TC-L01 — People, Places, Continents and Compass Points

Advanced Topic C · TC-L01

Lesson focus

Locate, identify and compare places accurately.

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Grammar focus

Nisba adjectives; prepositions; nominal sentences

Skills focus

Listening · Reading

Advanced application

Continent and compass challenge

Place countries and regions on a simple map, add north/south/east/west clues and describe where people or places are without naming them first.

Core: complete accurately · Develop: add a reason or comparison · Stretch: change time frame or viewpoint

Interactive visual game · this lesson

Map & Compassالْخَرِيطَةُ وَالْبُوصَلَةُ

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Do exactly these three steps:

1. Look at the picture or clock.

2. Read all three Arabic choices.

3. Click the sentence that matches the picture exactly.

Round 1

Which Arabic sentence matches the visual exactly?

A grammatically possible sentence is not enough: it must describe the picture or clock shown.

Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

Name the twenty-two Arab League countries and their nationalities.
Form a nationality adjective with the nisba ending ـِيٌّ / ـِيَّةٌ.
Recognise that several country names are diptotes and take no tanwīn.
Describe language use across the region without treating it as uniform.

You can show success when…

I add ـِيٌّ for a masculine nationality and ـِيَّةٌ for a feminine one.
I write مِصْرُ، لُبْنَانُ and قَطَرُ without tanwīn, and مِصْرَ in the genitive.
I distinguish الفُصْحَى from the spoken dialects.
I mention Amazigh and Kurdish as languages of the region, not only Arabic.

Tick achievements as you secure them.

Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Choose the accurate nisba.

طَالِبَةٌ سُودَانِيَّةٌطَالِبٌ سُودَانِيَّةٌطَالِبَةٌ سُودَانِيٌّ

2Complete: سَافَرْنَا إِلَى ___ فِي الرَّبِيعِ.

تُونُسٍتُونُسًاتُونُسَ

3Which statement is accurate?

الكُرْدِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي العِرَاقِ.لَا تُوجَدُ لُغَاتٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ العَرَبِيَّةِ.الكُرْدِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي المَغْرِبِ.

4Choose the strongest complete answer.

زُرْتُ مِصْرَ وَتَعَلَّمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَجَاتِ تَخْتَلِفُ، وَأَنَّ الفُصْحَى تَجْمَعُنَا فِي الكِتَابَةِ.زُرْتُ مِصْرًا وَتَعَلَّمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَجَاتُ تَخْتَلِفُ.مِصْرٍ زُرْتُ وَالفُصْحَى تَجْمَعُ.

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Recognise · organise · retrieve

Vocabulary studio

The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.

Countries of the Mashriq and the Gulf

المَمْلَكَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ السُّعُودِيَّةُ

Saudi Arabia

Nationality سُعُودِيٌّ.

مِصْرُ

Egypt

A diptote: مِصْرُ، مِصْرَ — never مِصْرٌ.

العِرَاقُ

Iraq

Nationality عِرَاقِيٌّ.

سُورِيَا

Syria

Indeclinable; nationality سُورِيٌّ.

الأُرْدُنُّ

Jordan

Nationality أُرْدُنِّيٌّ.

لُبْنَانُ

Lebanon

A diptote: مِنْ لُبْنَانَ, never لُبْنَانٍ.

فِلَسْطِينُ

Palestine

A diptote; nationality فِلَسْطِينِيٌّ.

الكُوَيْتُ

Kuwait

Nationality كُوَيْتِيٌّ.

الإِمَارَاتُ

the UAE

Nationality إِمَارَاتِيٌّ.

قَطَرُ

Qatar

A diptote; nationality قَطَرِيٌّ.

البَحْرَيْنُ

Bahrain

Nationality بَحْرَيْنِيٌّ.

عُمَانُ

Oman

A diptote; nationality عُمَانِيٌّ.

اليَمَنُ

Yemen

Nationality يَمَنِيٌّ.

Countries of the Maghreb and the Horn

لِيبِيَا

Libya

Nationality لِيبِيٌّ.

تُونُسُ

Tunisia

A diptote; nationality تُونُسِيٌّ.

الجَزَائِرُ

Algeria

Nationality جَزَائِرِيٌّ.

المَغْرِبُ

Morocco

Nationality مَغْرِبِيٌّ.

مُورِيتَانِيَا

Mauritania

Nationality مُورِيتَانِيٌّ.

السُّودَانُ

Sudan

Nationality سُودَانِيٌّ.

الصُّومَالُ

Somalia

Nationality صُومَالِيٌّ.

جِيبُوتِي

Djibouti

Indeclinable; nationality جِيبُوتِيٌّ.

جُزُرُ القَمَرِ

the Comoros

An iḍāfa; nationality قَمَرِيٌّ.

Languages and identity

العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحَى

Modern Standard Arabic

The shared written and formal register.

اللَّهَجَاتُ

the dialects

Spoken varieties, which differ by region.

الأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ

Amazigh (Berber)

Official in Morocco and Algeria.

الكُرْدِيَّةُ

Kurdish

Official in Iraq alongside Arabic.

الهُوِيَّةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ

Arab identity

لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ

an official language

عَاصِمَةٌ

capital city

Plural عَوَاصِمُ, a diptote.

جِنْسِيَّةٌ

nationality

نَشَأَ / يَنْشَأُ

arose / arises

Used for civilisations and institutions.

اتَّسَعَ / يَتَّسِعُ

expanded / expands

Form VIII.

Vocabulary mission

Retrieve in both directions

Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.

8 questions

1Choose the meaning of المَمْلَكَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ السُّعُودِيَّةُ

EgyptSaudi ArabiaIraq

2Choose the Arabic for “Egypt”.

سُورِيَامِصْرُالعِرَاقُ

3Choose the meaning of العِرَاقُ

JordanIraqSyria

4Choose the Arabic for “Syria”.

سُورِيَاالأُرْدُنُّلُبْنَانُ

5Choose the meaning of الأُرْدُنُّ

JordanPalestineLebanon

6Choose the Arabic for “Lebanon”.

فِلَسْطِينُلُبْنَانُالكُوَيْتُ

7Choose the meaning of فِلَسْطِينُ

Kuwaitthe UAEPalestine

8Choose the Arabic for “Kuwait”.

الإِمَارَاتُالكُوَيْتُقَطَرُ

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Explain · notice · apply

The nisba, diptotes and describing a region

النِّسْبَةُ وَالمَمْنُوعُ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ وَوَصْفُ المِنْطَقَةِ

Three systems carry this lesson: forming the nationality, handling country names that refuse tanwīn, and choosing past or present according to whether you describe history or the present day.

1Meaning

What does the structure communicate?

2Form

Which word or ending changes?

3Agreement

What must match the noun or person?

4Transfer

Can you use it with new vocabulary?

مِصْر ← مِصْرِيٌّ / مِصْرِيَّةٌ

What to notice

The nisba ending carries a shadda on the yāʾ.

أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانَ

What to notice

A diptote takes a fatḥa in the genitive, with no tanwīn.

تُعَدُّ العَرَبِيَّةُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ اللُّغَاتِ انْتِشَارًا

What to notice

A present passive for a fact that is true now.

Forming the nisba

country + ـِيٌّ (m.) / ـِيَّةٌ (f.)

The ending carries a shadda on the yāʾ. A final tāʾ marbūṭa or article is dropped first.

المَغْرِب ← مَغْرِبِيٌّ / مَغْرِبِيَّةٌالسُّعُودِيَّة ← سُعُودِيٌّ / سُعُودِيَّةٌ

Diptote country names

no tanwīn; fatḥa instead of kasra

A diptote takes a ḍamma when nominative and a fatḥa in both the accusative and the genitive.

أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانَزُرْتُ مِصْرَ فِي الصَّيْفِ

Past for history, present for today

نَشَأَتْ / اتَّسَعَ … vs تُهَيْمِنُ / تُعَدُّ …

Use the past for what happened, and the present for what is currently true. Mixing them deliberately is what a strong cultural text does.

نَشَأَتِ الحَضَارَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ فِي هٰذِهِ المِنْطَقَةِتُعَدُّ العَرَبِيَّةُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ اللُّغَاتِ انْتِشَارًا

Describing language use accurately

فِي بَعْضِ الدُّوَلِ / إِلَى جَانِبِ

Arabic is not the only language of the region. Name co-official languages and qualify claims rather than generalising.

الأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي المَغْرِبِ وَالجَزَائِرِتُسْتَعْمَلُ الكُرْدِيَّةُ إِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ فِي العِرَاقِ

Country	Nationality (m.)	Note
مِصْرُ	مِصْرِيٌّ	diptote — no tanwīn
لُبْنَانُ	لُبْنَانِيٌّ	diptote — مِنْ لُبْنَانَ
المَغْرِبُ	مَغْرِبِيٌّ	regular with the article
السُّعُودِيَّةُ	سُعُودِيٌّ	drop the tāʾ marbūṭa first

The nisba builds the nationality

Take the country, drop any article or ending, and add ـِيٌّ for a man or ـِيَّةٌ for a woman: مِصْر becomes مِصْرِيٌّ and مِصْرِيَّةٌ. The shadda on the yāʾ is part of the ending, not an optional decoration.

Several country names are diptotes

مِصْرُ، لُبْنَانُ، قَطَرُ، عُمَانُ، تُونُسُ and فِلَسْطِينُ take no tanwīn and use a fatḥa where you would expect a kasra: مِنْ مِصْرَ، فِي لُبْنَانَ. Writing مِصْرٍ is a visible error.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.

8 questions

1Choose the accurate masculine nationality for المَغْرِب.

مَغْرِبِيٌّمَغْرِبَةٌمَغْرِبِيَّةٌ

2Choose the accurate feminine nationality for تُونُس.

تُونُسِيٌّتُونُسَةٌتُونُسِيَّةٌ

3Complete: أَنَا مِنْ ___.

لُبْنَانُلُبْنَانٍلُبْنَانَ

4Complete: زُرْتُ ___ فِي الصَّيْفِ المَاضِي.

مِصْرٍمِصْرَمِصْرًا

5Which sentence describes history accurately?

سَتَنْشَأُ الحَضَارَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ فِي هٰذِهِ المِنْطَقَةِ.نَشَأَتِ الحَضَارَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ فِي هٰذِهِ المِنْطَقَةِ.تَنْشَأُ الحَضَارَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ فِي هٰذِهِ المِنْطَقَةِ.

6Which statement about language is accurate?

العَرَبِيَّةُ هِيَ اللُّغَةُ الوَحِيدَةُ فِي كُلِّ الدُّوَلِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.الأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي المَغْرِبِ وَالجَزَائِرِ.لَا تُوجَدُ لَهَجَاتٌ فِي العَالَمِ العَرَبِيِّ.

7What is the difference between الفُصْحَى and اللَّهَجَاتُ?

They are two names for the same thing.الفُصْحَى is the shared formal register; the dialects are spoken and vary by region.الفُصْحَى is spoken only at home.

8Choose the accurate agreement.

هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ جَزَائِرِيَّةٌ.هِيَ طَالِبٌ جَزَائِرِيَّةٌ.هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ جَزَائِرِيٌّ.

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Build · transform · justify

Sentence-building and transformation studio

The guided builder develops flexible sentence construction. The three independent tasks then test different skills: grammatical transformation, meaning and coherence, and original sentence production.

Combinatorial builder studio

Build accurate statements about a country, its people and its languages.

This guided builder accepts 27 accurate combinations. Build 3 different sentences, changing one meaningful chunk each time. Compare the grammar and meaning before moving to the independent tasks.

Sentence part 1Sentence part 2Sentence part 3

My generated sentence

اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.

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Each clause is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations build a valid description.

Transformation challenge

Remove the tanwīn from the diptote

Repair the country name after the preposition.

Original sentence

أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانٍ.

مَمْنُوعٌ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ

Choose the best Arabic responseأَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانَ.أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانُ.أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانًا.

Transformation challenge

Match the nisba to the noun

Repair the nationality so it agrees with the noun.

Original sentence

هِيَ مُعَلِّمَةٌ عُمَانِيٌّ.

مُعَلِّمَة ← ؟

Choose the best Arabic responseهِيَ مُعَلِّمَةٌ عُمَانِيَّةٌ.هِيَ مُعَلِّمَةٌ عُمَانَةٌ.هِيَ مُعَلِّمٌ عُمَانِيَّةٌ.

Transformation challenge

Correct the claim about language

Rewrite so the sentence reports the region accurately.

Original sentence

العَرَبِيَّةُ هِيَ اللُّغَةُ الوَحِيدَةُ فِي كُلِّ الدُّوَلِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.

أَضِفْ دِقَّةً

Choose the best Arabic responseإِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ تُوجَدُ لُغَاتٌ أُخْرَى مِثْلُ الأَمَازِيغِيَّةِ وَالكُرْدِيَّةِ.العَرَبِيَّةُ لَا تُسْتَعْمَلُ فِي المِنْطَقَةِ.كُلُّ النَّاسِ هُنَاكَ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ الأَمَازِيغِيَّةَ.

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Read · understand · respond

Arab World Mission — Countries, Nisba and Diptotes

Check the ending on the country name and the agreement on the nationality before you choose.

Arabic application challenge

Check the ending on the country name and the agreement on the nationality before you choose.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

Spot · explain · repair

Accuracy repair workshop

Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.

أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانٍ.

أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانَ.

لُبْنَان is a diptote and cannot take tanwīn.

هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ مَغْرِبِيٌّ.

هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ مَغْرِبِيَّةٌ.

The nisba adjective must agree with its feminine noun.

العَرَبِيَّةُ هِيَ اللُّغَةُ الوَحِيدَةُ فِي المِنْطَقَةِ.

إِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ تُوجَدُ لُغَاتٌ أُخْرَى مِثْلُ الأَمَازِيغِيَّةِ وَالكُرْدِيَّةِ.

The region is multilingual, so the version on the left states something untrue.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions

1Choose the accurate sentence.

أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانٍ.أَنَا مِنْ لُبْنَانَ.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ مَغْرِبِيٌّ.هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ مَغْرِبِيَّةٌ.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

إِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ تُوجَدُ لُغَاتٌ أُخْرَى مِثْلُ الأَمَازِيغِيَّةِ وَالكُرْدِيَّةِ.العَرَبِيَّةُ هِيَ اللُّغَةُ الوَحِيدَةُ فِي المِنْطَقَةِ.

4Choose the accurate masculine nationality for المَغْرِب.

مَغْرِبِيٌّمَغْرِبَةٌمَغْرِبِيَّةٌ

5Choose the accurate feminine nationality for تُونُس.

تُونُسِيٌّتُونُسَةٌتُونُسِيَّةٌ

6Complete: أَنَا مِنْ ___.

لُبْنَانٍلُبْنَانُلُبْنَانَ

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Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: introductions from across the region

Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.

1Predict

Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?

2First listening

Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.

3Second listening

Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.

Audio is coming soon.

1What is Salmā's nationality?

MoroccanLebaneseIraqi

2Which languages are spoken in her home?

Arabic onlyArabic and AmazighArabic and Kurdish

3What does Karīm say about Iraq?

Amazigh is official thereKurdish is used alongside ArabicOnly Arabic is used

4When did Nūr arrive from Lebanon?

This yearLast monthTwo years ago

5What does the speaker say about writing and speaking?

They all speak the same dialectThey never use fuṣḥāThey all write in fuṣḥā but speak different dialects

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Listening script

أَنَا سَلْمَى، وَأَنَا مَغْرِبِيَّةٌ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ الرِّبَاطِ. فِي بَيْتِنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ العَرَبِيَّةَ وَالأَمَازِيغِيَّةَ، لِأَنَّ الأَمَازِيغِيَّةَ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي المَغْرِبِ. وَصَدِيقِي كَرِيمٌ عِرَاقِيٌّ مِنْ بَغْدَادَ، وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ الكُرْدِيَّةَ تُسْتَعْمَلُ إِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ فِي بِلَادِهِ. أَمَّا زَمِيلَتُنَا نُورُ فَهِيَ لُبْنَانِيَّةٌ، وَقَدْ جَاءَتْ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ قَبْلَ سَنَتَيْنِ. نَحْنُ نَكْتُبُ جَمِيعًا بِالفُصْحَى، وَلٰكِنَّنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ بِلَهَجَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ، وَأَحْيَانًا لَا نَفْهَمُ بَعْضَنَا بِسُرْعَةٍ.

Preview · scan · prove

Reading: one region, many languages

Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.

1Preview

Identify the text type and likely purpose.

2Scan

Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.

3Prove

Choose only an answer supported by the text.

تَضُمُّ جَامِعَةُ الدُّوَلِ العَرَبِيَّةِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ دَوْلَةً، تَمْتَدُّ مِنَ المُحِيطِ الأَطْلَسِيِّ غَرْبًا إِلَى الخَلِيجِ شَرْقًا. وَتُعَدُّ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحَى اللُّغَةَ المُشْتَرَكَةَ فِي الكِتَابَةِ وَالإِعْلَامِ وَالتَّعْلِيمِ. أَمَّا فِي الحَيَاةِ اليَوْمِيَّةِ فَيَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ لَهَجَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةً تَخْتَلِفُ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَى بَلَدٍ، وَأَحْيَانًا مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ. وَإِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ تُوجَدُ لُغَاتٌ أُخْرَى: فَالأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي المَغْرِبِ وَالجَزَائِرِ، وَالكُرْدِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي العِرَاقِ. وَلَيْسَ صَحِيحًا أَنَّ المِنْطَقَةَ ذَاتُ ثَقَافَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ؛ فَالتَّنَوُّعُ فِيهَا كَبِيرٌ.

1How many states are in the Arab League?

TwelveTwentyTwenty-two

2Where is fuṣḥā used?

Writing, media and educationOnly in poetryOnly at home

3What does the text say about dialects?

They are no longer spokenThey are identical everywhereThey differ between countries and sometimes between cities

4Where is Amazigh an official language?

Egypt and SudanIraq and SyriaMorocco and Algeria

5What is the text's closing point?

The region is not a single culture; its diversity is greatOnly one language mattersThe region shares one culture

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Speaking: introduce a country and its languages

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Prompt bank

اِخْتَرْ دَوْلَةً عَرَبِيَّةً. مَا عَاصِمَتُهَا؟ وَمَا جِنْسِيَّةُ أَهْلِهَا؟
أَيُّ لُغَاتٍ تُسْتَعْمَلُ هُنَاكَ إِلَى جَانِبِ العَرَبِيَّةِ؟
مَا الفَرْقُ بَيْنَ الفُصْحَى وَاللَّهَجَاتِ؟

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

اِخْتَرْ دَوْلَةً عَرَبِيَّةً وَتَحَدَّثْ عَنْهَا.

Opening question

أَخْتَارُ المَغْرِبَ. عَاصِمَتُهُ الرِّبَاطُ، وَأَهْلُهُ مَغَارِبَةٌ، وَالوَاحِدُ مِنْهُمْ مَغْرِبِيٌّ.

Country, capital and nisba

وَأَيُّ لُغَاتٍ تُسْتَعْمَلُ هُنَاكَ؟

Follow-up on language

تُسْتَعْمَلُ العَرَبِيَّةُ وَالأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ، وَالأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ أَيْضًا، وَلَيْسَ الأَمْرُ نَفْسَهُ فِي كُلِّ الدُّوَلِ.

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Guided writing workshop

Write about eighty words introducing one Arab country: its name, its capital, the nationality of its people, the languages used there, and one accurate statement about the region's diversity.

Success checklist

One correctly formed nisba, matching the gender of its noun.
One diptote country name used after a preposition, with no tanwīn.
One sentence naming a language other than Arabic.
One qualified statement about diversity rather than a generalisation.

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مِنْ أَجْمَلِ الدُّوَلِ العَرَبِيَّةِ المَغْرِبُ، وَعَاصِمَتُهُ الرِّبَاطُ. وَأَهْلُهُ مَغَارِبَةٌ، وَالطَّالِبُ مِنْهُمْ مَغْرِبِيٌّ وَالطَّالِبَةُ مَغْرِبِيَّةٌ. تُسْتَعْمَلُ فِيهِ العَرَبِيَّةُ وَالأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ، وَالأَمَازِيغِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ هُنَاكَ. وَقَدْ زُرْتُ مِصْرَ أَيْضًا قَبْلَ سَنَتَيْنِ، وَلَاحَظْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهْجَةَ تَخْتَلِفُ كَثِيرًا عَنْ لَهْجَةِ المَغْرِبِ. نَكْتُبُ جَمِيعًا بِالفُصْحَى، وَلٰكِنَّنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ بِلَهَجَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ. وَلَيْسَ صَحِيحًا أَنَّ المِنْطَقَةَ ذَاتُ ثَقَافَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ؛ فَالتَّنَوُّعُ فِيهَا كَبِيرٌ جِدًّا.

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Complete the lesson checkpoint

The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.

Core

Match ten countries to their nationalities and write five sentences with accurate nisba agreement.

Develop

Add a sentence about the languages used in two different countries.

Stretch

Contrast fuṣḥā and the dialects, and qualify one claim about regional diversity.

1Choose the accurate nisba.

طَالِبَةٌ سُودَانِيٌّطَالِبَةٌ سُودَانِيَّةٌطَالِبٌ سُودَانِيَّةٌ

2Complete: سَافَرْنَا إِلَى ___ فِي الرَّبِيعِ.

تُونُسًاتُونُسٍتُونُسَ

3Which statement is accurate?

لَا تُوجَدُ لُغَاتٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ العَرَبِيَّةِ.الكُرْدِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي المَغْرِبِ.الكُرْدِيَّةُ لُغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌ فِي العِرَاقِ.

4Choose the strongest complete answer.

مِصْرٍ زُرْتُ وَالفُصْحَى تَجْمَعُ.زُرْتُ مِصْرًا وَتَعَلَّمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَجَاتُ تَخْتَلِفُ.زُرْتُ مِصْرَ وَتَعَلَّمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَجَاتِ تَخْتَلِفُ، وَأَنَّ الفُصْحَى تَجْمَعُنَا فِي الكِتَابَةِ.

5Choose the accurate masculine nationality for المَغْرِب.

مَغْرِبِيَّةٌمَغْرِبَةٌمَغْرِبِيٌّ

6Choose the accurate feminine nationality for تُونُس.

تُونُسِيَّةٌتُونُسَةٌتُونُسِيٌّ

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People, Places, Continents and Compass Pointsالنَّاسُ وَالأَمَاكِنُ وَالقَارَّاتُ وَاتِّجَاهَاتُ البُوصَلَةِ

Lesson focus

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Skills focus

Continent and compass challenge

Map & Compassالْخَرِيطَةُ وَالْبُوصَلَةُ

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

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Wake up previous learning

Vocabulary studio

Countries of the Mashriq and the Gulf

Countries of the Maghreb and the Horn

Languages and identity

Retrieve in both directions

The nisba, diptotes and describing a region

Forming the nisba

Diptote country names

Past for history, present for today

Describing language use accurately

Choose the form for a reason

Sentence-building and transformation studio

Build accurate statements about a country, its people and its languages.

Arab World Mission — Countries, Nisba and Diptotes

Accuracy repair workshop

Preserve the intended meaning

Listening: introductions from across the region

Reading: one region, many languages

Speaking: introduce a country and its languages

Prompt bank

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Guided writing workshop

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