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Sequence 01 - Lesson 02

Üô¨ª`dG øe »g
She is from
Morocco
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Listen to the dialogue carefully, then repeat the sentences until you
have completely memorised them.

VOCABULARY

teacher (woman) áªu∏©e

.QƒædG ìÉÑ°U : ôj~ª`dG
headmaster ôj~e .QƒædG ìÉÑ°U : áªu∏©ª`dG
here is √òg
h
,¢SÉsÑY áª`jôc √òg : ôj~ª`dG
and

she »g .Üô¨ª`dG øe »gh

from øe
.»∏° ØJ
q ,kÉÑMôe : áªu∏©ª`dG
Morocco Üô¨ª`dG
welcome kÉÑMôe .kGôµ°T : áª`jôc
please / I beg you »∏° ØJ
s
.AÉ≤∏dG ¤EG : ôj~ª`dG
good bye AÉ≤∏dG ¤EG
good bye (answer) áeÓ°ùdG ™e .áeÓ°ùdG ™e : áªu∏©ª`dG

WRITING

Letters studied so far : ä ¿ √ h G

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New letters to learn : O-P-Q-ñ-…
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Name of Phonetic
Example Isolated/ Final
the letter transcription
Single

~ªq fi , á°SQ~e , ¢SQO dâl d O ~``

òæe , √òg ,∂dP dâl d P ò``
Òæe , ~jôa ,~«°TQ râ’ r Q ô``
Note that these three letters are not joined to the following letter, like wâw h and alif G
(see former lesson). As for these two letters (G - h) , they can only be written in two ways ;
as single or median/final letters.

ï« q£H ,Èî`e ,ÈN hâ’ h ñ ï`` `î`` `N

»∏° ØJ
q ,π«Ñf yâ’ i long vowel
… »``` ``«`` ``j
»Øf ,≈∏«d ,¢SQ~j yâ’ y consonant
Note that the letter yâ' works like wâw ; namely, it can work either as a long vowel or as a
consonant, but unlike the wâw it is joined to the following letter.

PHONETIC EXERCISES

Track 18 Exercise 01 :

Listen to the dialogue again. Every line corresponds to a word in the dialogue.
Tick the line whenever you hear the sound Q (r) in the corresponding word.

----- ----- 1
----- ----- 2
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 3
----- ----- 4
----- 5
----- ----- 6
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Track 19 Exercise 02 :

In the following words, is the Q (r) at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the word ?
6 5 4 3 2 1

F M I F M I F M I F M I F M I F M I

10 9 8 7

F M I F M I F M I F M I

Track 20 Exercise 03 :

In the following words, is the ñ(h) at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the word ?

6 5 4 3 2 1
F M I F M I F M I F M I F M I F M I

7
F M I

Track 21 Exercise 04 :

Here are sentences from dialogues 1 & 2. Each word corresponds to a line ; tick the line whe-
never you hear … (yâ') as a long vowel.
-------------------- -------------------- 1
-------------------- -------------------- 2
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 3
-------------------- -------------------- 4
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 5
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 6

Track 22 Exercise 05 :

Tick whenever you hear… (yâ') used as a consonant.

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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