Vocabulary and Phrases

1.2  Here are some more examples of verbs of this form (Form I):

1	2	3	4	5
اِقْرَأْ	اِشْرَحْ	اِفْتَحْ	اِفْعَلْ	اِذْهَبْ
Read!	Explain!	Open!	Do!	Go!
6	7	8	9	10
اِمْسَحْ	اِرْفَعْ	اِخْلَعْ	اِجْمَعْ	اِدْفَعْ
Wipe!	Raise!	Take off! (clothes)	Collect!	Pay/ Push!
11	12	13	14	15
اِجْعَلْ	اِنْـجَحْ	اِسْـمَحْ	اِسْأَلْ	اِبْـحَثْ
Make!	Succeed!	Allow!	Ask!	Search!
16	17	18	19	20
اِقْطَعْ	اِفْحَصْ	اِمْنَعْ	اِرْحَلْ	اِظْهَرْ
Cut!	Examine!	Prevent!	Travel!	Appear!

2.5  Here are some more words refering to languages (in addition to those delt with above:

1	2	3	4
اَلْزُولُووِيَّة	اَلْفَرَنْسِيَّة	اَلْيَابَانِيَّة	اَلْهِنْدِيَّة
Zulu	French	Japanese	Hindi
5	6	7	8
اَلصِّينِيَّة	اَلْأُورْدِيَّة	اَلْأَلْمَانِيَّة	اَلْكُوسِيَّة
Chinese	Urdu	German	Xhosa
9	10	11	12
اَلْإِيطَالِيَّة	اَلْبُرْتُغَالِيَّة	اَلْفَارِسِيَّة	اَلرُّوسِيَّة
Italian	Portugese	Persian	Russian

2.6  The words above can also refer to the nationality of a person.  Here are some examples:

هِيَ صِّينِيَّةٌ.	3	هِيَ إِيطَالِيَّةٌ.	2	هِيَ فَارِسِيَّةٌ.	1
She is Chinese.		She is Italian.		She is Persian.
حَبِيبَةُ رُوسِيَّةٌ.	6	جَمِيلَةُ عَرَبِيَّةٌ.	5	مَارِي أَلْمَانِيَّةٌ.	4
Habibah is Russian.		Jamilah is an Arab.		Mary is a German.

2.7  When these words are used with males, the round taa (ـةٌ) falls away:

هُوَ صِّينِيٌّ.	3	هُوَ إِيطَالِيٌّ.	2	هُوَ فَارِسِيٌّ.	1
He is Chinese.		He is Italian.		He is Persian.
جُونُ رُوسِيٌّ.	6	جَمِيلٌ عَرَبِيٌّ.	5	حَسَنٌ أَلْمَانِيٌّ.	4
John is Russian.		Jamil is an Arab.		Hasan is a German.

2.8  Here are some more words that refer to nationalities:

1	2	3	4	5
سَعُودِيٌّ	مِصْرِيٌّ	مَغْرِبِيٌّ	جَزَائِرِيٌّ	كُوَيْتِيٌّ
Saudi	Egyptian	Moroccan	Algerian	Kuwaiti
6	7	8	9	10
عِرَاقِيٌّ	فِلِسْطِينِيٌّ	تُرْكِيٌّ	لُبْنَانِيٌّ	سُورِيٌّ
Iraqi	Palestinian	Turk/ Turkish	Lebanese	Syrian
11	12	13	14	15
يَهُودِيٌّ	أَمْرِيكِيٌّ	أَفْرِيقِيٌّ	جَنُوب أَفْرِيقيّ	صُومَالِيٌّ
Jew/ Jewish	American	African	South African	Somali

2.9  Read the following sentences:

1	2
هُوَ صِّينِيٌّ وَهِيَ صِّينِيَّةٌ.	هُوَ فَارِسِيٌّ وَهِيَ فَارِسِيَّةٌ.
He is Chinese and she is Chinese.	He is Persian and she is Persian.