Homework revision:
• Correction exercise 6 p. 47 – no mistake
• 2 words, which where boyfriend and girlfriend
(translation of girlfriend does not exist in Arabic, however the word can be translated in the following way: sadika al walad)
• Dictation: 3 out of 10 points
o Remarks:
- 3x the same mistake: confusion of the letter ٥ and ح, such as نحن

General rules:
• Hamza rule
- Discussed the 3 letters that can occur with ء : ا و ى
- When ء (Hamza) on these letters, the letter will be pronounced like the initial letter, even if there is damma, kasra or shaddaa

• Verb ‘to be’
- Does not exist in the present time in Arabic language !
- Example: the girl is beautiful – al bint jamila

• Rules for noun + adjective
- noun adjective
m. m.
f. f.
s. s.
2 2
p. p.
- plural of things, not persons will be (s. f.), which means that last word ends with ة

Unit 5 p. 51
• practice of reading & pronunciation p. 55 – ‘everyday objects’
• practice of reading & pronunciation p. 57 – ‘describing things’
• Rules p. 58
- Difference between ‘a pen’ & ‘the pen’
- Example: hadha qalam & hadha huwa al qalam

• Possessive endings p. 60
- Revision of the different endings when my; your (m); your (f); her; his

• Exercise 7 p. 62
- Practised to make descriptions (which is also one part of the homework)
o Remark: special form of colours when they become f & p (see teachers notes with the f & p special forms: black, white, red, yellow, green, blue

• Vocabulary Unit 5 p. 64-65
- Pronunciation + recorded

• Homework for 17.01.2017:
1. Exercise 4 p. 56
2. Own small crossword (see example p. 56)
3. Exercise 6 p. 59
4. 5 sentences male example & 5 sentences female example with possessive endings (see p.60)
5. 10 sentence examples of Idafa construction (example: the book of the girl; the car of the man etc.)
6. Exercise 7 p. 62
7. 7 sentences: noun + adjective (example: al bint Jamila)
This will be a new standard for each week