Arabic presentation you can use in class to teach Arabic to beginners. More slides are available at my website www.arabicwithnadia.com. These slides cover some basic questions.

1. Lesson 2
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2. Gender
Arabic nouns have gender. They can be masculine
and feminine.
‫جدة‬ ‫جد‬
‫جد‬ ‫جد‬‫ة‬
‫ة‬
The ‘tah marboota’ is often how
we tell masculine and feminine
nouns apart
What is the difference between these two words?

3. This – ‫االشارة‬ ‫اسماء‬
This is a pen.
This is a ruler.
But, in Arabic we differentiate
between masculine and feminine……
This a pen.
This a ruler.
In Arabic we say:

4. This – ‫االشارة‬ ‫اسماء‬
Pen is a masculine noun.
Ruler is a feminine noun.
‫هذا‬
‫هذه‬
So in Arabic we have two words that
correspond to the English “this”:
masculine
feminine

5. Pen is a masculine noun.
Ruler is a feminine noun.
‫هذه‬‫مسطرة‬.
So in Arabic we would say:
‫هذا‬‫قلم‬.
This – ‫االشارة‬ ‫اسماء‬

6. Match the following.
‫هذا‬
‫عم‬
‫عمة‬
‫ولد‬
‫بنت‬
‫هذه‬
‫هذا‬
‫هذه‬
This – ‫االشارة‬ ‫اسماء‬

7. My - ‫ي‬
Brother + MY = My Brother
‫أخ‬+‫ي‬=‫أخ‬‫ي‬
Mum + MY = My mum.
‫أم‬+‫ي‬=‫أم‬‫ي‬

8. I - ‫أنا‬
Arabic has no ‘copula’ verb.
‫أنا‬‫أحمد‬.
I am Ahmed.
Or you can say “my name is”:
‫أنا‬‫اسم‬‫ي‬‫أحمد‬.

9. We - ‫نحن‬
Arabic has no ‘copula’ verb.
‫نحن‬‫لة‬ِ‫ئ‬‫عا‬.
We are (a) family.

10. Our - ‫نا‬
God + Our = Our God.
‫رب‬+‫نا‬=‫رب‬‫نا‬

11. Basic ownership
To say that a pen belongs to a certain
person you construct the following
phrase..
‫هذا‬
‫هذه‬
‫قلم‬‫عائشة‬.
‫مسطرة‬‫عائشة‬.

12. Questions – ‫اسئلة‬
The first question structure we can form is:
What is this?
The word what is:
This word is used to ask about
animals or things.

13. Questions – ‫اسئلة‬
What + this =
‫محمد‬ ‫قاموس‬ ‫هذا‬.
‫قاموس‬ ‫هذا‬.‫قصة‬ ‫هذه‬.
‫قصة‬ ‫هذه‬‫محمد‬.
Technically

14. Questions – ‫اسئلة‬
What + this =
‫محمد‬ ‫قاموس‬ ‫هذا‬.
‫قاموس‬ ‫هذا‬.‫قصة‬ ‫هذه‬.
‫قصة‬ ‫هذه‬‫محمد‬.
In reality if you are inquiring
about what something is you
would not know the gender.
People will respond correctly.

15. Questions – ‫اسئلة‬
The second question structure we can form is:
Who is this?
The word “who” is:
This word is used to
ask about people.

16. Questions – ‫اسئلة‬
Who + this =
‫علي‬ ‫هذا‬.‫أمينة‬ ‫هذه‬.

17. Conversation
How are you?

18. VocativeCase –‫النداء‬ ‫يا‬
How are you O’ Sameer?
‫يا‬‫سمير؟‬