Learn how to ask someone if they have any brothers or sisters and answer the question for yourself
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Alisha: In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Arabic learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
Lesson focus |
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| Alisha: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""Do you have any brothers and sisters?"" In Arabic this is |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟ |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is |
| Carole: هل |
| Alisha: ""meaning do"" in English. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) هل |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Carole: هل |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Carole: عندك |
| Alisha: meaning you have. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) عندك |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| {Pause} |
| Carole: عندك |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل عندك |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Next is |
| Carole: إخوة |
| Alisha: meaning siblings. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) إخوة |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: إخوة |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟ |
| {pause} |
| ★ Note that this is how you ask “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” if you are asking a male person. If you are asking a female person, you would say: |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟ |
| Alisha: Please repeat. |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Master the following pattern and responses to the question Do you have any brothers and sisters?? |
| Carole: عندي أخت |
| Alisha: ""I have a sister.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Carole: (Slow) عندي أخت |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Carole: عندي |
| Alisha: means I have. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) عندي |
| Alisha: Now repeat |
| Carole: عندي |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: أخت |
| Alisha: meaning sister. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) أخت |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: أخت |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say, I have a sister., and then repeat. |
| Carole: عندي أخت |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace sister with older sister. |
| Carole: أخت كبرى |
| Alisha: older sister |
| Carole: (slow) أخت كبرى (regular) أخت كبرى |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with older sister |
| Carole: عندي أخت كبرى |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace sister. Say I have an older sister. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: عندي أخت كبرى |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace older sister with brother. |
| Carole: أخ |
| Alisha: brother |
| Carole: (slow) أخ (regular) أخ |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with brother |
| Carole: عندي أخ |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace older sister. Say I have a brother. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: عندي أخ |
| Alisha: To use a different phrase, replace brother with older brother. |
| Carole: أخ أكبر |
| Alisha: older brother |
| Carole: (slow) أخ أكبر (regular) أخ أكبر |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with older brother |
| Carole: عندي أخ أكبر |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace brother. Say I have an older brother. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: عندي أخ أكبر |
| QUIZ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Egypt and someone asks you if you have any brothers or sisters. You want to say you have a sister. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟(five seconds) عندي أخت |
| Alisha: Now imagine you have an older sister Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟(five seconds) عندي أخت كبرى |
| Alisha: Imagine you have a brother. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟(five seconds) عندي أخ |
| Alisha: Imagine you have an older brother. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟(five seconds) عندي أخ أكبر |
| Alisha: You want to ask someone is they have any brothers or sisters. Ask the masculine version of the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Carole: هل عندك إخوة؟ |
Outro |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 13 |
Comments
HidePlease give your answer to the question below!
Hi YMM,
Thank you for your question! In addition to the content on our website, you might want to check out Verbix. It's a very easy way to check out all possible conjugation for verbs in MSA.
Nora
Team ArabicPod101.com
Hi Nora (مرحبًا),
Thanks for answering lot of questions on this page. May I ask you where can one fine verb conjugations for different forms like انا انت هوهي . Please suggest an internet source or on your website will also be good, thanks in advance.
Regards,
YMM
Hi Saliha,
Yes, there are many adjectives that follow this formula! It's a set formula though, and your can replace the letters as long as you know the 3 root letters of the verb. Examples are:
أعلى عليا
أسفل سفلى
أكبر كبرى
أصغر صغرى
أدنى دنيا
These are the most commonly used ones though. Other than that, superlative adjectives don't change with gender.
Nora
Team ArabicPod101.com
I'm curious about that are there male and female version of another comperative adjectives? (like akbar and kubra)?
Hi Renee,
Unfortunately, no. Here are the common ones in Egyptian Arabic:
ماما Mum
بابا Dad
أخويا My brother
أختي My sister
Hope this helps!
Nora
Team ArabicPod101.com
Is the vocabulary for family members the same in the Egyptian dialect and standard Arabic?
Hi Adil,
You can use an expression as simple as أخ صغير or أخت صغيرة
The question could be phrased like: كم أخ\أخت لديك؟
Nora
Team ArabicPod101.com
how would you say younger brother or sister? or the how many there are?