LESSON NOTES

Beginner #5
How are you?

CONTENTS
2 Arabic
2 Vowelled Arabic
3 Romanization
3 English
4 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
6 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight

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 ‫‪ARABIC‬‬

‫أﻟﻮ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.1‬‬

‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ ﻳﺎ ﻣﻲ‪ .‬اﻧﺎ داﻧﻴﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.2‬‬

‫أﻫﻼً داﻧﻴﺔ‪ .‬ﻛﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.3‬‬

‫اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‪ .‬وأﻧﺖ؟ ﻛﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚ؟ ﻫﻞ أﻧﺖ ﺑﺨﻴﺮ؟‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.4‬‬

‫ﻧﻌﻢ‪ ،‬أﻧﺎ ﺑﺄﺣﺴﻦ ﺣﺎل‪ ،‬واﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‪ .‬ﻟﻘﺪ إﺷﺘﺮﻳﺖ ﻛﺘﺎﺑﺎً ﺟﺪﻳﺪاً‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.5‬‬

‫ﻣﻦ ﻛﺘﺐ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﺘﺎب؟‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.6‬‬

‫إﺳﻤﻪ ﺟﺒﺮان ﺧﻠﻴﻞ ﺟﺒﺮان‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.7‬‬

‫‪VOWELLED ARABIC‬‬

‫أﻟﻮ؟‬ ‫ﻣَﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.1‬‬

‫ﻣَ ﺮْﺣَﺒﺎً ﻳَﺎ ﻣَﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ دَاﻧْﻴَﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫دَاﻧْﻴَﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.2‬‬

‫ﻼ دَاﻧْﻴَﺔ‪ .‬ﻛَﻴْﻒَ ﺣَﺎﻟُﻚِ؟‬

‫َأﻫْ ً‬ ‫ﻣَﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.3‬‬

‫ﻫﻞْ َأﻧْﺖِ ﺑِ ﺨَﻴْﺮ؟‬

‫ﺤﻤْﺪُ ﻟِﻠﻪ‪ .‬وَأَﻧْﺖِ؟ ﻛَﻴْﻒَ ﺣَﺎﻟُﻚِ؟ َ‬
‫اﻟْ َ‬ ‫دَاﻧْﻴَﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.4‬‬

‫ﺤﻤْﺪُ ﻟِﻠﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟﻘْﺪ ِإﺷْﺘَ ﺮَﻳْﺖُ ﻛِﺘَﺎﺑﺎً ﺟَﺪِﻳﺪاً‪.‬‬

‫ﻦ ﺣَﺎل‪ ،‬وَاﻟْ َ‬
‫ﺴ ِ‬
‫ﻧَﻌَﻢ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺄَﺣْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.5‬‬

‫ﻣَﻦْ َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﻫﺬا اﻟْﻜِﺘَﺎب؟‬ ‫دَاﻧْﻴَﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪.6‬‬

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 .‫ﺟ ﺒْ ﺮَان‬
ِ ‫ﺧﻠِﻴﻞ‬
َ ‫ﺳﻤُﻪُ ﺟِ ﺒْ ﺮَان‬
ْ ِ‫إ‬ :‫ﻣَﻲ‬ .7

ROMANIZATION

1. MAY: alo?

2. DANYA: marHaban yaa May, 'anaa Danya.

3. MAY: 'ahlan yaa Danya. Kayfa Haaluki?

4. DANYA: al-Hamdu lillaah. wa 'anti? Kayfa Haaluki? hal 'anti bikhayr?

5. MAY: nacam, 'anaa bi'aHsan Haal, wa al-Hamdu lillaah. Laqd 'ishtarayt

kitaaban jadiidan.

6. DANYA: man kataba haadha al-kitaab?

7. MAY: 'ismuhu jibraan khaliil jibraan.

ENGLISH

1. MAY: Hello?

2. DANYA: Hello May. I'm Danya.

3. MAY: Hi Danya. How are you?

4. DANYA: Praise God. And you? How are you? Are you fine?

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5. MAY: Yes, I'm in the best condition, and praise god. I just bought a new
book.

6. DANYA: Who wrote that book?

7. MAY: His name is Khaliil Gibran.

VOCABULARY

A r abic R omanization English C lass Ge nde r

‫أﻫﻼ‬ 'ahlan hello interjection neutral

How are you?

‫ﻛﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚَ؟‬ kaifa ḥaaluki? phrase masculine
(fem. singular)

hello, hi;
‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬ marḥaban expression
welcome

Praise be to
‫اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬ al-ḥamdu lillaah phrase
God.

‫و‬ wa and conjunction

And you?
‫و أﻧﺖ؟‬ wa 'anta? phrase masculine
(masc. singular)

‫ﺑﺄﺣﺴﻦ‬ bi'aHsan in the best

‫ﻣﻦ‬ man who? pronoun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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 !‫أﻫﻼً!إﺗﻔﻀﻞ‬ ‫ ﻛﻴﻒ اﻟﺤﺎل؟‬,‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬
ʾhlan! ʾitfaḍḍal! marḥaban, kayfa al-ḥaal-?

Hello! Please come in! (Egyptian Arabic) Hello, how are you?

.‫أﻧﺎ و أﺣﻤَﺪ ذﻫﺒﻨﺎ إﻟﻰ اﻟﺴﻴﻨﻤﺎ‬ .‫أﻧﺎ ﺑﺄﺣﺴﻦ ﺣﺎل‬

ʾanā wa ʾaḥmad ḏahbnā ʾilā al-sīnimā. 'anaa bi'aHsani Haal.

Me and Ahmed went to the cinema. I'm in the best condition.

‫ﻣﻦ ﺣﺴﻨﻲ ﻣﺒﺎرك؟‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻤﺎ؟‬

man Husnii mubaarak? man humaa?

Who is Hosni Mubarak? Who are they? (asked about a pair of

people)

‫ﻣﻦ أﻧﺘﻤﺎ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻦ أﻧﺘﻦّ؟‬

man 'antumaa? man 'antunna?

Who are you? (asked to a pair of people) Who are you? (asked to a group of women)

‫ﻣﻦ أﻧﺘﻢ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻧﺤﻦ؟‬

man 'antum? man naHnu?

Who are you? (asked to a group) Who are we?

‫ﻣﻦ أﻧﺎ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻦّ؟‬

man 'anaa? man hunna?

Who am I? Who are they? (asked about a group of

women)

‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻢ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻦ أﻧﺖ؟‬

man hum? man 'anti?

Who are they? Who are you? (asked to a woman)

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 ‫ﻣﻦ أﻧﺖ؟‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻲ؟‬
man 'anta? man hiya?

Who are you? (asked to a man) Who is she?

‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻮ؟‬
man huwa?

Who is he?

GRAMMAR

Today we talked about the Arabic definite article: ‫ ال‬- al - the. If we look at the example ‫ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب‬-
al-kitaab - the book, we see that ‫ ال‬let's us know we're talking about a specific book, as
opposed to an unspecified book ٌ‫ ﻛﺘﺎب‬- kitaab - a book. If you were going to use "the" to
express yourself in English, then you are most likely going to use ‫ ال‬in Arabic. .‫ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﻗﺼﻴﺮ‬- ar-
rajul qaSiir. - The man is short. The definite article ‫ ال‬is also used in ways that "the" is not
used in English. In the next example we see that ‫ ال‬is attached to the adjective of a definite
noun. Notice that this example is no longer a complete sentence, but just a noun phrase.
‫ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ اﻟﻘﺼﻴﺮ‬- ar-rajul al-qaSiir - the short man To make adjectives out of the demonstrative
pronouns (‫ ﻫﺬه‬,‫ ﻫﺬا‬- haadha, haadhihi - this) the definite article ‫ ال‬is added to the noun.
Compare the following examples: .‫ ﻫﺬه ﻃﺎوﻟﺔ ﻗﺼﻴﺮة‬- haadhihi Taawila qaSiira. - This is a short
table. .‫ ﻫﺪه اﻟﻄﺎوﻟﺔ ﻗﺼﻴﺮة‬- haadhihi aT-Taawila qaSiira. - This table is short. The pronunciation of
‫ ال‬depends on the sound following it. If the next letter is pronounced using the tip of the
tongue, then the 'l' sound is replaced by that letter. Here is a list of all the letters that assimilate
the 'l' sound in ‫ال‬. (Note: These are called ‫ اﻟﺤﺮوف اﻟﺸﻤﺴﻴﺔ‬- al-Huruuf ash-shamsiya - the sun
letters.) ‫ ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن‬Examples ‫ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ‬- ar-rajul - the man ‫اﻟﻄﺎوﻟﺔ‬- aT-Taawila -
the table ‫اﻟﺸﻤﺲ‬- ash-shams - the sun The rest of the letters in the Arabic alphabet are known
as ‫ اﻟﺤﺮوف اﻟﻘﻤﺮﻳﺔ‬- al-Huruuf al-qamariya (the moon letters) and don't use the tip of the tongue,
so the 'l' sound is pronounced. ‫ أ ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م ه و ي‬Examples: ‫اﻟﻜﺘﺎب‬- al-kitaab - the book
‫اﻷﺳﺘﺎذ‬- al-'ustaadh - the teacher ‫اﻟﻘﻤﺮ‬- al-qamar - the moon

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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The phrase ‫ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬- al-Hamdu lillaah in Arabic is literally translated as "Praise be to God". ‫اﻟﺤﻤﺪ‬
(al-Hamdu) means "praise" and ‫( ﷲ‬lillaah) means "to God". Although ‫ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬is derived from
the Quran, it is common for Muslims, Christians and Jews alike in the Middle East to use this
phrase. This common expression can be heard on the streets, in the mosque, and even in the
news. It is used in all conditions, good or bad, because one should always be thankful.When
someone asks "How are you?" or "How is work, family, school...etc.", people answer the
question with ‫ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬and may or may not explain further. For example: Kareem: How is your
new job, Samer? Samer: It's great! I really like it. ‫اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬. How is your job? Kareem: ‫اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬. But
it's tiring and I work long hours. I am thinking of applying for a new job.

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