Identity information connects people
Nationality and languages help you understand someone’s background and continue a respectful first conversation.
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Activate · retrieve · connect
Add nationality and language to your introduction أَضِفِ الجِنْسِيَّةَ وَاللُّغَةَ إِلَى تَعْرِيفِكَ بِنَفْسِكَ
You already know how to give your name and age. Now build a fuller identity profile.
- state a nationality with the correct masculine or feminine form;
- say which languages I speak, understand, read and write;
- recognise identity details in short listening and reading texts;
- create and present a simple Arabic identity card.
Four-question readiness check
Retrieve name, age, origin and the word for language.
State one nationality and one language with the model visible.
Combine name, age, nationality and two language details.
Use different verbs for speaking, understanding, reading and writing.
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Vocabulary · see · say · retrieve
Countries become nationality wordsمِنَ البَلَدِ إِلَى الجِنْسِيَّةِ
Use the flag and country as a memory clue, then notice the masculine and feminine nationality forms.
بَرِيطَانِيٌّ · بَرِيطَانِيَّةٌ
مِصْرِيٌّ · مِصْرِيَّةٌ
سُعُودِيٌّ · سُعُودِيَّةٌ
مَغْرِبِيٌّ · مَغْرِبِيَّةٌ
عِرَاقِيٌّ · عِرَاقِيَّةٌ
سُورِيٌّ · سُورِيَّةٌ
لُبْنَانِيٌّ · لُبْنَانِيَّةٌ
أُرْدُنِيٌّ · أُرْدُنِيَّةٌ
Core identity vocabulary
جِنْسِيَّةٌnationality
لُغَةٌlanguage
عَرَبِيٌّ / عَرَبِيَّةٌArab · masculine / feminine
Passport Mission
Match each person with the correct nationality, country or language line.
خَالِدالعِرَاقChoose the matching nationality.
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Grammar · notice · choose · repair
Match the nationality to the personطَابِقِ الجِنْسِيَّةَ مَعَ الشَّخْصِ
The nationality is an adjective. It changes to match whether the person is masculine or feminine.
The useful nisba pattern
CountryMasculine personFeminine person
مِصْرمِصْرِيٌّمِصْرِيَّةٌ
سُورِيَاسُورِيٌّسُورِيَّةٌ
لُبْنَانلُبْنَانِيٌّلُبْنَانِيَّةٌ
Listen for the ending
ـِيٌّ usually describes one male person. ـِيَّةٌ usually describes one female person.
Do not choose from your own gender
The nationality ending describes the person in the sentence. A girl says أَنَا مِصْرِيَّةٌ; a boy says أَنَا مِصْرِيٌّ.
Four language actions
العَرَبِيَّةُArabic
الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةُEnglish
الفَرَنْسِيَّةُFrench
الأُرْدِيَّةُUrdu
Model sentences
أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ. أَفْهَمُ الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ. أَقْرَأُ العَرَبِيَّةَ. أَكْتُبُ بِالإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةِ.
Nationality and language decision check
Choose the gender ending or language verb that completes each sentence.
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Listening · predict · identify · check
Catch the country, nationality and languageاِسْتَمِعْ لِلْبَلَدِ وَالجِنْسِيَّةِ وَاللُّغَةِ
Listen for three anchors: مِنْ before a country, the nationality ending and the language verb.
What details might you hear?
Name, country, nationality and language.
First for person, then details
Do not try to write every word during the first reading.
Check the exact ending
Was the nationality masculine or feminine?
Listening practice · country, nationality and language
🎧 Audio is coming soon.
Listen and identify
Six questions based on three short identity introductions.
١. مَرْحَبًا. اِسْمِي خَالِدٌ. أَنَا مِنَ العِرَاقِ. أَنَا عِرَاقِيٌّ. أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ وَالإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ.
٢. مَرْحَبًا. اِسْمِي زَيْنَبُ. أَنَا مِنْ سُورِيَا. أَنَا سُورِيَّةٌ. أَفْهَمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ وَأَتَكَلَّمُ الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ.
٣. اِسْمِي مَرْيَمُ. أَنَا بَرِيطَانِيَّةٌ. أَتَكَلَّمُ الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ وَالفَرَنْسِيَّةَ.
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Reading · scan · match · prove
Read three identity profilesاِقْرَأْ ثَلَاثَ بَطَاقَاتٍ شَخْصِيَّةٍ
Scan first for the name, then underline the nationality ending and circle each language verb.
Profile Aيُوسُف
اِسْمِي يُوسُفُ. أَنَا مِنَ المَغْرِبِ. أَنَا مَغْرِبِيٌّ. أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ وَالفَرَنْسِيَّةَ.
Profile Bزَيْنَب
اِسْمِي زَيْنَبُ. أَنَا مِنْ سُورِيَا. أَنَا سُورِيَّةٌ. أَتَكَلَّمُ الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ وَأَفْهَمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ.
Profile Cمَرْيَم
اِسْمِي مَرْيَمُ. أَنَا بَرِيطَانِيَّةٌ. أَتَكَلَّمُ الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ وَالفَرَنْسِيَّةَ. أَقْرَأُ العَرَبِيَّةَ.
Find the evidence
Choose the answer, then point to the exact Arabic words that prove it.
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Speaking · model · rehearse · respond
Present a short identity profileقَدِّمْ بَطَاقَةً شَخْصِيَّةً قَصِيرَةً
Use the fixed frames first, then personalise the nationality and language details.
أ: مَا جِنْسِيَّتُكَ؟ / مَا جِنْسِيَّتُكِ؟
ب: أَنَا مِصْرِيٌّ. / أَنَا مِصْرِيَّةٌ.
أ: مَا اللُّغَاتُ الَّتِي تَتَكَلَّمُهَا؟
ب: أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ وَالإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ.
Random identity prompt
خَالِدPartner asks: مَا جِنْسِيَّتُكَ؟
You answer: أَنَا عِرَاقِيٌّ.
Add a language line: أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ وَالإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ.
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Writing · model · build · check
Create your Arabic identity cardأَنْشِئْ بَطَاقَتَكَ الشَّخْصِيَّةَ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ
Choose the route that gives you fair access: type on screen, write or draw on screen, or write on paper.
Achievable model
NameمَرْيَمAgeأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةًNationalityبَرِيطَانِيَّةٌLanguagesالإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةُ وَالفَرَنْسِيَّةُ
- I wrote from right to left.
- I used the nationality ending that matches the person.
- I used أَتَكَلَّمُ before a language.
- I separated several languages with وَ.
- I checked Arabic punctuation and spelling.
Choose your writing route
Core: complete the identity-card fields. Develop: write four connected sentences. Stretch: use three different language verbs.
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Write the identity-card details and your connected profile with a mouse, finger or pen.
On paper: create an identity card with your name, age, origin, nationality and languages. Then write four connected sentences. Stretch: use speak, understand, read and write.
Not yet marked complete.
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Consolidate · apply · check
Show that you can describe identity accuratelyأَظْهِرْ قُدْرَتَكَ عَلَى وَصْفِ الهُوِيَّةِ بِدِقَّةٍ
The final check combines nationality agreement, country vocabulary and language verbs.
Ten-question identity checkpoint
Aim for at least 8/10, then complete the speaking and writing tasks.