Great! Now do the opposite, translating the phrase from English into Arabic.

After a pause, youll hear the

right answer, which you should repeat for practice.

Go! (to a man) idhhab!

Go! (to a woman) idhhabi!

Go! (to a group of people) idhhabu!

The summer is not cold. aS-Sayf laysa brid.

The winter is not dry. ash-shit laysa jf.

Now translate the following words into Arabic, and then negate them using the particle laysa. Repeat the
correct answers for practice.

hot Harr, laysa Hrr

pleasant laTif, laysa laTif

strong shadd, laysa shadd

moderate muatadil, laysa muatadil

dry jf, laysa jf

PARTING WORDS

rca! Wonderful! Youll be happy to know that the weather is quite pleasant in most Arab countries
throughout the year, except for the summers, which can be quite hot, so make sure you go prepared. Did
you know that many Arab countries, for religious and sometimes also civil purposes, follow a calendar
different from the Gregorian calendar used in the United States? The Islamic Hijri calendar, or al-taqum
al-hijri, is calculated from the year AD 622, when the prophet Mohamed emigrated to Mecca. And while
the names of the Gregorian calendar months in Arabic are very similar to their European counterparts
for example, yanayir for January, brayir for February, and mars for Marchthe months of the Islamic
calendar have very different names, like muHarram for the rst month of the year, Safar for the second
month, and rab al-awwal for the third month. ilal-liqa! Till next time!

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