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A2Unit 7 · Health, shopping and plans · Lesson 70 of 100

Review and A2 test: a wedding in Nablus

ʿajabik il-ʿurs? · ʿuʾbāl ʿindik! · aḥsan knāfe · lamma tirjaʿu …

Goal: Take part in a family celebration and talk about plans and events, and check your whole A2 level.

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Dialogue

The big day has come: Lina is at the wedding of Rana's cousin in Nablus, with music, dancing and knafeh. Part A, the dialogue and the review, brings back unit 7. Part B, the exercises, is the A2 test: 39 questions on lessons 41 to 69.

Saturday evening, 25 April, at the wedding party in Nablus. The music is loud and everyone is dancing.

  1. Ranashu raʾyik, ya Līna? ʿajabik il-ʿurs?What do you think, Lina? Do you like the wedding?
  2. Linaktīr! il-mūsīqa ḥilwe, w il-ʿarūs aḥla min ṣūritha!Very much! The music is great, and the bride is even prettier than in her photo!
  3. Womanahla w sahla, ya Līna! nawwarti!(The bride's sister.) Welcome, Lina! It's so good to have you here!
  4. Linaalla ynawwir ʿalēki! alf mabrūk!Thank you! Many congratulations!
  5. Womanalla ybārik fīki, w ʿuʾbāl ʿindik!Thank you, and may you be next!
  6. Linainshalla!God willing!
  7. Imm Khalilyalla, ya banāt, ʾūmu nurʾoṣ!Come on, girls, get up and let's dance!
  8. Linalaʾ, khālto, ijri btūjaʿ! il-kundara ḍiyyʾa ʿalayy.No, auntie, my foot hurts! The shoes are tight on me.
  9. Imm Khalilikhlaʿīha w taʿāli! kull in-nās burʾoṣu!Take them off and come! Everyone is dancing!
  10. Ranashūfi sīd il-ʿarīs! ʿumro tisʿīn sane, w burʾoṣ asraʿ minna kullna!Look at the groom's grandfather! He's ninety, and he dances faster than all of us!
  11. Khaliltfaḍḍalu: jibtilkom knāfe sukhne!Here you are: I've brought you some hot knafeh!
  12. Linayislam īdēk! hādi aḥsan knāfe!Thank you! This is the best knafeh!
  13. Abu Khalilʾabl ma nirjaʿ ʿa-Rāmalla, raḥ nishtri knāfe la-Sām.Before we go back to Ramallah, we'll buy knafeh for Sam.
  14. Linaā! Sām ʾāl: lamma tirjaʿu, jību maʿkom knāfe!Yes! Sam said: "When you come back, bring some knafeh with you!"
  15. Ranaw bukra mish raḥ niṣḥa bakkīr!And tomorrow we won't wake up early!
  16. Linaṣḥīḥ. baʿd ma nirjaʿ, raḥ anām yōmēn!True. After we get back, I'm going to sleep for two days!
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New words

Palestinian ArabicEnglish
rāsheadreview, lesson 61: rāsi būjaʿ
dawamedicinereview, lesson 62: khud had-dawa
khaṣmdiscountreview, lesson 63: ukhṣomli shwayy
ḥsābbill; accountreview, lesson 64: il-ḥsāb, law samaḥt
aḥsanbetter; bestreview, lesson 65: hādi aḥsan knāfe
raḥwill, going toreview, lesson 66: raḥ nishtri knāfe
tārīkhdatereview, lesson 67: shu t-tārīkh?
raʾiopinionreview, lesson 68: shu raʾyik?
lammawhen (+ a verb)review, lesson 69: lamma tirjaʿu
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Grammar

Part A. What you can now say

  • Say what hurts and wish someone well: ijri btūjaʿ, salāmtak!
  • Understand advice at the pharmacy: lāzim tirtāḥ, ḥabbe marrtēn bil-yōm.
  • Talk about clothes and bargain at a stall: il-kundara ḍiyyʾa ʿalayy, ʾaddēsh ākher siʿr?
  • Order in a restaurant: jibilna …, bidūn filfil, il-ḥsāb, law samaḥt.
  • Compare: aḥla min ṣūritha, asraʿ minna, aḥsan knāfe.
  • Talk about the future and plans: raḥ nishtri …, mish raḥ niṣḥa bakkīr, nāwi ….
  • Say dates and book: khamse w ʿishrīn arbaʿa, kam lēle?
  • Suggest and decline: yalla nurʾoṣ!, shu raʾyik?, ma baʾdarsh, liʾanno ….
  • Link actions in time: lamma, ʾabl ma, baʿd ma, awwal ma.

The unit in one table: which verb form?

After …Verb formExample
raḥ, mish raḥpresent without b-raḥ nishtri knāfe
yalla (let's)"we" form without b-yalla nurʾoṣ!
lāzim, nāwi, baqtreḥpresent without b-lāzim tirtāḥ
ʾabl mapresent without b-ʾabl ma nirjaʿ
lamma, baʿd ma, awwal mapast if it happened, present without b- if it is to comelamma wṣilna / lamma tirjaʿu

Part B. The A2 test

The exercises below cover the whole A2 program, lessons 41 to 69. Answer them without looking back, and count one point for each correct answer (each pair of the matching block is one point). The pass line and a list of lessons to review are in the summary.

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Practice

1Test 1: choose the right answer

  1. You ask a man the way: "Excuse me, where is the post office?"

  2. In the service taxi, you want to get off here.

  3. "We wrote."

  4. "I went to Bethlehem yesterday."

  5. "I didn't eat."

  6. A man wishes you ʿīd mbārak! You answer:

  7. After drinking coffee in someone's home, you hand back the cup and say:

  8. "She saw me."

  9. A friend tells you that her sister got engaged. You say:

  10. "My head hurts."

  11. "The blue dress is cheaper than the red one."

2Test 2: complete the sentence

  1. ___ ʿal-bank. = I'm going to the bank.

  2. ___ hōn, law samaḥt! = Wait here, please! (to a man)

  3. ___ kull il-yōm. = I walked all day.

  4. lāzim ___ ʿal-ʿiyāde. = You have to go to the clinic. (to a man)

  5. ma ___ āji bukra. = I can't come tomorrow.

  6. ___ bukra, law samaḥt. = Call me tomorrow, please. (to a man)

  7. khud ḥabbe ___ bil-yōm. = Take one pill twice a day.

  8. il-ʾamīṣ ___ ʿalayy. = The shirt is tight on me.

  9. raḥ ___ ʿa-Arīḥa bukra. = We will go to Jericho tomorrow.

  10. ___ nirjaʿ, raḥ nnām. = After we get back, we'll sleep.

3Test 3: match the Arabic and the English

  1. bōsṭa

  2. shita

  3. ḍēf

  4. ṭanjara

  5. garsōn

  6. tazkara

4Test 4: put the words in order

  1. Where are you going, Lina?

  2. The bill, please. (to a man)

  3. I'm planning to travel in the summer. (a woman speaks)

  4. When we arrived, it was cold.

5Test 5: say it in Palestinian Arabic, then check

  1. Say "Honestly, I'm full" to a host who offers you more food.

  2. Wish a man a quick recovery.

  3. Suggest to your friends: Let's go to Nablus on Saturday!

  4. Say: The party is on 2 May.

6Test 6: true or false? (about the dialogue)

  1. Lina's shoes are loose on her.

  2. The groom's grandfather dances faster than everyone.

  3. Khalil brings hot knafeh.

  4. The family will buy knafeh for Sam after they get back to Ramallah.

Well done — your score: .
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Summary

  • You can now get around town, take a service taxi and tell what you did: ruḥt, shuft, ma akaltish.
  • You can now be a guest and a host, and greet people at feasts and celebrations: nawwarti, dāyme, alf mabrūk.
  • You can now deal with the pharmacy, the market and the restaurant: ḥabbe marrtēn bil-yōm, ʾaddēsh ākher siʿr?, il-ḥsāb, law samaḥt.
  • You can now compare, plan and link events: aḥsan knāfe, raḥ nrūḥ, lamma tirjaʿu.
  • You have covered the whole A2 program, lessons 41 to 69.

Your score

Pass line: 30 of 39. Below 30, review the lessons where you lost points, then take the test again:

  • places, directions, the imperative, the service taxi: lessons 41-44
  • the past, kān, the negative past, the weather: lessons 45-49
  • guests, coffee, cooking, feasts, the phone, congratulations: lessons 51-53 and 57-59
  • "me, you, him", must, can: lessons 54-56
  • illness, the pharmacy, clothes, the restaurant: lessons 61-64
  • comparing, the future, dates, suggestions, "when, before, after": lessons 65-69

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