6.4: New Vocabulary
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- Identify common verbs used to describe childhood, education, work, and relationships.
- Understand and use common nouns associated with life events.
Introduction
This section introduces key verbs and nouns used to describe major life events in the past. Studying verbs and key vocabulary related to life events is essential for learning Arabic. It helps you express past experiences and narrate events clearly and accurately. You will focus on verbs commonly used to talk about childhood, education, work, and relationships. You will also learn about verb patterns to understand how these words are formed and used in different contexts. Please note how you will learn these verbs and patterns.
- Recognizing verbs and their roots: you will start by familiarizing yourself with a list of verbs related to personal and professional life, focusing on their three-letter roots.
- Understanding verb patterns: the verbs will be introduced according to their patterns, such as فعلَ (form i), فعّل (form ii), افتعل (form viii), تفعّل (form v), and أفعل (form iv). This will help you identify rules for using verb conjugation in the past tense.
- Comparing verb forms: through interactive activities, you will compare different verb forms and observe how meaning changes depending on the pattern used.
- Practicing through writing and speaking exercises: you will use these verbs in context through activities such as fill-in-the-blank exercises, sentence ordering, writing about personal experiences, and engaging in conversations with your peers.
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Common Nouns Related to Life Events
| Audio | The New Word in Sentence | Meaning | Plural | Singular |
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رجع خالي من فرنسا بشهادة جامعية عالية |
University degree |
شهادات جامعية |
شهادة جامعية |
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حَصَلَ عمّي هاني على وظيفة جديدة |
Job |
وَظائف |
وَظيفة |
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أخي عنده علاقات كثيرة |
Relationship |
علاقات |
علاقة |
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أحبُّ أن أقرأً القصص البوليسية |
Story |
قِصَص |
قِصَّة |
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أتذكَّرُ أيامَ طفولتي | Childhood | طُفولَة | |
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عندي ذكريات جميلة جداً عن هذا المكان | memory | ذِكْريات | ذِكْرى |
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Common Verbs in the Past Tense
| المصدر | المصدر Pattern | Meaning | Pattern | Present Tense | Past Tense | Root |
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| الإحباب | الإفعال |
loved |
(Form IV)أفعل |
يحبُّ |
أحبَّ |
ح-ب-ب |
| الإصباح | الإفعال |
became |
(Form IV)أفعل |
يصبحُ |
أصبح |
ص-ب-ح |
| التّأخُّر | التَّفعُّل |
was late |
(Form V)تفعّل |
يتأخرُ |
تأخَّر |
أ-خ-ر |
| الالْتِحاق | الافتِعال |
enrolled in |
(Form VIII)افتعل |
يلتحقُ |
التحق |
ل-ح-ق |
| الانْتِقال | الافتِعال |
moved to |
(Form VIII)افتعل |
ينتقلُ إلى |
انتقل إلى |
ن-ق-ل |
| التَّخرُّج | التَّفعُّل |
graduated |
(Form V)تفعّل |
يتخرجُ |
تخرَّج |
خ-ر-ج |
| التَّعرُّف على | التَّفعُّل |
got to know / met |
(Form V)تفعّل |
يتعرّفُ على |
تعرّف على |
ع-ر-ف |
| التَّزوُّج | التَّفعُّل |
got married |
(Form V)تفعّل |
يتزوّجُ |
تزوّج |
ز-و-ج |
| الحصول على | الفعول |
obtained |
(Form I)فعلَ |
يحصلُ |
حصَل على |
ح-ص-ل |
| التَّقرير | التَّفْعيل |
decided |
(Form II)فعلَ |
يقررُ |
قرر |
ق-ر-ر |
| النَّجاح | الفَعال |
succeeded |
(Form I)فعلَ |
ينجحُ |
نجح |
ن-ج-ح |
| النَّشأَة | الفَعلَة |
grew up |
(Form I)فعلَ |
ينشأُ |
نشأ |
ن-ش-أ |
| العَيْش | الفعال | lived | (Form I)فعلَ |
يعيشُ |
عاش |
ع-ي-ش |
| الوِلادة | الفِعالة | was born | (Form I, Passive)فعلَ |
يولدُ |
وُلِدَ (مبني للمجهول) |
و-ل-د |
Activities
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Check Your Understanding
- Use AI or chatbots to create conversation prompts where you respond using past tense verbs.
- For example: AI: أين نشأت
- Your response: نشأتُ في الجزائر ثمّ انتقلتُ إلى القاهِرةَ
- Write a paragraph about a famous person using this chapter's verbs and phrases.
- For example: وُلِدَ نجيب محفوظ في مدينةِ القاهرة في مِصر عام 1911. حَصَلَ على شهادة جامعية في الأدب من جامعةِ القاهرة. كتبَ كثيراً من الكُتبِ والرِّوايات وفاز بِجائزةِ نوبل
- Interview your peer and ask questions about past life events using target verbs and nouns from the chapter.
- For example:
- أين ولدت؟
- أين نشأت؟
- أين تعيش الآن؟
- هل تعمل؟
- متى حصلت على وظيفتك ؟
- هل انتقلت إلى مدينة جديدة من قبل؟
- متى تخرّجت من المدرسة الإبتدائية؟
- For example:
- Read and then translate the sentences into English.
- أخي حصل على وظيفة جديدة
- انتقل أحمد إلى مدينة جديدة
- تزوجتْ هند العام الماضي
- نجح سامي في الامتحان
- عاش جدي في قرية صغيرة عندما كان شابًا
- وُلِدَتْ أمي في القاهرة
- أحببت دراسة الأدب العربي في الجامعة
- تعرّفت على صديقي في المدرسة
- قرر أحمد السفر إلى الخارج
- التحقت سارة بالجامعة بعد المدرسة الثانوية
- Translate from English to Arabic:
- I graduated from the university in 2016.
- My father got a new job last month.
- We moved to a new house last year.
- He got married to his friend.
- She decided to learn Arabic.
- They succeeded in their business.
- My grandfather was born in 1945.
- I met my best friend at work.
- She enrolled in a famous university.
- He lived in Dubai for five years.