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BeginnerWhat time is it?

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Arabic 2

English 2

Romanization 2

Vowelled 2

Vocabulary 2

Grammar Points 3

Cultural Insight 4

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Arabic

فاطمة  عفوا، كم الساعة؟

هند  السادسة و النصف.

فاطمة  هل تعرفين متى تصل الحافلة؟

هند  تصل بعد خمسة دقائق.

فاطمة  شكرا.

English

Fatima  Excuse me, what time is it?

Hind  It's six thirty.

Fatima  Do you know when the bus arrives?

Hind  It arrives in five minutes.

Fatima  Thank you.

Romanization

faaTima  

c

afwan. kam as-saa

c

a?

hind  as-saadisa wan-niSf.

faaTima  hal ta

c

rifiina mata taSil al-Haafila?

hind  taSil ba

c

ad khamsati daqaa'iq.

faaTima  shukran.

Vowelled

فاطمة  عفوا، كم الساعة؟

هند  السادسة والنصف.

فطمة  هل تعرفين متى تصل الحافلة؟

هند  تصل بعد خمسة دقائق.

فاطمة  شكرا.

Vocabulary

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Arabic Romanization English Class

كم الساعة؟ kam as-saa

c

a? What time is it?

نصف niSf half noun

متى mataa when

تصل taSil She arrives. verb

حافلة Haafila bus noun

بعد ba

c

d after

دقائق daqaa'iq minutes

لغات lughaat languages

لغتان lughataan two languages noun, dual form

لغة lugha language noun

حافالت Haafilaat buses noun, plural

دقيقة daqiiqa minute noun

دقيقتان daqiiqataan two minutes noun, dual

الساعة as-saa

c

a the hour noun

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

لو سمحت , ممكن دقيقة؟ Excuse me, can I have a minute?

(Egyptian Arabic)

كم الساعة؟ What time is it?

Grammar Points

Today's grammar will focus on forming ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers tell you

the order of things, like first, second, third, etc. Now, just like one and first have

different forms, Arabic has different forms for the cardinal and ordinal numbers.

Number "one" is "waahid" (واحد) and "first" is "'awwal" (لأو). Number "two" is

"'ithnaan" (إثنان) while "second" is "thaanii" (ثاني) or "thaaniya" (ثانية). There is a

special sound pattern for making the ordinal numbers from third to tenth. First,

let's look at number "three." In Arabic, it's "thalaatha" (ثالثة). It has three root

letters: thaa' (ث), laam (ل), thaa' (ث). To make the ordinal numbers, what you

need to do is attach a long "aa" sound between the first two root letters, and a

short "i" sound before the last letter. For example, "third" is "thaalith" (ثالث) or

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"thaalitha" (ثالثة) Now, number "four" is "'arba

c

a" (أربعة). The root letters are: raa'

and (ب) 'baa ,(ر)

c

ayn (ع). Applying the same rule as before, "fourth" is "raabi

c

"

raabi" or (رابع)

c

a" (رابعة). "Five" is "khamsa" (خمسة). "Fifth" is "khaamis" (خامس) or

"khaamisa" (خامسة). "Six" is "sitta" (ةست). "Sixth" is "saadis" (سادس) or "saadisa"

sab" is "Seven" .(سادسة)

c

a" (سبعة). "Seventh" is "saabi

c

saabi" or (سابع) "

c

a" (سابعة).

"Eight" is "thamaanya" (ثمانية). "Eighth" is "thaamin" (ثامن) or "thaamina" (ثامنة).

"Nine" is "tis

c

a" (تسعة). "Ninth" is "taasi

c

taasi" or (تاسع) "

c

a" (تاسعة). "Ten" is "

c

ashara" (عشرة). "Tenth" is "

c

aashir" (عاشر) or "

c

aashira" (عاشرة).

Cultural Insight

Today we would like to cover the kinds of public transportation available in

Amman. There are buses, minibuses, taxis and service taxis. A minibus is a large

van; it's very cheap and most of the people that use minibuses are university

students and commuters. In Damascus, a lot of people use them to get

everywhere because it's kind of crowded and a lot of people don't own cars. Now

all throughout the Middle East there are taxis. These are convenient because you

don't have to worry about parking. They're definitely more expensive than buses

but they're generally affordable, though it depends on each country. In Beirut, for

example, you can get a taxi to drive you from one side of the city to the other for

about $15, which is the same amount you would pay to get to Damascus! And

since a lot of people travel between Amman, Damascus and Beirut, there are

buses, taxi cars and trains to travel between different cities. Trains are less

popular in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria.

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