LESSON THREE

In this lesson will we learn and practise how to form short sentences such as "this is a boy" and "that is a house".



There is quite alot to learn in this lesson. You may wish to study the lesson in parts doing the relevant exercises as you go along, or read and study the whole lesson and then proceed to all of the exercises.



These are described grammatically as "equational sentences" and do not need any word for "is".



This is... and That is...



To say "This is..." you take the word هذاand then simply add the name of the thing or personTo say "That is...." you take the word ذلك and then simply add the name of the thing or personIf the thing is feminine [eg Umm(mother) or Muslimah (female muslim)] then swap the word هذا for هذهAnd ذلك for تلك (Differences with masculine and feminine words will be dealt with in its own lesson later).

EXAMPLES

هذا ولد
(haadha walad) This is a boy

Although you just add the word for "this" and the word for "boy" it does not mean "this boy" it means "this IS a boy".

هذا قلب
(haadha qalb) This is a heart
هذا محمّد
(haadha Mohammed) This is Mohammed

ذلك بيت
(dhaalika bayt) That is a house

ذلك مطبخ
(dhaalika matbakh) That is a kitchen

ذلك عليّ
(dhaalika Ali) That is Ali

هذه أمّ
(haadhihi umm) This is a mother

هذه ليلى
(haadhihi Layla) This is Layla

تلك مسلمة
(tilka muslima) That is a muslim lady

تلك عائشة
(tilka Aisha) That is Aisha