Learn how to ask someone if they are hungry 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 ""Are you hungry?"" In Arabic this is |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is |
| Carole: هل |
| Alisha: ""meaning are"" 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: أنت |
| Alisha: meaning you. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) أنت |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: أنت |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل أنت |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: جائع |
| Alisha: meaning hungry. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) جائع |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: جائع |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ |
| {pause} |
| ★ Note that this is how you ask “Are you hungry?” if you are asking a male person. If you are asking a female person, you would say: |
| Carole: هل أنت جائعة؟ |
| Alisha: Please repeat. |
| Carole: هل أنت جائعة؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Master the following pattern and responses to the question Are you hungry?? |
| Carole: نعم, قليلا |
| Alisha: ""Yes, I'm a little hungry.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Carole: (Slow) نعم, قليلا |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Carole: نعم |
| Alisha: meaning yes. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) نعم |
| Alisha: Now repeat |
| Carole: نعم |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: قليلا |
| Alisha: meaning (a) little. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) قليلا |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: قليلا |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say, Yes, I'm a little hungry., and then repeat. |
| Carole: نعم, قليلا |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: To use a different phrase, replace a little with extremely. |
| Carole: كثيرا |
| Alisha: extremely |
| Carole: (slow) كثيرا (regular) كثيرا |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with extremely |
| Carole: نعم, كثيرا |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace a little. Say Yes, I'm extremely hungry. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: نعم, كثيرا |
| Alisha: To make another phrase, replace extremely with very. |
| Carole: جداَ |
| Alisha: very |
| Carole: (slow) جداَ (regular) جداَ |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with very |
| Carole: نعم, جداَ |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace extremely. Say Yes, I'm very hungry. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: نعم, جداَ |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace very with not at all. |
| Carole: أبداَ |
| Alisha: not at all |
| Carole: (slow) أبداَ (regular) أبداَ |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with not at all |
| Carole: لا, أبداَ |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace very, and change Yes to No. Say No, I'm not hungry at all. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: لا, أبداَ |
| QUIZ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Egypt and a someone asks you if you're hungry. You want to answer Yes, I'm a little hungry.. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ (five seconds) نعم, قليلا |
| Alisha: Now you want to say Yes, I'm extremely hungry. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ (five seconds) نعم, كثيرا |
| Alisha: Now you want to say Yes, I'm very hungry.. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ (five seconds) نعم, جداَ |
| Alisha: Now you want to say No, I'm not hungry at all. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ (five seconds) لا, أبداَ |
| Alisha: You want to ask someone if they are hungry. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Carole: هل أنت جائع؟ |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 21 |
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