Learn about using common adjectives
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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. |
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Lesson focus |
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| In today's lesson, we'll cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourself in various situations. |
| Let's start with "It's delicious." |
| "It's delicious" in Arabic is: haādšī binīn (هادشي بنين). |
| haādšī binīn |
| Let’s break it down: haādšī binīn |
| haādšī binīn |
| Now let's hear it again: haādšī binīn |
| There’s no exact equivalent of “it’s” in Arabic, you usually refer to the thing you’re talking about and add the adjective. So if you want to say “it's delicious,” you'll say “the food is delicious” in Arabic. But the closest word to “it” we can use in this example is haādšī. |
| haādšī |
| haādšī, which literally means “this thing” but we use it sometimes to mean “it.” |
| So let's break it down and hear it one more time: haādšī |
| haādšī |
| This is followed by binīn (بنين), which in Arabic means "delicious." |
| binīn |
| binīn |
| So to recap here, we have: haādšī binīn |
| And literally, it means “this is delicious.” |
| Now let's go over some other adjectives. Let's try "hot." |
| Again, to say "it's hot," you have to refer exactly to what you're talking about. |
| So if you mean, "it's hot" as in "it's spicy", we say haādšī ḥaār (هادشي حار). |
| haādšī ḥaār |
| haādšī ḥaār |
| haādšī means “this,” referring to what you’re eating. |
| ḥaār is “hot” |
| ḥaār |
| So together, haādšī ḥaār mean "it's hot." |
| Now if you want to say "it's hot" when talking about the weather, you say ṣṣahd (الصهد). |
| One more time: ṣṣahd |
| ṣṣahd |
| It’s only one word that means "it's hot" |
| And finally, if you're talking about temperature, we use the word sḫuūn (سخون), which means "hot." |
| sḫuūn |
| sḫuūn |
| So, to say "it's hot" is: haādšī sḫuūn (هادشي سخون). |
| haādšī sḫuūn |
| haādšī sḫuūn |
| Now, let's try another word, "beautiful." |
| "Beautiful" in Arabic is ǧamibl (جميل) for things that are masculine and ǧamiīlah (جميلة) for things that are feminine. |
| "It's beautiful" is haādšī ǧamibl (هادشي جميل) in Arabic. |
| One more time: haādšī ǧamibl |
| haādšī ǧamibl |
| haādšī ǧamibl |
| And one last word to learn is "near". |
| “Near” in Arabic is: qarīb (قريب). |
| qarīb |
| qarīb |
| The best way to use qarīb is by directly using the word of the thing you're talking about. |
| For example, to say "the hotel is near", you say: l-otil qarīb (الأوطيل قريب). |
| l-otil qarīb |
| l-otil qarīb |
| L-otil is “hotel” and qarīb is “near.” |
| Now let's take a look at the negative. |
| In Arabic, "It's not delicious" is haādšī maš binīn (هادشي مشي بنين). |
| haādšī maš binīn |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: haādšī maš binīn |
| haādšī maš binīn |
| The negation is formed by maš. |
| maš |
| So to say “It’s not beautiful,” you just say: haādšī maš ǧamibl |
| haādšī maš ǧamibl |
| Cultural Insights |
| Moroccans are very expressive so when something is delicious please do say so to your host, or when you're offered something and you like it, just say so. |
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! |
| "It’s delicious." - haādšī binīn |
| haādšī binīn |
| haādšī binīn |
| "It’s hot / spicy." - haādšī ḥaār |
| haādšī ḥaār |
| haādšī ḥaār |
| "It's hot. (weather)" - al-ṣṣahd |
| al-ṣṣahd |
| al-ṣṣahd |
| "It’s hot. (temperature)" - haādšī sḫuūn |
| haādšī sḫuūn |
| haādšī sḫuūn |
| "It’s beautiful." - haādšī ǧamibl |
| haādšī ǧamibl |
| haādšī ǧamibl |
| "It’s not beautiful." - haādšī maš ǧambl |
| haādšī maš ǧambl |
| haādšī maš ǧambl |
| 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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