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Daily life and customs: the present tense
Arabic present tense verbs show who is doing the action with a prefix at the front: أ for I, ن for we, ي for he.
My day
أَسْتَيْقِظُ (astayqiZu) = I wake up. أَتَناوَلُ الفُطور = I have breakfast. أَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسة = I go to school.
أَرْجِعُ إلى البَيْت = I come back home. أَدْرُسُ = I study. أَنامُ = I sleep.
كُلَّ يَوْم every day, عادةً usually, أَحْيانًا sometimes, دائِمًا always, في الصَّباح in the morning, في المَساء in the evening.
أَرْجِعُ إلى البَيْت = I come back home. أَدْرُسُ = I study. أَنامُ = I sleep.
كُلَّ يَوْم every day, عادةً usually, أَحْيانًا sometimes, دائِمًا always, في الصَّباح in the morning, في المَساء in the evening.
The present tense of ذَهَبَ (to go)
Customs
Talking about customs in your family or culture: نَتَناوَلُ الغَداءَ مَعًا يَوْمَ الجُمُعة = We have lunch together on Friday.
نُرَحِّبُ بالضُّيوف ونُقَدِّمُ لهم القَهْوة = We welcome guests and offer them coffee.
In a verb sentence the verb often comes first: يَذْهَبُ أَخي إلى المَدْرَسة = My brother goes to school.
نُرَحِّبُ بالضُّيوف ونُقَدِّمُ لهم القَهْوة = We welcome guests and offer them coffee.
In a verb sentence the verb often comes first: يَذْهَبُ أَخي إلى المَدْرَسة = My brother goes to school.
Translate: Every day my brother wakes up at seven o'clock.
- Every day: كلّ يوم.
- He wakes up: يستيقظ (ي = he). The verb comes before أخي.
- At seven o'clock: في الساعة السابعة.
Answer: كلّ يوم يستيقظ أخي في الساعة السابعة.
Present tense prefixes: أ (I), ت (you, she), ي (he, they), ن (we). Endings: ـين (you, girl), ـون (you plural, they). Frequency: كلّ يوم، عادةً، أحيانًا، دائمًا.
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