LESSON NOTES

Beginner #8 I don't know.

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2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 Arabic English Romanization Vowelled Vocabulary Sample Sentences Grammar Cultural Insight

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FATIMAH: RIMA: FATIMAH: RIMA: FATIMA:

Excuse me, do you know where Kingdom Tower is? Of course I know. It's over there. Where? I don't see it. There. It is that big building over there. Wow, it is very big.

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FAATIMA: RIIMAA:

cafwan. hal tacrifiina 'ayna burju al-mamlaka? Tabcan 'acrif. huwa hunaak.

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FAATIMA: RIIMAA: FAATIMA:

'ayna? laa 'araah. hunaak. 'innahu dhaalika al-binaa' al-kabiir. 'ouh! 'innahu kabiir jiddan.

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VOCABULARY
A r abic R omanization burju al-mamlaka aban kabiir iddan huwa hunaak English Kingdom Tower of course big, large very he (it) over there C lass proper noun adverb adjective adverb noun

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dhaalika binaa' arif faqa tacrif

that (over there) building I know only you know (masculine)

pronoun noun verb adverb verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES
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hal tu ibbu al-zuh r? ...ab an

askunu qurba miin kab rin

Do you like flowers? ... of course

I live next to a big mosque

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innah amna un iddan. huwa min 'ingaltra.

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He's from England.

It's truly precious

inni a rifuhu min qabl inn faqa ufakkir.

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I'm just thinking.

I know him already

ureedu ma'an fakaT

I want water only.

GRAMMAR
Today we learned to negate verbs in the present. To negate verbs in the present, all you have to do is say laa (no) before the verb. Remember that this rule only applies to the present

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tense in Standard Arabic. Other tenses use different words to negate verbs, which is useful since the final vowel of verbs (which makes the tense clear) is often dropped in rapid speech. (?maa haadha? (What is this (.laa 'acrif. (I don't know .

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Kingdom Center, also called Al-Mamlaka Tower brj al-mamlaka Al-Mamlaka Tower is an iconic symbol of Saudi Arabia that stands 992 feet high in the capital city of Riyadh. This skyscraper is considered the highest in the country and the tallest skyscraper in the world under 50 floors. The shape of the skyscraper is of unique design that resembles a modern bottle opener which in fact won it the annual Emporis Award in 2002. Deciding on the design was a 3 year process during which submissions from major architectural firms around the world were studied. The Kingdom Center includes a big shopping mall, the five-star hotel Four Seasons, a wedding and conference center, a sports club, a major bank headquarters and a luxurious apartment complex. At the very top of the building is a sky bridge 65 meters long that weighs 300 tons. This sky bridge contains a public observation deck that overlooks Riyadh. In addition to having earned an award for the building design, the shopping mall inside the center has also won a major award for its design as well. What is unique about this mall is that the last floor, called Ladies' Kingdom, is only for women to enter. Women on that floor are not required to wear the traditional abaya () , a long black dress worn over clothes, which women should wear by law in Saudi Arabia. The mall features expensive shops and international brand name stores. Kingdom Centre is owned by the Saudi prince Al-Walid bin Talal, an international businessman and investor.

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