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Introduction
First-year Arabic (alphabet and Egyptian dialect for beginners)
1. Alphabet: س ش ص ض
2. Reading Practice
3. Alphabet ط ظ
4. Sun letters
5. Vocabulary for: basic texts:"izaayik?!"
6. Basic texts "Izaayak?!"..."Tayyib Ashuufik..."...."'9andi Saff"
7. Grammar: the iDaafa (possessive construct)
8. ِAna ismi Amira....Hadirtik min Eugene?
9. masa' al-khayr hadirtak 'arabiyya?
10. Dictation
11. Reading Practice
12. Expression إيشمعنى Ishma3na?!
13. Alphabet: ب ت ث
14. Alphabet: ج ح خ
15. alphabet ي yaa
16. Grammar: the definite article "al-" ال
17. Vocabulary for Ismii Muhammad
18. Basic Text: Ismii Muhammad اسمي محمد
19. Grammar: nouns and gender (singular)
20. three dialogues vocab
21. Gender Agreement Practice
22. Grammar: the nisba adjective
23. Country names (with nisba adjectives)
24. More Greetings
25. Three dialogues: "Tasharrafnaa yaa Dunya....." "ashuufik ba9dayn".... "9andii Saff"....
26. New Expression: Yaa Salaam!!! يا سلام
27. Alphabet: د ذ ر
28. Alphabet ا ب
29. Alphabet ر ز و
30. Alphabet: Short vowels
31. Cultural Knowledge: the formal "you" in Egyptian Arabic: Hadritak/Hadritik حضرتك
32. Transliteration Table
33. Vocabulary for "Greetings"
34. Basic text: Greetings
35. Classroom Activity: Pick an Arabic name
36. Culture: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and the Arabic dialects
37. Reading practice
38. New Expression: ishTa اِشطة !!!
39. Alphabet ع غ
40. Alphabet ف ق
41. Alphabet ي ك ل
42. vocabulary: Hadritak Taalib hina?....
43. Hadirtak Taalib hina? (readings)
44. Grammar: human plurals
45. fursa sa'iida
46. Grammar: Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives
47. Grammar: Order for all verb and pronoun paradigms
48. Grammar: Personal Pronouns (I you he she) and possessive pronouns ("my your his....")
49. Where are you from ? (dialogues)
50. akhbarik ayy?.....maafish gadid
51. Vocabulary: things we find in the classroom
52. Reading Practice
53. Expression masha’Allah ! ماشاء الله
54. Alphabet م ن
55. الساعة كام؟
56. Alphabet ه و ي
57. Alphabet: لا ة
58. Numbers 0-12
59. More Introductions
60. As-Saa9a kaam?
61. Telling time
62. Grammar: the noun adjective phrase
63. Grammar: the nominal sentence
64. Vocab for "Inta min-ayn?"
65. Inta min ayn yaa Yusuf?
66. Ism Hadritak?
67. Dunya..Sahbitii
68. Dictation
69. Expression: mish ma3'ool! مش معقول
70. nouns and adjectives drill
71. Grammar: Possessive Suffixes
72. Dialogues: Hadritak Taalib hina?....3andi faSl...Ana kamaan Masri!
73. Grammar: negation of the nominal sentence: مش (mish)
74. "Inta min-ayn?" ...."tishribii 'ahwa?"
75. Vocabulary for weather
76. In-nahaarda al-gaw baarid Awi! talg!
77. Direct object pronominal suffixes
78. الجو برد هنا .....حر في مصر
79. Vocabulary for "seasons"
80. al-gaw fii maSr
81. ازاي الجو في مصر؟
82. Reading Practice: اسمي حسن
83. Expression معلِّش
84. Grammar: "To have" Expressing possession using the prepositions عند مع ل
85. Inta saakin fii bayt walla shaqqa?
86. Grammar: Active Participles with verbal force
87. Active participles with verbal force (list)
88. Dialogues about family members, friends، professions
89. كلّ (each/every/the whole/all)
90. Ana gu'aan
91. vocabulary: feelings
92. Maa-lik yaa Amira?
93. Basic Text: اسمه عبد الرحمن
94. Long Self-Introductions
95. wallahi nisiit kull haaga! (basic text with classroom objects)
96. housing: ساكنة في بيت ولا شقة؟
97. salaamtak.... rawwaH!
98. Dialogue: Hobbies and time
99. Hobbies dialogue
100. Grammar: Modal verbs
101. كده kida
102. More Introductions (advanced)
103. hobbies dialogue (audio): Siniima, al-safar, al-shiraa'
104. 3amalt ayy fi l-agaaza?
105. Grammar: "There is" and "There is not"
106. al-owda lil-ijaar
107. Inti sakna fayn yaa Amira?
108. Inta ta'rif Derek saakin fayn?
109. tishrabi ayy yaa Amira?
110. min fadlik hiyya dii maktaba? mish 'aarfa
111. Answering the question why ليه (عشان إيه)؟
112. States & Feelings !مالك؟ سلامتك
113. Reading: الشغل
114. Elnemra ghalet/ ana asfa
115. tishrabi ayy?
116. al-usra (family)
117. huwa baabak biyshtughul fii al-gaami' yaa Yusuf?
118. laazim tisbrab haaga yaa hasan!
119. Unmarked Present Drill
120. Grammar: prepositions
121. Reading Practice
122. Hawl al-mat'9am wal-akl (restaurant and food)
123. Grammar: Present tense verbs (b-prefix)
124. al-bizza hina!
125. Grammar: B-prefix (Habitual present tense) verb conjugation
126. fii maT9am filfila
127. mumkin al-hisaab min faDlak?
128. mushkila bil-akl
129. Grammar: The relative pronoun illi الّي
130. nutlub akal?
131. Reading: مشوفتيش الفنجان بتاعي؟
132. Daily routine dialogue
133. Grammar: place and time words
134. yaa nur! inti bitidrisii 'arabi lay?
135. Grammar: بتاع "belonging to"
136. Inta bitidris ey yaa Kero?
137. Reading: Yawm fii Hayaati
138. 5 audio dialogues: kurrat al-qadem; Imtihaan Mona; al-Maktaba fayn? Duckstore qurayb min hina? Covid!
139. Mama ana khaarga...
140. Noor 3ayza shughl?
141. Mabruuk ala ash-shughl
142. 3andik ikhwat?
143. min fadlik 3ayza 7up
144. ayy ra'yik fii 3ariis da?
145. HaDritak Ahmad?
146. Hilwa awi al-jakata dii
147. mumkin tagiibii akhuya min al-mataar?
148. min fadlik 3ayza 7up
Active Participles (with verbal force)
Paradigms: possessive/preposition pronominal suffixes
antonyms list
Paradigm: Present tense verb conjugation with b prefix (audio)
Useful Vocabulary
انا جوعان قوي. حاموت من جوة.
يا حرام!
معك حاجة تتاكل؟
آه معي شوكولاتا
ألف شكر.
العفو
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Introduction to Arabic: Egyptian Arabic for first-year students Copyright © 2023 by David Hollenberg; Amira Ghazy; Abdulrahman Eissa; Hanan Elsherif; Benjamin Loy; and Kerlos Rizk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.