Learn Lebanese

Level 101 Lesson 6

Personal Pronouns: Possessive and Time-telling

Curriculum V1.0
LLL System as developed by the Lebanese Language Institute
www.LebaneseLanguage.org

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Xal Bair

At the Beach

Feminine objects suffixes

Ending with a vowel
My
Your (male)
Your (female)
His
Her
Our
Your (plural)
Their
The vowel e in the

Cup
My cup
Your cup
Your cup
His cup
Her cup
Our cup
Your cup
Their cup

te
tak
ik
to
ta
tna
tkon
ton
middle

of the word

Exercise 1:
Table: awle [f]
Book
Kteb

My book
Ktebe

Pen
Alam

My pen
Alame

Pens
lem

My pens
leme

Ball
abe [f]

My ball
abte

Fork
Cawke[f]

My fork
Cawkte

Forks
Ciwak[f]

My forks
Ciwake

Grammar,

Masculine objects suffixes

My
Your (male)
Your (female)
His
Her
Our
Your (plural)
Their

e
ak
ik
o
a
na
kon
on

Book
My Book
Your book
Your book
His book
Her book
Our book
Your Book
Their book

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Kteb [m]
Ktebe
Ktebak
Ktebik
Ktebo
Kteba
Ktebna
Ktebkon
Ktebon

Books
My Books
Your books
Your books
His books
Her books
Our books
Your Books
Their books

Kitob
Kitobe
Kitobak
Kitobik
Kitobo
Kitoba
Kitobna
Kitobkon
Kitobon

My table
Your table
Your table
His table
Her table
Our table
Your table
Their table
Exercise 2:
My shorts

Kibbeye [f]
Kibbeyte
Kibbeytak
Kibbeytik
Kibbeyto
Kibbeyta
Kibbeyitna
Kibbeyitkon
Kibbeyton

Cups
My cups
Your cups
Your cups
His cups
Her cups
Our cups
Your cups
Their cups

turns into ay,

Kibbeyet
Kibbeyete
Kibbeyetak
Kibbeyetik
Kibbeyeto
Kibbeyeta
Kibbeyetna
Kibbeyetkon
Kibbeyeton

Bet Bayte

,Baytak

tables: awlet

My tables
Your tables
Your tables
His tables
Her tables
Our tables
Your tables
Their tables

Our shorts

His boat

Her towel

Your (m) fish

Your (f) bathing suite

Your (plr) ball

Their towel

Grammar, Possessive Phrases:

a. For masculine nouns we use the object followed by the noun
b. For feminine nouns ending with vowels we use the object+it followed by the noun
c. For phrases with names we use the object followed by definitive noun
Tonys book
Sandras flowers
New York River
Laylas and Toms tree
Toms and Sandras books
This is Toms fork
These are Floras books

Ktab Tony
Zhur Sandra
Nahir New York
Cajrit Layla w Tom
Kitob Tom w Sandra
Hayde cawkit Tom
Hawde kitob Flora

The boys book

kteb abe
The girls flowers
zhur l binit
The houses window cibbek l bet
The kitchens door

The mothers chair

.
Her fork and knife

My mother and father .

Exercise 3:
Sams pen

This is Sams pen

Is this Sams pen?

..

Beirut River

This is Beiruts River

Is this Beiruts River?

..

My fish

Your Fish [m]

Your Fish [f]

..

Sandras fish

His fish

Her fish

..

Our fish

Your fish

Their fish

..

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Time Telling
What time is it?

Adde ssexa?

It is one oclock

Ssexa wide

You may also say

Wide

It
It
It
It
It
It
It
It
It

Ssexa amse
Ssexa xacra w ni/ no
Xacra w no illa amse
Arbxa w no w amse
Arbxa illa ribix
Tisxa illa xacra
daxc w ribix/ robix
Tisxa w tilit
Tmene illa tilit

amse
xacra w tletiin
.
Arbxa w amse w tletiin
Tlete w amse w arbxiin
.
.
.
.

is
is
is
is
is
is
is
is
is

five oclock
10:30
10:25
4:35
3:45
8:50
11:15
9:20
7:40

Adde ssexa?

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Morning
ibi
Before noon abl ihir

evening
Afternoon

What time he comes?

What time is lunch?

Ayya sexa byije?

Ayya sexa l ada

It is 9 PM
It is 3 PM
It is 8 AM

= at 9 PM
= at 3 PM
= at 8 AM

What time youll come?

noon
midnight

ihir/ ohir
ni lel

Ssexa tisxa xaciiyye/ l masa

Ssexa telte baxd ihir
Ssexa tmene ibi

7:45 AM

5:50 PM

Hour(s)
sexa

Day(s)
yom

2 d`ii`ten

sexten

yawmen

3 tlet d`ayi`

tlet sexet

tlett iyyem

4 arbax d`ayi`

arbax sexet

arbaxt iyyem

5 amis d`ayi`

amis sexet

amist iyyem

6 sit d`ayi`
7 sabix d`ayi`
8 tmen d`ayi`

Ayya sexa ra tije?

2:30 PM

a minute d`ii`a
minutes da`eyi`

xaciiyye
baxd ihir

Minute(s)
1 d`ii`a

9 tisix d`ayi`
10 xacir d`ayi`
11 daxcar d`ii`a
12 tnaxcar d`ii`a
13 tlataxcar d`ii`a

a second senye
seconds sawene

an hour/ a watch
hours

sexa
sexet

14 arbaxtaxcar d`ii`a
15 amistaxcar d`ii`a
16 sitaxcar d`ii`a

2:20

Ssexa tnen w tilit OR Ssexa tnen w xicriin d`ii`a

17 sabixtaxcar d`ii`a
18 tmentaxcar d`ii`a
19 tisixtaxcar d`ii`a

2:35 PM

OR

6:45 AM

OR

20 xicriin d`ii`a
21-99 21-99 d`ii`a
100 miit d`ii`a

8:50 PM
8:40 AM

OR
OR

101 miyye w d`ii`a

102 miyye w d`ii`ten
1000 alif d`ii`a
1001 alif w d`ii`a
2000 alfen d`ii`a
2001 alfen w d`ii`a

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