ARABIC LESSONS/MAFUNZO YA KIARABU

ARABIC ENGLISH SWAHILI

PART 1/SEHEMU YA KWANZA

‫َه ٰـ َذا‬ THIS IS HIKI NI

.‫َه ٰـذَا ِكتَاب‬ THIS IS A BOOK. HIKI NI KITABU.

ْ ‫َه ٰـذَا َم‬

.‫س ِجد‬ THIS IS A MOSQUE. HUU NI MSIKITI.

.‫َه ٰـذَا بَاب‬ THIS IS A DOOR. HUU NI MLANGO.

.‫َه ٰـذَا بَ ْيت‬ THIS IS A HOUSE. HII NI NYUMBA.

.‫َه ٰـذَا قَلَم‬ THIS IS A PEN. HII NI KALAMU.

ِ ‫َه ٰـذَا ك ُْر‬

.‫س ٌّى‬ THIS IS A CHAIR. HIKI NI KITI.

.‫َه ٰـذَا ِم ْفتَاح‬ THIS IS A KEY. HUU NI UFUNGUO.

َ ‫َه ٰـذَا‬
.‫س ِرير‬ THIS IS A BED. HIKI NI KITANDA.

.‫َه ٰـذَا َم ْكتَب‬ THIS IS A DESK. HII NI MEZA.

PART 2/SEHEMU YA PILI

‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬ WHAT’S THIS? HIKI NI NINI?

‫؟‬.....‫أ َ َه ٰـذَا‬ IS THIS…? HIKI NI…?

‫أ َ َه ٰـذَا بَ ْيت؟‬ IS THIS A HOUSE? HII NI NYUMBA?

‫نَعَ ْم‬ YES NDIO

‫ال‬ NO HAPANA

‫تَد ِْريب‬ Exercise Zoezi

‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬ Who is this? Huyu ni nani?

‫ُم َرا َجعَة‬ Revision Marudio

:‫اِ ْق َرأْ َوا ْكت ُ ْب‬ Read and Write: Soma na kuandika:

PICTURE/PICHA ANSWER/JIBU QUESTION/SWALI

.‫َه ٰـذَا بَ ْيت‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a house. What is this?

Hii ni Nyumba Hiki ni nini?

.‫َه ٰـذَا قَ ِميص‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a shirt. What is this?

Hili ni Shati. Hili ni nini?

.‫ َه ٰـذَا قَلَم‬،‫ال‬ ‫أَ َه ٰـذَا ِمفتَاح؟‬

No, this is a pen. Is this a key?

Hapana, hii ni kalamu. Huu ni Ufunguo?

 .‫ َه ٰـذَا بَ ْيت‬،‫نَعَ ْم‬ ‫أ َ َه ٰـذَا بَ ْيت؟‬

Yes, this is a house. Is this a house?

Ndio, hii ni nyumba. Hii ni nyumba?

ِ ‫ َه ٰـذَا ك ُْر‬،‫ال‬
.‫س ٌّي‬ َ ‫أ َ َه ٰـذَا‬
‫س ِرير؟‬

No, this is a chair. Is this a bed?

Hapana, hiki ni kiti. Hiki ni kitanda?

.‫َه ٰـذَا نَ ْجم‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a star. What is this?

Hii ni nyota. Hii ni nini?

‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬
Who is this?, Huyu ni nani? / ,

.‫َه ٰـذَا َط ِبيب‬ ‫َم ْن َه ٰـذ ََا؟‬

This is a doctor. Who is this?

Huyu ni Daktari. Huyu ni nani?

.‫َه ٰـذَا َولَد‬ ‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a boy. Who is this?

Huyu ni mtoto wa kiume Huyu ni nani?

.‫َه ٰـذَا َطا ِلب‬ ‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a student. Who is this?
 Huyu ni mwanafunzi Huyu ni nani?

.‫َه ٰـذَا َر ُجل‬ ‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a man. Who is this?

Huyu ni mwanaume Huyu ni nani?

ِ َ ‫َه ٰـذَا ت‬
.‫اجر‬ ‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬
This is a merchant. Who is this?

Huyu ni mfanyabiashara Huyu ni nani?

.‫َه ٰـذَا َك ْلب‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a dog. What is this?

Huyu ni Mbwa? Hiki ni nini?

ٌّ ِ‫َه ٰـذَا ق‬
.‫ط‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬
This is a cat. What is this?

Huyu ni paka. Hiki ni nini?

.‫َه ٰـذَا ِح َمار‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a donkey. What is this?

Huyu ni punda. Hiki ni nini?

 َ ‫َه ٰـذَا ِح‬
.‫صان‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬
This is a horse. What is this?

Huyu ni farasi. Hiki ni nini?

.‫َه ٰـذَا ِديك‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a rooster. What is this?

Huyu ni jogoo. Hiki ni nini?

.‫َه ٰـذَا َج َمل‬ ‫َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬

This is a camel. What is this?

Huyu ni ngamia. Hiki ni nini?

Marudio-Revision – ‫ُم َراج ََعَة‬

.‫َه ٰـذَا ُمد ََّرس‬ ‫َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬
This is a teacher. Who is This?

Huyu ni nani?

.‫ َه ٰـذَا ِم ْن ِديل‬،‫ال‬ ‫أ َ َه ٰـذَا قَ ِميص؟‬

No, this is a toilet paper Is this a shirt?

(handkerchief).
Hili ni shati?
 Hapana, hii ni karatasi ya

chooni.

 You have now completed lesson 1. To summarise, the areas we have covered are:

o The Demonstrative Pronoun - ‫' َه ٰـذَا‬This is…'

o The particle َ ‫ أ‬as in ‫؟‬...‫ه ٰـذَا‬
َ َ ‫ أ‬i.e. 'Is This a...?'
o The word ‫ما‬ َ which means 'what' as in ‫ َما َه ٰـذَا؟‬- 'What is this?'
o The words for Yes and No - ‫م‬ ْ َ‫ نَع‬and ‫ ال‬respectively.
o The word ‫ن‬ ْ ‫ َم‬which means 'who' as in ‫ َم ْن َه ٰـذَا؟‬- 'Who is this?'
o Several new words - these have to be memorised as vocabulary is very

important to learn the Arabic language. The following table shows the new

words that we learnt so far in this lesson: