Arabic I Review

Find the incorrect shape

100

Isolated: ي

Initial: يــ

Medial: ــيــ 

Final: ــت

Incorrect Shape was... Final! 

Should be: ــي

200

Isolated: ج

Initial: جــ

Medial: ــجــ 

Final: ــخ

Incorrect Shape was... Final! 

Should be: ــج

300

Isolated: غ

Initial: خــ

Medial: ــخــ 

Final: ــخ

Incorrect Shape was... Isolated! 

Should be: خ

400

Isolated: و

Initial: مــ

Medial: ـــو 

Final: ـــو

Incorrect shape was... Initial! 

Waaw is a one-way connector. Correct shape is: و

500

Isolated: ا

Initial: ا

Medial: ــلــ 

Final: ــا

Incorrect shape was... Medial!

Alif is a one-way connector, so the correct shape is:

ــا

Numbers - English to Arabic

100

Nine, 9

تسعة، ٩

tissa'a

200

Zero, 0

صفر، ٠

sifr

300

Two, 2

اثنين، ٢

Ithnayn

400

Four, 4

أربعة، ٤
arba'a

500

Eight, 8

ثمانية، ٨

thamaaniya

Numbers - Arabic to English

100

واحد، ١

Wahid

One, 1

200

عشرة، ١٠
Ashara'

Ten, 10

300

ثلاثة، ٣

Thalaatha

Three, 3

400

ستة، ٦
Sitta

Six, 6

500

سبعة، ٧
Seba'a

Seven, 7

Answer the question/Respond to the Statement

100

kayfa al-Haal?

كيف الحال؟

Al-hamdulillah OR Ana bikhayr OR Ana jayyed/a OR Ana jayyed/a jeddan

الحمدلله OR أنا بخير OR أنا جيد/ة OR أنا جيد/ة جداً

200

Masa'a al-Khayr

مساء الخير

Masa'a an-Nuur
مساء النور

300

Maa ismuka/ki?
ما اسمك؟

(Ana) Ismee ________. 

أنا اسمي ــــــــــ

400

Madha tatakallamu/tatakallameena?

ماذا تتكلم/تتكلمين؟

(Ana) Atakallamu al-Lugha al-'arabiyya wa al-Lugha al-Injleeziyya. 

أنا أتكلم اللغة العربية واللغة الإنجليزية

500

Madha tadrusu/tadruseena?

ماذا تدرس / تدرسين؟

*Hint, we have talked about five school subjects, your answer must include all five!*

Adrusu al-Lugha al-arabiyya wa al-adab wa ar-Riyyadiyaat wa al-'euluum wa at-Tareekh. 

أدرس اللغة العربية والأدب والرياضيات والعلوم والتاريخ

Arab World and Arabic General Knowlege

100

Arabic is read and written from ________ to _______. 

Right to Left

200

How many countries use Arabic as an official or co-official language? And in what regions of the world?

23 countries in the Middle East and North Africa

300

What are the Arabic long and short vowels?

Long vowels:
Alif, Waaw, Yaa

Short Vowels:
FatHa, Damma, Kasra

400

How many main varieties of Arabic are there? What are they called?

TWO main varieties

1. Modern Standard Arabic (al-FusHa)
2. Dialect (al-'amiyya)

500

How many main groups of Arabic Dialects are there? What are their names?

Five:
1. North African (maghrebi)
2. Egyptian (masri)
3. Levantine (shaami)
4. Gulfi (khaliji)
5. Iraqi ('iraqi)