Basic Arabic Phrases

Course Code: TAS003A

Introduction to Learning Arabic

Basic Arabic Phrases Saqib Hussain

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Introduction: Approaches to Learning Arabic.......................................................................2 1

Introducing Yourself.................................................................................................................3

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Masculine and Feminine...........................................................................................................4

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Basic Questions..........................................................................................................................5

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The pedagogical methodology adopted in the grammar series Basic Arabic Grammar (TAS004AD) focuses on rigorously understanding Arabic grammar, which we believe is the most efficient and effective way of learning any foreign language. This is in contrast to two competing ways of learning Arabic, namely to focus on naḥw (classical Arabic syntax), or else by immersion.

For more details, please see the article How to Learn Arabic at http://www.arabicstudio.com/arabic_language_about.html.

One potential drawback of focussing on Arabic grammar, as opposed to an immersion methodology, is that the student doesn't learn how to introduce himself or herself, and ask basic conversational questions, until much later. This text tries to deal with that by giving a few basic Arabic phrases. However, to benefit from and gain even a rudimentary understanding of these basic phrases, the student should at least have done the first few chapters of the course Basic Arabic Grammar: Part A (TAS004A).

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.‫كم‬ ‫لي‬‫ع‬  ‫س‬ ‫ا‬ . ‫س‬ ‫ا‬ ‫كم‬ ‫لي‬‫ع‬ ‫و‬ ‫؟‬   ‫ا‬  ‫؟‬ ‫نت‬‫أ‬  ‫ا‬  .‫ة‬‫ط‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ا‬ ."‫د‬ ‫ح‬  ‫ا‬ ‫؟‬‫د‬ ‫ح‬  ، ‫ي‬ ‫؟‬‫نت‬‫أ‬   ‫ي‬ .*‫ر‬‫خي‬ ‫ب‬- ‫أن‬ ./‫ض‬ ‫أ‬ ‫ *ر‬‫خي‬ ‫ب‬- ‫أن‬ ‫؟‬‫ة‬‫ط‬ ‫ف‬  ،‫نت‬‫أ‬  ‫أ‬  ‫؟‬‫ت‬ ‫أن‬  ‫أ‬  .‫ني‬- -‫بر‬-  ‫أن‬ .‫ك‬ -‫ر‬‫أ‬   ‫أن‬

Hello (lit. peace be upon you). Hello. What is your name? My name is Fatimah. What is your name? My name is Muhammad. How are you, Muhammad? I'm fine. How are you? I'm fine too. Where are you from, Fatimah? I'm from Britain. Where are you from? I'm from America.

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" ‫ط‬ ‫أن‬ 4‫ة‬‫ط‬ ‫أن‬ 6 ‫ذ‬ ‫نت‬‫أ‬ 4‫ة‬‫ي‬8 ‫ذ‬  ‫ت‬ ‫أن‬ "‫ي‬-‫ط‬  ‫ه‬ 4‫ة‬‫ي‬-‫ط‬  ‫ه‬ 4‫ذ‬ ‫أ‬ ‫ا‬‫=ه‬ 4‫ذ‬ ‫أ‬ =‫ه‬ @‫ر‬   ‫=ذ‬ 4‫د‬‫ئ‬  B‫ل‬ -‫ق‬‫س‬E ‫ى ا‬‫إ‬- ‫ه‬ ‫ذ‬ -‫ق‬ E‫س‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ى‬‫إ‬- ‫ت‬‫ه‬ ‫ذ‬

I'm a (male) student I'm a (female) student You (addressing a boy) are clever You (addressing a girl) are clever He is a (male) doctor She is a (female) doctor This is a (male) teacher This is a (female) teacher That is a chair That is a table He went to the market She went to the market

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‫؟‬ ‫ه‬   .‫ل‬B‫ا‬ ‫ه‬ ‫؟‬ ‫ل‬B‫ا‬  ‫ر‬‫ي‬ I ‫ا‬ - ‫ه‬ .‫ة‬‫لك‬B‫ا‬   ‫ر‬‫ي‬ I‫ا‬ ،  ‫؟‬‫د‬-‫سج‬  B‫ا‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ة‬ ‫لك‬B‫ا‬ -‫ه‬ .‫د‬-‫ج‬‫س‬ B‫ا‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ة‬ ‫ك‬ ‫ل‬B‫ا‬ ، ‫م‬ ‫ن‬ ‫؟‬‫د‬-‫سج‬ B‫ا‬  ‫أ‬ .-‫ج‬B‫ى ا‬‫ل‬‫ع‬ ‫د‬-‫سج‬ B‫ا‬ ‫؟‬‫د‬-‫سج‬  B‫ا‬ ‫ى‬‫إ‬- ‫ت‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ذ‬ =‫ذ‬ ‫؟‬‫د‬ -‫ج‬ ‫س‬ B‫ى ا‬‫إ‬- ‫ت‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ذ‬  ‫ي‬ ‫و‬ ‫؟‬‫جد‬- ‫س‬  B‫ى ا‬‫إ‬- ‫ت‬‫ه‬ ‫ى ذ‬ ‫و‬ !- ‫أ‬ 

Who is he? He is the king. Is the prince with the king? No, the prince is with the queen. Is the queen in the mosque? Yes, the queen is in the mosque. Where is the mosque? The mosque is on the mountain. Why did she go to the mosque? And how did she go to the mosque? And when did she go to the mosque? I don't know!

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