Learn how to ask someone how long they've been speaking Arabic and how to 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 ""How long you been studying Arabic?"" In Arabic this is |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية؟ |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is |
| Carole: كم |
| Alisha: ""meaning how long"" in English. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) كم |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Carole: كم |
| {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: مضى |
| Alisha: meaning has gone. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) مضى |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: مضى |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: كم مضى |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Next is |
| Carole: لك |
| Alisha: meaning to you. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) لك |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: لك |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: في |
| Alisha: meaning in. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) في |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: في |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: دراسة |
| Alisha: meaning studying. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) دراسة |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: دراسة |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the the first 5 words of the question and repeat. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: العربية |
| Alisha: meaning arabic. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) العربية |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: العربية |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية |
| {pause} |
| ★ Note that this is how you ask “How long have you been studying Arabic?” if you are asking a male person. If you are asking a female person, you would say: |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية |
| Alisha: Please repeat. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question How long have you been studying Arabic?? |
| Carole: مضى لي شهر |
| Alisha: ""For 1 month.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Carole: (Slow) مضى لي شهر |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Carole: مضى |
| Alisha: means has gone. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) مضى |
| Alisha: Now repeat |
| Carole: مضى |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: لي |
| Alisha: meaning to me. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) لي |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: لي |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: شهر |
| Alisha: meaning a month. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) شهر |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: شهر |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say, For 1 month., and then repeat. |
| Carole: مضى لي شهر |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: To use a different phrase, replace 1 month with half a year. |
| Carole: نصف عام |
| Alisha: half a year |
| Carole: (slow) نصف عام (regular) نصف عام |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with half a year |
| Carole: مضى لي نصف عام |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 1 month. Say For half a year. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: مضى لي نصف عام |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace half a year with one year. |
| Carole: سنة |
| Alisha: one year |
| Carole: (slow) سنة (regular) سنة |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with one year |
| Carole: مضى لي سنة |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace half a year. Say For one year. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: مضى لي سنة |
| Alisha: To make another phrase, replace one year with 7 months. |
| Carole: سبعة أشهر |
| Alisha: 7 months |
| Carole: (slow) سبعة أشهر (regular) سبعة أشهر |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with 7 months |
| Carole: مضى لي سبعة أشهر |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace one year. Say For 7 months. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: مضى لي سبعة أشهر |
| QUIZ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Egypt and someone asks you how long you have been studying Arabic. You have been studying it for 1 month. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية؟ (five seconds) مضى لي شهر |
| Alisha: Imagine you've been studying it for half a year Respond to the question. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية؟ (five seconds) مضى لي نصف عام |
| Alisha: Imagine you've been studying it for one year. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية؟ (five seconds) مضى لي سنة |
| Alisha: Imagine you've been studying it for 7 months. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية؟ (five seconds) مضى لي سبعة أشهر |
| Alisha: Now you want to ask someone how long -they- have been studying Arabic. Ask the masculine version of the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Carole: كم مضى لك في دراسة العربية؟ |
Outro |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 6. |
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