts find rest. Rad 13:28

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AcknowledgementI thank my mother for her creative genes. I thank my father for teaching me discipline and focus. I thank my grandmothers for showing unconditional love. I thank my daughter for teaching me patience. I thank my teachers at the Fagr Center in Cairo, Egypt. I thank the numerous Arab women who trained and cultivated me in the Arabic language without knowing they were doing so. I thank Allah for the person who guided me to Islam for without Islam, there is no success in this life or the next. I thank all my sisters in Philadelphia and Charlotte, who inspired me to produce this work

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Al-mus-tawa a-Thaa-lithu

Beginning Conversation

Us, You All, & Them

People, possessions, and plurals

Nadiya Johnson al-Khad-raa

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Ahlan wa sahlan!(Welcome)Thank you for your interest in this book and your interest in learning Arabic language! I was just like many of you, English is my first language. The first time I saw the Quran in Arabic, I thought, There is no way I can learn to read this! However, I can tell you that I did and YOU CAN too! By Allahs permission, I have taught Arabic language to many Englishspeakers, young and old. One thing I am sure about is that EVERYONE can learn, but not everyone can learn at the same pace. Some people can handle a fast-paced learning environment where they are immersed in the language. Other people need a slower pace in which they can ponder over each step. With my curriculum, you can create your own pace. Use my Suggested Study Schedule to move as quickly or as slowly as you choose. My workbook series and website are designed to take you from alif-baa-taa, to reading the Quran and speaking Arabic, by the permission of Allah. So get focused. Begin to envision yourself reciting the Book of Allah with ease in your most beautiful voice. Imagine yourself receiving those hasanaat on your scale, or 10 rewards for every letter. Imagine your Iman, (your faith) increasing due to your understanding of Allahs eloquence and being guided by His speech! Imagine yourself, standing in the taraweeh prayer in Ramadan and actually understanding the recitation of the Imam! Imagine tears streaming down your face because you understood the admonishment, or the reminder, or the promise from the Lord of the Worlds! If you want this more than anything, then I want to help you achieve that. Accept me as your teacher because I already claim you as my student. From the heart sisters, this book is especially for you! With love, Your Us-taa-tha (teacher) Nadiya Johnson al-Khad-raa5

May Allah taaala assist you with what you are seeking, for verily with Him is all success. And may His peace and blessings be upon Muhammad, his family, and all of his companions.

Your dua:

Allahumma zid-nee ilmaa Oh Allah, increase me in knowledge

Allahumma aee-nee ala thik-ri-ka wa shuk-ri-ka wa hus-n iba-da-tik Oh Allah, help me in remembering you, being thankful to you, and beautifying my worship of you.

Allahumma yaa Muqalib al qu-loob, thabit qal-bee alaa deenik Oh Allah, The Turner of Hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.

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Suggested Study Schedule for Busy WomenMake your intention by going to bed early. Your time is precious, protect it. As the Arab proverb goes: Time is like a sword, if you dont cut with it, it will cut you!

Monday 5:30am 6:00am Tuesday 5:30am- 6:00am

Read the new lesson, view videos to the lesson. Complete written exercises for the lesson. View the videos making sure you repeat the words/sentences.

Wednesday 5:30am 6:00am

Read the Quran in any place, try to recognize letters/words from the Arabic while reading the translation. Level 3 & 4 students should build vocabulary lists from the Quran with help from the Hans Wehr dictionary. Review the lesson. Take the imla (dictation) online and check your answers after. Review the lesson 20 minutes. Read surah Kahaf 20 minutes.

Thursday 5:30am 6:00am

Friday 5:30am- 6:15am

Saturday Sunday

Attend lectures online or at your local mas-jid. Study a book such as, Riyad aSaaliheen with your family.

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Learning to Read the QuranFor this series, you will need a mus-haf, which is a copy of the complete Quran in Arabic. I suggest a large copy and not a small one. In the beginning, reading will be difficult. It may take several minutes just to struggle through a few words. Do not be discouraged, rather be determined! After difficulty comes ease. With patience and consistency, reading will become easier and easier as you accustom your eyes to the Arabic text and your mouth to the pronunciation of the letters. If you follow the Suggested Study Schedule, you will choose one surah to read on Wednesdays. You must stick with that surah until you complete this level inshaAllah. The more you read that one surah, the easier it will become. In other words, the more you read, the easier it is to read! And time spent reading the Book of Allah is never wasted.

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Some Suggested Quran ReadingsThese are only my suggestions for your Wednesday reading. However you can choose any part of the Quran you prefer. Name of Chapter Situation What is contained in the verses Having a baby Story of Zakariya Surah Maryam (#19)Verses 16-31 Wanting a child Difficult pregnancy Giving daawa Difficulty, needing help of Allah Read particularly on Fridays Story of Maryam

Surah Taha (#20)Verse 9- 35

Story of Musa and Harun Story of the young men in the cave.

Surah Kahaf (#18)Verses 1-10(or as much as you can)

Surah al-Baqara (#2) Verse 1- (as much as you canread)

orLast 2 verses 285-286

Protect your home from Shytaans attacks

Abu Hurayra reported, Allahs Messenger,(sallallahu alyhi was salam)

said: Do not make your houses graveyards Shaytaan runs from the house in which suratul baqara is recited. Sahih Muslim hadith #1707

Surah Luqman (#31)Verses 12-19

Advising your children Low Faith (Imaan) If you want fear of the Hereafter

Luqmans advice to his son The conversation between the people of the fire and the people of paradise

Surah al-Araf (#7)Verses 33-51

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This page is called a fah-ras or table of contents. It is usually found in the back of the mus-haf. Learn how to use it and it will help you to find your surah.

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Level 3 Introduction

In this workbook you will be learning how to talk about yourself, other people, families and possessions. This book requires you to do quite a bit of memorizing. The first thing youll be memorizing inshaAllah, singular (mufrad) and plural (jemu) of many words. In the Arabic language, a plural is made up of 3 or more things or people. Every noun (person, place, or thing), has a plural form. These plurals (jum u), for the most part must be memorized as we learn new vocabulary. So going forward, when a new word is introduced, its plural will also be introduced inshaAllah. Pronouns will also have a singular and plural form. The second thing youll be memorizing is pronoun forms like he and she or his and hers. When memorizing these word forms, it is important to be patient. Do not allow yourself to feel frustrated and do not ask too many questions. It is important to do the work of memorizing and wait and see the benefit later These plural forms are part of the beauty and eloquence of the Arabic language. When you begin to understand the Quran, then you will be happy that you took this time and effort to memorize, inshaAllah.

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PluralsTypes and Patterns

Sound fem.

Sound masc.

Broken

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jemul Mutha-kkar Saalim

The Sound Masculine Plural is formed by adding waw and noon to the end of a noun. This kind of plural is formed for people and not for things. It is seen very often in the Quran.

Some example sentences:The Muslims are in the masjid.

. . .

The teachers are in the school.

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The believers are in paradise.

The polytheists are in the fire.

*It is also formed for adjectives describing people.The teachers are hard-working.

. The believers are righteous.. 13

Write the jemu mu-thak-kar saalim(Sound Masculine Plural) by adding waw noon

Teacher

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Engineer

Thankful one

One fasting

One sleeping

One doing an action

Believer

Patient one

One migrating

jemul Mu-a-nneth Saalim

The Sound Feminine Plural is formed by changing the taa marbootah to alif-taa at the end of the noun. This kind of plural is formed for people and many feminine things. It is also very commonly seen in the Quran.

Some example sentences:The Muslim women are in the masjid

. . .

The female teachers are in the school.

The believing women are in jenna.

The polytheists are in the fire.

.

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Write the jemu mu-an-neth saalim(Sound Feminine Plural) By changing taa marbootah to alif-taa

Teacher

Wife

Thankful one

One fasting

One sleeping

Believer

Patient one

One migrating

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Read these verses from the Quran.

The hypocrites, males and females are one from another. Taubah: 68

The believers, males and females are protectors/supporters of one another. Taubah: 71

(They say:) Verily we are making improvement. Baqarah: 11

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The Broken plural or jemu aTakseer causes a word to change form by adding letters. You learn these plural by memorization only. So say them repetitively. We will memorize according to their patterns to make it easier inshaAllah, so this is your first pattern:

Az-waa-jun

zau-jun

At-faa-lun

tif-lun

Aw-laa-dun

wa-la-dun

Akh-waa-tun

ukh-tun

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List 1:This list: alif-hamza is added to the beginning of the word and alif is added before the last letter. (to be memorized)jemu

(Au-raa-qun

(Pl.)

mufrad

Paper

(Sing.)

(Aq-laa-mun)

(Ab-waa-bun)

(Au-laa-dun)

(az-waa-jun)

Husband

(at-faa-lun)

child

(An-haa-run)

river

(Akh-waa-tun)

Sister

(Ikh-wa-tun) Umma-haa-tun

Brother Mother

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Pointing to al-jumu Some nouns are aaqil (with brains: people) and some are ghay-rul aaqil (brainless) such as things and animals.

These (are) boys.

These (are) sisters.

Plurals for people: Haa-oo-laa-i is plural for haa-tha and haa-thi-hi but is only used to refer to people. Complete this exercise using the example:

____________________________________ 1

____________________________________

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2

____________________________________ -

3

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____________________________________

4

___________________________________ Example:

-

5

_____________________ _____________________ - _____________________ - ______________________ - _____________________ ________________________________________ 6

7

8

9

10

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**There are some exceptions, but when the feminine word ends with taa-almarbootah you can guess that the plural changes to alif-taa.

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Plurals for people: Oo-laa-ika is plural for thaa-lika and tilka but is only used to refer to people.

These (are) boys.

These (are) sisters.

Complete this exercise using the example:

1

____________________________________

____________________________________

-

2

____________________________________

-

3

____________________________________

4

_____________________________________

-

5

_____________________________________ -

6

_____________________________________ 22

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Example:

_____________________ _____________________ - _____________________ - ______________________ - _____________________ ________________________________________ 6

7

8

9

10

11

_____________________________________ -

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**There are some exceptions, but when the feminine word ends with taa-almarbootah you can guess that the plural changes to alif-taa.

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Ad-darsu tha-niyu

Talking about Me and Us First person

we

I

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The first person well talk about is ourselves. The grammatical term al-muta-kellim (the speaker) is used to refer to the first person or ana. So well begin with ana:

. . . .

I (am) Nadiya. I (am) a woman. I (am) a teacher. I (am) from America. I use ana to say I am though am does not translate. I am muanneth(feminine), therefore most of the words I use end with taa marbootah. If a man speaks about himself he will use the muthakkar(masculine) and his statements might look like this:

. . . .

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Choose words from this list to write 5-7 simple sentences about yourself. Begin each sentence with ana.Fem.

Wife

mas.

Husband

Example:

.

_________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________26

Connected Pronoun

. . . . In these sentences, now I speak about possessions. This is my house. My house is beautiful. This is my car. My car is new. To talk about your possessions, you will add a yaa to the noun to say my. This connected pronoun, hooked to the end of a noun is called dha-meer mutta-sil. Use it to speak about your possessions:

Changed the dammataan to a kes-ra, then connected yaa to say my house.

Changed the dammataan to a kes-ra, then connected yaa to say my book.

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We use dhameer muttasil to speak about relationships with people:

My mother (umm-ee)

My father (abee)

My son (ibnee)

My daughter (bintee)

The connected pronounUmm is mother, hooked to the end is the dha-meer muta-sil meaning my. We take off the dammataan and put a kes-ra, add yaa and it becomes my mother. Abu is father, the yaa hooked to the end makes it my father.

Now add yaa to personalize these people. Write the new word on the line as in the chart above.

_________________My brother

( ) ( )

_________________My sister

_________________My husband/wife

_________________My friend 28

Read, understand, and write on the lines below.

.

.University

. * .

. .

I am Sumayyah. I am a student in the university. This is my room. In it*, is a desk and a chair and a bed. This is my pen upon the desk. That is my book upon the bed.

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

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Name 4 things of yours using pointing words

(asma-ul-ishara):

Examples

.

.

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________List 2 This list: the plural ends with alif-hamza

Father

Woman

Son

Name

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Use pictures or your own ideas Give 3 personal items to your classmate and vice-versa. Then practice asking each other questions.

This is my

Whose book is this?

= +

Now pass those items to the next taaliba. She asks you who owns them.

Motion to the taaliba who owns the item.

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We

We is the plural of I. In Arabic the grammatical term for both of these is al-muta-kellim except that ana (I) is the mufrad(sing.) and nah-nu is the jem-u (pl).

(al-jemu)Plural

(al-mufrad)Singular

I am in the mosque. We are in the mosque. I am on the horse. We are on the horse. I am from Yemen. We are from Yemen.

. . .Read and Write

. . .

.Nisaa-un

.imra-atun ( woman)

.Abaa-un

.

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.Ab-naa-un

.

.

.

.

.Hajj pilgrim

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List 3 This list: Words on this list add alif before the last letter

Mountain

Ocean

Dog

Men

Adjectives referring to plural peopleBig

Small

Short

Tall

noble,generous

Damma on the 1st letter, shedda on the 2nd letter, add alif before the last letter

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Choose the correct mufrad or jem u from list 3 and write it under the picture.

pilgrim 2

1

___________

____________

4

3

____________

____________

6 ____________________

5 _____________________

8 _____________________

7 _____________________

10

9

(man)

_________________

_________________

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12

11

___________________

_________________

14

13

__________________

__________________

Re-write sentences in al-jemu (plural) by using nah-nu.

.

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__________________. __________________ . ___________________ . __________________ .36

Now change the jemu to the mufrad by using ana.

.. . . . .

. _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________._________________________________ _________________________________ ___________________________________

. . . .

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Connected PronounIf I want to show that we own a thing or we have a relation to a person, then we add an ending just as we did to show my. (Mes-jid-unaa) This is the dha-meer mutta-sil consistent with nah-nu.

(ukh-tu-naa)

(Ummu-naa)

(Kitaa-bu-naa)

*note: the damma-taan changed to one damma before adding the ending.

Read, understand, and write this paragraphMy Family (*usra-tee)

.* . . . .

__________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________38

Practice the following conversation with your classmate.

: . : : : : : : . :

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Re-write each word adding the dha-meer muta-sil. First change damma-taan to a single damma and/or taa-marbootah to an open taa.

Phone

Country

Bed

Cat

Change to open taa

Change to open taa

Food

Class

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Ad-darsu tha-lithu

Talking to you all2nd person

(f)

you

(m)

you

(f) you all

(m) you all

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:

!

: :

. . ,

: :

:

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The 2nd person grammatically known as al-mu-khaa-tab is the one who al-mu-khaais being spoken to. You can remember this word because its related to the word khut-bah, the sermon that the Imam gives on Jumuah. There are 4 dha-maa-ir we will focus on in this section. dha-maa-

(Pl) (sing.)

Antunna (f)

Antum (m) or (m/f)

Antee (f)

Anta (m)

Anta You, when speaking to a male(mutha-kkar mufrad)

Antee You, when speaking to a female(Muanneth mufrad)

Antum You all, when speaking to a group that has males(Mutha-kkar jemu)

Antunna You all, when speaking to a group of females only(Muanneth jemu)43

Answer questions beginning with,naam/ laa ana. Example: Are you a teacher Yes, I am a teacher

1(

. ,

2 ( ________________________ 3( ______________________ 4( ______________________ 5( ______________________ _____________________________________________

6(

7( ____________________________________________

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Change the sentence to al-jemu the sound or broken plural.

. ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ .

____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________45

The Blessed Month of Ramadan

Who is fasting?

.

.

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.

.

*Remember: Antum is used for a group containing males. Antunna is for a group containing only females.

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Complete these short conversations by filling in the blanks.

____ .Canada

1 .

2.

.

_________ __________

3.

________ _________

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_________ __________

4.

__________ ______________

5.

___________ . Haa-fith ul-Quran:Memorized the whole Quran

____ ________

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_______ _______

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When we address others, we use yaa.Yaa Abee! O my father! Yaa ukh-tee! O my sister! Yaa Ummee! O my mother! Yaa akh-ee! O my brother!

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"!

"

Addressing people by name or not by name

We can also say ha-yaa

! ! Hayya bi-naa (Lets go!)

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List of Common Arabic Names Ameenah Fatimah Sameerah Sumayah Ruqayah Khadija Amirah Asmaa Maryam Sakinah Jameela Rashida Kareema Naimah Layla Tasneem Aliyah Asiyah Aamina51

Women/girls

Khalid Umar Abdullah Muhammad Ali Musa Yusuf Tariq Ameen Salahudeen Rasheed AbduRahman Shareef Uthman Sulayman Luqman Esaa Jamaal Hassan

Men/boys

Who are you speaking to?Choose the dha-meer to address each person or group:

(tha-kee-yun)

. !

Example1

(mum-taa-za)_(qawi-yun)_

______________ ! ______________ ! _____________ ! ______________ ! _______________ ! ________________3

2

!(saa-li-haatu)

4

muj-ta-hi-doona)

5

(tha-kee-ya)

!

6

excellent strong righteous hard working smart 52

ON MY WAY : : : . : : . ! : : : :

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Thuruf-ul Makaan: Well call these place words NOT prepositionsabove under

behind

in front

between

The word after thuruf-ul makaan takes kes-ra:

. . .

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Answer sentences from the picture

.

____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

1 2 3 4 5

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Write 5-7 sentences about your home (outside or inside) using:

Example

.

____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

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You alls (f)

Your (f)

Your (m)

You alls (m)

The endings shaded in gray are the endings which will be added to nouns to show that they are possessions.

.

This is a teacher. This is your teacher.

Where is the house? Where is your house?

.

.

This is a classroom. This is you alls classroom.

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This is Abu Khalid. This is you alls father.

Complete the chart adding the endings ka and ki .Your (f) Your (m)

family name neighbor Lord

Prophet religion

faith

Book

Country

Boy/son

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Two men meeting

.

.Two women meeting

.

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Personal Questions: Answer these questions about yourself, changing the ending to letteryaa for my.Where is your book?

My book is in the living room

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_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

________________________________________________

___________________________________________ Where is your family from? _____________________________________________(Sa-dee-qa-tu-kee)

Who is your friend?

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Complete the chart adding the endings kum and kunna to each word.You alls (f) You alls (m) family

Neighbor

Guests

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Answer these questions changing the ending to naafor our.

________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________List 4 This list: words add damma- waw in the middle.

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The Guests

A neighbor (al-jaar-atu)knocks at the door...

:

. . . . . . .63

:

:

:

:

: : ,

: :

:

:

Re-write these sentences using the ending which corresponds to the dha-meer in parentheses.

. 1 . ) ( ___________________ ( . ) 2 3 4

__________________ ( . ) ____________________ ( . )

____________________ ( 5 . ) __________________ ( ___________________ ( . ) . ) 6

7 8

__________________ ( . ) __________________ ( . )

9 10

___________________ ( . )64

Choose the correct dameer muta-sil and write on the line.

( ( ( ( ( ( ( (

)_______ ) _______

1

2

) _____ ) ____

3

4

) ____ ) _____ ) _____ ) ____

5

6

7

8

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Ad-darsu rabiu

The one who is spoken about

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The 3rd person, grammatically known as al-gha-ib, is used when talking about someone who is not present. There are 4 dha-maa-ir we will focus on in this section.

they (f)

(Pl)

( sing.) she (f)

they (m) or (m/f)

he (m)

Huwa(mutha-kkar mufrad)

He, when speaking about a male

Hiya(Muanneth mufrad)

She, when speaking about a female

Hum(Mutha-kkar jemu) Them, when speaking about a group that has males

Hunna(Muanneth jemu) They, when speaking about a group of only females

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ASKING ABOUT PEOPLERead with your zameela

.

.

Morocco

.

Egypt

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Write huwa or hiya to complete the sentence.

.1

_________.2 _________.3 _________.4 _________.5 __________.6 _________.7 __________.8 __________.9 __________69

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Read with your zameela

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Sentences using names of countries Practice reading with hum & hunna

Where are they from?

China

India

.Canada

.America

.Morocco

.England

.Egypt

.Iraq

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Answer the questions naam, hunna

ExampleAre these teachers from Yemen?

Yes they are from Yemen.

.

,1

______________________ ,China

2

______________________ ,Egypt

3

______________________ ,Canada

4

______________________ ,Britain

5

______________________ ,72

Answer the questions naam using hum.

Are those Muslims from Yemen? Yes they are from Yemen.

(1

.

,(2

______________________ , ______________________ , ______________________ ,(5 (3

(4

______________________ ,(6

______________________ ,73

______________________ _____________________ ____________________74

*words on this list change to alif-hamza

Plurals list 5

These do not take tan-ween

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Match 2 of the parts to make a jum-la

__________________________________________________________________1 __________________________________________________________________2 __________________________________________________________________3 __________________________________________________________________4 __________________________________________________________________5

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Read then write the sentences in this chart in your notebook.

CHOOSE

2 ________ 4__________ 6_________ 8 ________

1__________ __________3 5_________ 7_________

_________ _______ 77

Where are they? Answer in a complete sentence using a dha-meer in place of the person.

Example

.

1 2 3 4 5 6

__________________ __________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ____________________ _________________78

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The endings shaded in gray are the endings which will be added to nouns to show that they are possessions.

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.This is a teacher. This is his teacher.

Where is the house? Where is her house?

.

.

This is a classroom. This is their classroom.

.This is Abu Khalid. This is their (fem) father. 79

Rewrite this short Arabic text on the lines provided. Thiss my brother and this is his wife. This is his son and this is his daughter. They are in Kuwait. He is an engineer and she is a righteous woman.

. . .

.

. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________80

Family Vocabulary

- -

Grandmother Grandfather

uncle (fathers side) Aunt (fathers side) Aunt (mothers side) uncle (mothers side)

Female cousins

Daughter of maternal aunt or uncle Daughter of paternal aunt or uncle Male cousins Son of maternal aunt or uncle Son of paternal aunt or uncle

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________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Speaking Practice: complete this chart Your family tree

________________

______________

________

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Add the dha-meer muta-sil to the end of the word to day its his or hers. Remember to change the dammataan to a single damma before adding the ending.

PhoneWealth

Country

Bed

Cat

Change to open taa

Change to open taa

Food

Class

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Phone

Add the dha-meer muta-sil to the end of the word to say its theirs.

Country

Bed

Cat

Change to open taa

Change to open taa Food

Class

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Connect the ending that corresponds to the dha-meer.

.

(

) .

1

___________________

( ).

2

__________________ ( ) . ____________________ ( ) . ____________________ ( ) . __________________ ( ) . __________________ ( ).

3

4

5

6

7

___________________ ( ) . ___________________ ( ) . __________________ ( ) .

8

9

8

________________ ( )85

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Mixed Practice

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Test your hifth.I give you the mufrad then you give the jem u.

___________ : __________: ___________: ___________ :

_________ : ___________: __________: _________:

Now I give you the jem u then you give the mufrad.

___________: ___________: : ___________ __________: _________: 87

__________: :__________ :__________

__________: : ___________

.Circle the correct answer. Then write it on the line

1 . _________ . ) ( ! ________ !" ) (2

3 . _________ . ( ) 4 . ________ ) ( . _______ . ) ( . 5

6 . _________ ) (7

________ ( ) 88

Meeting & GreetingComplete the conversations.

1.

. _____ .

________ _______ ______ .

_________ _________ _________ _____ ________

2.

_______

India

89

Give the plural of the sentences

___________________ ___________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ __________________ . . .90

. . . . . . . .

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Add the ending that corresponds to the dha-meer

= ( )______________ = ( ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

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Translate these sentences into Arabic:1 Your (f) mother is beautiful.

__________________________2 Your (f) book is on the desk.

__________________________3 My school is behind the big mosque.

__________________________4 This is my desk and that is my book.

___________________________5 Her husband is religious /righteous.

___________________________6 Her house is far from my house.

__________________________7 Their husbands are rich.

__________________________8 His sister is a rich doctor.

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COUNTING AND DESCRIBING THINGS

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Ishaa-rah Pointing to al-jumuSome nouns are aaqil (with brains: people) and some are ghay-rul aaqil (brainless) such as things and animals.

So the plurals of things (ghair ul aaqil) agree with: 1 the feminine ishaara 2 the feminine description

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Change each to the plural

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Choose an ishaarah to point to each person or thing:

1__________ 2__________ 3__________ 4__________ 5__________ 6__________ __________7 __________8 __________9

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When we describe the plural of a thing or animal (ghayrul aaqil) then we use the muanneth form to describe them.

Describing Brainless Things

..The books are beneficial.

..These lessons are easy.

. .These are old beds.

Leaning back on beds lined up (surah Tur)

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List 5pl.ghurafun kutubun sururun people jududun qitatun

sing.

turuq

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Review the jum-latul ismiyya from Level 2

Choose the khabar which is appropriate to complete each sentence.

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Now complete sentences using the correct description

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I HAVE, WE HAVETo talk about what we have, take the connected endings and add them to the letter laam.

we have (la-na) I have( Lee)

You have (woman/girl)(la-kee)

You have (La-ka)

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You all have (women/girls)(la-kunna)

You all have

(La-kum)

She has (la-haa)

He has (La-hu)

They have (women/girls)(la-hunna)

They have ( la-hum)

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Conversation Exercise

Yes, I have a.. No, I dont have a.

Do you have a?

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Now translate the following:Her name is Khadijah. She is a student. She has an easy lesson. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ His name is Khalid. He is a teacher. He has a big classroom. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ My identification is in my bag/purse. ________________________________________________________ We have a small family. Our father is a religious scholar/leader. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Re-write the following on the lines provided:

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He said, verily I am a messenger from your Lord Maryam: 19

Read these verses from the Quran.

Our Lord is Lord of the skies and the Earth. Al-Kahaf: 14

To you all your religion, and to me mine Al-Kaafiroon: 6

Allah you alls Lord and the Lord of you alls fathers As Saffaat: 126

We narrate unto you their story in truth. Al-Kahaf: 13106

Counting 2

When we want to say there are (2) we simply add alif-noon to the end of the noun. Kes-ra is on the noon

Sa-ya-ra-taani

qalam-ani

Uk-taani

tif-la-ni

Mik-wa-taani

baa-bani

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Make the following mu-thena:

: _________________ ________________ : __________________ : _________________ : __________________ :

:Example

Taa-marbootah changed to an open taa

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________________ : _________________ : ___________________ : __________________ : ___________________ :

How many? (kem)

.(use fet-hat-aan)

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We say

We dont say

1We say We dont say

2Counting with Arabic Numbers

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Change the number from mu-tha-kkar to mu-a-nneth.

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When we count using arabic numbers, we will use either the mutha-kar or the mu-aneth form.

2This thing/ person is mu-tha-kar We use the mu-aneth form of the number

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When we count using arabic numbers, we will use either the mutha-kar or the mu-aneth form.

1This thing/ person is mu-aneth We use the mu-thekar form of the number

4 5 6 7 8 9 10Complete using the jem-u and number.

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CONCLUSION

May Allah increase you in the good of this life and the next.

You have completed level 3 and you are now speaking basic Arabic!

As you go into Level 4, it would help you to find Arab women in your community with whom you can socialize. Once you find one or two Arab sisters to talk to, practice your skills on them and dont be shy! You can also organize a gathering of other English-speaking women who are also studying and form your own Arabic conversation group. In Level 4, we will be learning the use of verbs to talk about the past, present and future. This will continue to increase your conversational skills as well as help you to understand the Quran, InshaAllah.

Keep your focus. May Allah make you successful!

See you in Level 4 inshaAllah!

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About the AuthorThe author, Nadiya Johnson has a passion for foreign languages. She studied Spanish, French, and German at the Universities of Maryland and Wisconsin before studying Arabic for 2 years at the Fagr Center in Cairo, Egypt. She then spent 4 years speaking Arabic socially in Medina, Saudi Arabia. She accepted Islam in 1993 and has 8 years experience teaching Arabic language to Muslim women in Medina, Saudi Arabia; Milwaukee, WI; Flint, MI; Philadelphia, PA, and Charlotte, NC. She is also the mother of a beautiful 5-year old daughter named Aamina.

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