A1Unit 2 · People and family · Lesson 12 of 100
My and your
la-mīn hāda? · hāda tabaʿi · sayyārti · sayyārtak · sayyārtik
Goal: Say "my" and "your" to a man or a woman, ask whose something is, and answer "mine" or "yours".
Dialogue
It is raining. Sam walks Lina home and comes into the hall of the Khalil house, full of jackets, shoes and umbrellas. You will learn the endings for "my" and "your", and how to ask "Whose is this?"
A rainy evening. Sam walks Lina home and comes into the hall of the Khalil house.
- LinaSām, hāda bēt ʿammi. ahla w sahla!Sam, this is my uncle's house. Welcome!
- Samahlan fīki! Līna, la-mīn hāda? tabaʿik?Thanks! (the reply to "welcome") Lina, whose is this? Yours?
- Linaaywa, hāda jākēti. w kundarti hōn.Yes, that's my jacket. And my shoes are here.
- Samya Rana, hādi shamsiyytak?Rana, is this your umbrella?
- Ranashamsiyytik, mish shamsiyytak! ā, hādi tabaʿi."Shamsiyytik", not "shamsiyytak"! Yes, it's mine.
- Samṭayyib. w hāda jākētik?OK. And is this your jacket?
- Ranalaʾ, mish tabaʿi. hāda tabaʿ Khalīl.No, it isn't mine. It's Khalil's.
- Linaw inte, ya Sām? shamsiyytak hōn?And you, Sam? Is your umbrella here?
- Samshamsiyyti? laʾ, hunāk, fi bēti!My umbrella? No, it's over there, at my house!
New words
| Palestinian Arabic | English |
|---|---|
| bēt | house, homeplural byūt; bēti my house |
| sayyāra | carplural sayyārāt; sayyārti my car |
| ṣāḥeb | friend (m)a woman friend: ṣāḥbe; plural aṣḥāb; ṣāḥbi my friend |
| tabaʿ | belonging to: tabaʿi mine, tabaʿak yours (to a man)does not change: hāda tabaʿi, hādi tabaʿi |
| la-mīn | whosela-mīn hāda? whose is this? |
| hōn | here |
| hunāk | there |
| kundara | shoes, pair of shoesplural kanāder; kundarti my shoes |
| jākēt | jacketplural jākētāt |
| shamsiyye | umbrellashamsiyyti my umbrella |
| ṣāle | hall; reception roomplural ṣālāt |
Grammar
1. My, your
"My" and "your" are endings on the noun: -i "my", -ak "your" to a man, -ik "your" to a woman.
| Word | my | your (to a man) | your (to a woman) |
|---|---|---|---|
| bēt house | bēti | bētak | bētik |
| jākēt jacket | jākēti | jākētak | jākētik |
| sayyāra car | sayyārti | sayyārtak | sayyārtik |
| shamsiyye umbrella | shamsiyyti | shamsiyytak | shamsiyytik |
2. Words in -a or -e take -t-
A word ending in -a or -e drops that vowel and adds -t- before the ending: ōḍa → ōḍti, kundara → kundarti. In ṣāḥeb "friend" the e drops: ṣāḥbi, ṣāḥbak, ṣāḥbik.
3. Whose is it? Mine, yours
Ask la-mīn hāda? for a masculine word and la-mīn hādi? for a feminine one. Answer with tabaʿ + ending. tabaʿ never changes.
Practice
1Choose the right words
You ask Rana: "Is this your car?"
Speaking to a woman, "your" is -ik.
"my shoes"
You hold up an umbrella and want to know whose it is.
mīn hādi? means "who is she?"; shu hādi? means "what is this?"
You tell Sam that the jacket belongs to Khalil.
2Complete the sentence
hāda ___, ya Sām? = Is this your house, Sam?
laʾ, mish ___. = No, it isn't mine.
shamsiyyti ___. = My umbrella is over there.
3Match the Arabic and the English
hōn
hunāk
ṣāḥbi
kundara
ṣāle
sayyāra
4Put the words in order
Whose is this, Rana? (a bag)
Rana, is this your jacket?
5Say it in Palestinian Arabic, then check
This is my car.
hādi sayyārti.
Ask Sam: Is this your umbrella?
hādi shamsiyytak?
6True or false?
The jacket that Sam shows Rana is hers.
Rana says hāda tabaʿ Khalīl.
Sam's umbrella is at his house.
Summary
- You can say "my" and "your": bēti, bētak, bētik.
- You can add -t- to words in -a or -e: sayyārti, shamsiyytik.
- You can ask la-mīn hāda? and answer tabaʿi, tabaʿak or tabaʿ Khalīl.
- You can say where things are with hōn and hunāk.