Lesson 3

Question 1

What is the Arabic definite article and what is the english equivalent of it

Answer 1

ال
and the english equivalent is ‘the’

Question 2

What happens when the definite article ال is prefixed to a noun?

Answer 2

Naturally the indefinite article is dropped
بيتُ - بيتٌ

Question 3

How many letters does Arabic have? And name two categories

Answer 3

28 letters in total
14 of which are Solar letters and 14 of which are Lunar letters.

Question 4

What happens when al is prefixed to a noun beginning with a solar letter?

Answer 4

The ل of ال is assimilated to the solar letter e.g. الشمس ash-shams

Question 5

What happens when al is prefixed to a noun beginning with a lunar letter?

Answer 5

No assimilation takes place. The ال is pronounced as al:
القمر

Question 6

What is the sign that indicated omission of pronunciation when placed above the hamza called?

Answer 6

Hamzatul wasl

Question 7

We know that the tanwin is the indefinite article and is translated to ‘a’, is this the same for adjectives?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

الماء

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

الورق

Answer 9

Paper

Question 10

جميل

Answer 10

Beautiful

Question 11

التفّاح

Answer 11

Apple

Question 12

الدُّكان

Answer 12

Shop

Question 13

حُلوٌ

Answer 13

Sweet

Question 14

مريض

Answer 14

Sick

Question 15

Opposites:
فقير

Answer 15

Poor
غني
Rich

Question 16

Opposites:
غني

Answer 16

Rich
فقير
Poor

Question 17

Opposites:
قصير

Answer 17

Short
طويل
Tall

Question 18

Opposites:
طويل

Answer 18

Tall
قصير
Short

Question 19

Opposites:
حار

Answer 19

= hot
بارد
= cold

Question 20

Opposites:
بارد

Answer 20

Cold
حار
Hot

Question 21

Opposites:
واقف

Answer 21

= standing
جالس
= sitting

Question 22

Opposites:
قديم

Answer 22

= old
جديد
= new

Question 23

Opposites:
جالس

Answer 23

= sitting
واقف
= standing

Question 24

Opposites:
جديد

Answer 24

= new
قديم
= old

Question 25

Opposites: بعيد

Answer 25

= far away قريب Near

Question 26

Opposites: قريب

Answer 26

= near بعيد Far away

Question 27

Opposites: وسخ

Answer 27

= dirty نظيف Clean

Question 28

Opposites: نظيف

Answer 28

Clean وسخ Dirty

Question 29

Opposites: كبير

Answer 29

Big صغير Small

Question 30

Opposites: صغير

Answer 30

Small كبير Big

Question 31

Opposites: ثقيل

Answer 31

Heavy خفيف Light

Question 32

Opposites: خفيف

Answer 32

Light ثقيل Heavy

Question 33

بيتٌ البيتُ

Answer 33

A house, the house

Question 34

قلمٌ القلمُ

Answer 34

A pen, the pen

Question 35

كتابٌ الكتابُ

Answer 35

A book the book

Question 36

جملٌ الجملُ

Answer 36

a camel, the camel

Question 37

القلمُ مكسورٌ

Answer 37

The broken pen

Question 38

البابُ مفتوحٌ

Answer 38

The open door

Question 39

الولدُ جالسٌ و المدرسُ واقفٌ

Answer 39

The boy is sitting and the teacher is standing.

Question 40

الكتابُ جديدٌ والقلمُ قديمٌ

Answer 40

The book is new and the pen is old

Question 41

الكرسيُّ مكسورٌ

Answer 41

The chair is broken

Question 42

الماءُ باردٌ

Answer 42

The water is cold

Question 43

البيتُ قريبٌ و المسجدُ بعيدٌ

Answer 43

The house is near and the masjid is far away

Question 44

اللبنُ حارٌ

Answer 44

The milk is hot

Question 45

الحمارُ صغيرٌ و الحصانُ كبيرٌ

Answer 45

The donkey is small and the horse is big

Question 46

المنديلُ وسخٌ

Answer 46

The kerchief is dirty

Question 47

القمرُ جميلٌ

Answer 47

The moon is beautiful

Question 48

الحجرُ ثقيلٌ و الورقُ خفيفٌ

Answer 48

The stone is heavy and the paper is light

Question 49

القميصُ نظيفٌ

Answer 49

The shirt is clean