This week

Marhaba 401 and 503 students,

This is to give you an idea as to what to expect from your Arabic class this week.

503 students:

Please come to class having studied "root" and "pattern" so that you have a bit of a background knowledge of the subject. It's a dry kind of material, and though we should learn it, I don't intend to dwell on it.

Also, please bring your dictionaries to class.

Depending on how much material we're able to cover this week, I'm thinking of a possible quiz next Tuesday.


401 students:

I will be teaching two new sounds tomorrow, Faa and Qaaf. So please take a glance at those before class.

On Wednesday, I intend to introduce Kaaf, and time permitting, review all new sounds so as to prepare for a quiz on Thursday, Inshaa'llah (God Willing). These are my intentions at least, and we'll see what happens.

Your second quiz 503 students

Marhaba 503 students,

I would like to borrow back your second quiz for a moment. Could you please bring it to class tomorrow?
Also, please study your vocab (Mufradat) from chapters 5 6 7 8 for the test.

Hadh Sa'eed

Final Exams

Marhaba 401 & 503 students,

Some of you requested a date for your Arabic Final. I would like it to be on Tuesday, December 18.
If , for some reason, this conflicts with other exams or commitments, then we can bring the issue to a vote.

Ilalliqa' Fi Youm Al-Thalatha'

More on 503 midterm

One more thought 503 students,

On the test, there will be a segment called "Tell me about yourself". It's like what we've done on occasion in class. Your name, address, a little about your family, your likes and dislikes, your hobbies......It doesn't have to be long, but the more you tell me the better. So practice it (even memorize it) at home before the test.

Hadh Sa'eed

Midterm

Marhaba 401 students,

The following are things you need to know to insure doing well on your midterm:

Know your vowels, and know how to distinguish between long and short vowels.

Know when to use "shdda" and "sukoon".

Know how to distinguish between emphatic and their counter part sounds.

Know when to use a "fatha" vs "taa' marboota".

Come prepared to ask questions on Wed.

The test will include the new sound"ayn".

Hadh sa'eed


Marhaba 503 students,

The midterm will cover material from chapters 5 6 7 and whatever we study from chapter 8.
One helpful way to study, is to go over all the exercises in the chapters, as the test will mimic them closely.
If you have any questions, bring them to class on Thursday.

Ilalliqa'

503 Quiz

Marhaba 503 students,

Just a few hints to help you study for your quiz on Tuesday.
1. Know your days of the week.
2. Know how to use Al Masdar in sentences.
3. Know how to ask questions that start with " why ", and know how to answer them by giving different ways of stating the reason.
5. Know the subtle difference between the different words used to express possession.
6. Know how to switch back a sentence with a Fronted Predicate to a regular sentence without changing the meaning.
7. Know how to situate states, actions in the past.

Hadh Sa'eed

The Quiz

Marhaba 401 students,

Today, it was decided to use yesterday's quiz as a review material for unit 4 due to the fact the many of you did not do well on it. We also decided to re-take the quiz tomorrow, Th, 10/4( same exact words as yesterday's quiz .) To those of you that didn't attend class today and missed out on getting that review, try to get in touch with someone who attended.

Ilalliqa'

Video about Egypt

Marhaba,

Here is a cool video

The singer is Greek. Listen and have fun taking a tour of Egypt, knowing that you can sound like this Greek singer ( accent, not voice necessarily ) when you go to Egypt someday and attempt your Arabic ( Egyptian style ).

Enjoy Tamatta'