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| INTRODUCTION |
| ArabicPod101.com presents Arabic Survival Phrases. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Arabic speaking countries, with particular focus on Morocco. So join us for Arabic Survival phrases. You will be surprised at how far a little Arabic will go. |
| Now before we jump in, remember to stop by ArabicPod101.com, there you’ll find an accompanying PDF, additional learning tools in the premium learning center, and other great Arabic language learning materials. In addition, you’ll find more information in the post. And if you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Today we're going to cover counting zero through ten. |
| In Arabic, counting is very straightforward so let's jump right in. |
| “One” - ūāḥid (واحد). |
| “Two” - ǧūǧ (جوج). |
| “Three” - ṯalāṯah (تلاتة). |
| “Four” - ʾarbaʿah (ربعة). |
| “Five” - ḫamsah (خمسة). |
| “Six” - sittah (ستة). |
| “Seven” - sabʿah (سبعة). |
| “Eight” - ṯamānyah (تمانية). |
| “Nine” - tisʿah (تسعود). |
| “Ten” - ʿašrah (عشرة). |
| And finally, “zero” - ṣifr (صفر). |
| In English, we simply use a number in combination with the plural form of some object. But in Arabic, we have to learn to combine different numbers with objects using a plural form and a letter in between the two. For the numbers 2 through 10, we combine a number and a noun like this: Number + d (possessive particle) + plural noun. |
| For example, “people” in Arabic is nās (الناس). |
| One more time: nās |
| nās |
| To say “2 people”, we put the number 2, ǧūǧ, followed by d, followed by “people,” which is nās. |
| “2 people” is “juj d nās.” |
| juj d nās |
| juj d nās |
| In the same way, “3 people” is “ṯalāṯah d nās.” |
| ṯalāṯah d nās |
| ṯalāṯah means “three”; d, the possessive particle; nās, “people.” |
| However, to say “one person” we use the number ūāḥid only. So “ūāḥid” (one) is used to say both “number one” and “one person.” |
| ūāḥid |
| The number one, ūāḥid, differs from all other numbers because in Arabic, it acts like an adjective. This means that it comes after a noun, like other adjectives, and then it must agree in gender with the noun like other adjectives. |
| For example, “one man” is raāǧil waāḥid |
| But “one woman” is mar'aː wāḥdah |
| wāḥdah is the feminine form of “one.” |
| Slowly together, wāḥdah |
| wāḥdah |
| ūāḥid is the masculine form of “one.” |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so حظ سعيد, that means "good luck" in Arabic. |
| Ok, here we go! |
| “One” - ūāḥid (واحد). |
| ūāḥid |
| ūāḥid |
| “Two” - ǧūǧ (جوج). |
| juj |
| juj |
| “Three” - ṯalāṯah (تلاتة). |
| ṯalāṯah |
| ṯalāṯah |
| “Four” - ʾarbaʿah (ربعة). |
| ʾarbaʿah |
| ʾarbaʿah |
| “Five” - ḫamsah (خمسة). |
| ḫamsah |
| ḫamsah |
| “Six” - sittah (ستة). |
| sittah |
| sittah |
| “Seven” - sabʿah (سبعة). |
| sabʿah |
| sabʿah |
| “Eight” - ṯamānyah (تمانية). |
| ṯamānyah |
| ṯamānyah |
| “Nine” - tisʿah (تسعود). |
| tisʿah |
| tisʿah |
| “Ten” - ʿašrah (عشرة). |
| ʿašrah |
| ʿašrah |
| And, “zero” - ṣifr (صفر) |
| ṣifr |
| ṣifr |
| All right. This is going to do it for this lesson of Arabic Survival Phrases. Remember to stop by ArabicPod101.com. There you’ll find an accompanying PDF, additional learning tools in the premium learning center, and other great Arabic language learning materials. See you soon, which in Arabic is - ilā al-liqāʾ. |
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