Classroom language
لُغة الصَّفّ
Phrases to manage your own learning in Arabic.
You will learn
- Ask for repetition
- Say you don't understand
- Understand listen / write / read
Survival phrases
أَعِدْ مِنْ فَضْلِك (repeat, please), لا أَفْهَم (I don't understand), ماذا يَعْني…؟ (what does … mean?). Use them with your tutor from now on.
Instructions you'll hear
اِسْمَعْ (listen), اُكْتُبْ (write), اِقْرَأْ (read). These are the masculine command forms; to a woman you add ي: اِسْمَعي.
Vocabulary
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| أَعِدْ مِنْ فَضْلِك | aʿid min faḍlik | repeat, please |
| لا أَفْهَم | lā afham | I don't understand |
| ماذا يَعْني؟ | mādhā yaʿnī? | what does it mean? |
| اِسْمَعْ | ismaʿ | listen! |
| اُكْتُبْ | uktub | write! |
| اِقْرَأْ | iqraʾ | read! |
| دَفْتَر | daftar | notebook |
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