Learning Objectives · أَهْدَافُ الدَّرْسِ
Choose your route and revision goal
This is a rich revision chapter rather than a one-period script. Begin with the Core route, then move into Develop and Stretch for discounts, exact change, currency agreement and longer shop interactions.
Core
- Ask and understand prices.
- Use common currency words.
- Say prices from 1–99.
Develop
- Use discounts and change.
- Handle a complete shop dialogue.
- Calculate totals from a price list.
Stretch
- Explain the Age–Money gender mirror.
- Use hundreds and decimal prices.
- Repair complex agreement errors.
How to use this chapter
Revise one teaching cycle, complete one skills task, then play at least one Explorer or Builder game. Return later for Scholar and Mastery challenges.
Objectives
- Ask prices with بِكَمْ؟ and كَمْ ثَمَنُ…؟ and understand the answers Speaking
- Use the main Arab currencies with correct number agreement — the mirror of the Age Ladder Writing
- Handle a full shop transaction: paying, change, discounts, غَالٍ / رَخِيصٌ Listening
- Perform the classic souq role-play, including polite haggling Reading
Success Criteria
- 🟢 I can ask بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ and understand a price said in words.
- 🟠 I can say any price 1–99 with the correct masculine forms — خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ but عِشْرُونَ جُنَيْهًا.
- 🟧 I can act the full souq dialogue — including هَذَا غَالٍ! عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟ — and calculate البَاقِي in Arabic.
Why this matters in the exam
The shopping scenario is a classic language-learning role-play: speaking tasks often ask you to request a price or say that something is too expensive. Listening tasks may include prices and change, while reading tasks often use adverts and discounts. Every phrase in this lesson strengthens practical communication and assessment readiness.
Part 1 · الجُزْءُ الأَوَّلُ
Asking the price — بِكَمْ هَذَا؟
Three little questions open every shop conversation in the Arab world. The star is بِكَمْ؟ — literally “for how much?” — the same كَمْ from كَمِ السَّاعَةُ؟ and كَمْ عُمْرُكَ؟, now wearing the price-tag preposition بِـ.
Vocabulary The price questions — and their answers
| بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ | How much is this? (masc. item) | the everyday favourite |
| بِكَمْ هَذِهِ الحَقِيبَةُ؟ | How much is this bag? (fem. item) | هَذَا / هَذِهِ matches the item |
| كَمْ ثَمَنُ الكِتَابِ؟ | What is the price of the book? | الثَّمَنُ = the price |
| كَمْ سِعْرُ القَلَمِ؟ | What is the price of the pen? | السِّعْرُ = the price (synonym) |
| هَذَا بِخَمْسَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ. | It’s five pounds. | answer with بِـ + price |
| الثَّمَنُ عَشَرَةُ رِيَالَاتٍ. | The price is ten riyals. | or state it plainly |
The بِـ price tag
Think of بِـ as the sticky label on the item: القَلَمُ بِثَلَاثَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ — “the pen is at three pounds”. Ask with it (بِكَمْ؟), answer with it (بِعَشَرَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ). One preposition, the whole shop.
✍️ Quiz 1 — May I Ask the Price? Score: 0/5
Answer independently first, then tap to check.
1. بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ means:
✔️ بِـ (for/at) + كَمْ (how much) — the price question. Third كَمْ of the course: time, age, now money!
2. الثَّمَنُ means:
✔️ الثَّمَنُ (or its synonym السِّعْرُ) = the price.
3. You are asking about حَقِيبَةٌ (a bag — feminine). You say:
✔️ هَذِهِ for feminine items — agreement never takes a day off in Arabic!
4. “It’s five pounds”:
✔️ Prices travel with بِـ — the sticky price-tag preposition.
5. كَمْ سِعْرُ القَامُوسِ؟ is asking about the dictionary’s:
✔️ السِّعْرُ = price. Two synonyms (ثَمَن / سِعْر) — examiners may use either, so know both.
Part 2 · الجُزْءُ الثَّانِي
Currencies — and the Mirror — العُمْلَاتُ
One Arabic language, many currencies. Learn the big four — then meet today’s twist: every one of them is masculine, so the Age Ladder you mastered last lesson flips into its perfect mirror image.
Vocabulary The currencies — العُمْلَاتُ
| العُمْلَةُ | Meaning | Where you’ll meet it |
|---|---|---|
| جُنَيْهٌ | pound | Egypt — and جُنَيْهٌ إِسْتَرْلِينِيٌّ is the British pound £ |
| رِيَالٌ | riyal | Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| دِرْهَمٌ | dirham | UAE, Morocco |
| دِينَارٌ | dinar | Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq |
| دُولَارٌ | dollar | everywhere in exam texts! |
| نُقُودٌ / مَالٌ | money | the general words — فُلُوس in everyday speech |
The Mirror 🪞 — سَنَة vs جُنَيْه
سَنَةٌ is feminine; جُنَيْهٌ is masculine. Same ladder, opposite clothes:
Age (fem.): خَمْسُ سَنَوَاتٍ · خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً · خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ سَنَةً
Money (masc.): خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ · خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ جُنَيْهًا · خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ جُنَيْهًا
The rungs never change — 1–2 special, 3–10 plural, 11–99 singular. Only the gender flips. If you know your age, you can already count money: just swap every form.
Age (fem.): خَمْسُ سَنَوَاتٍ · خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً · خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ سَنَةً
Money (masc.): خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ · خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ جُنَيْهًا · خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ جُنَيْهًا
The rungs never change — 1–2 special, 3–10 plural, 11–99 singular. Only the gender flips. If you know your age, you can already count money: just swap every form.
| Price | بِالجُنَيْهِ | بِالرِّيَالِ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | جُنَيْهٌ وَاحِدٌ | رِيَالٌ وَاحِدٌ |
| 2 | جُنَيْهَانِ | رِيَالَانِ |
| 3–10 | ثَلَاثَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ | خَمْسَةُ رِيَالَاتٍ |
| 11–99 | عِشْرُونَ جُنَيْهًا | خَمْسُونَ رِيَالًا |
| 100 | مِائَةُ جُنَيْهٍ | مِائَةُ رِيَالٍ |
The over-correction trap
Students who master the Age Ladder sometimes write ✗ خَمْسُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ from habit. Stop and ask the Lesson 1 question: what is the singular, and what is its gender? جُنَيْهٌ is masculine → the number keeps its ة: خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ. The rule was never “drop the ة” — it was always “flip”.
✍️ Quiz 2 — Through the Mirror Score: 0/6
👍 Flip or keep? Decide, then tap.
1. Which currency belongs to Saudi Arabia?
✔️ الرِّيَالُ السُّعُودِيُّ — you’ll spend it on your ʿUmrah trip, in shāʾ Allāh!
2. “Five pounds”:
✔️ جُنَيْه is masculine → number keeps ة + plural for 3–10. The middle option is the age habit sneaking in!
3. “Twenty riyals”:
✔️ Rung 3 is universal: 11–99 always take the singular — رِيَالًا, just like سَنَةً.
4. “Fifteen pounds”:
✔️ Masculine noun → masculine teen set: خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ. (Your age uses the feminine set — the mirror again!)
5. Why خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ but خَمْسُ سَنَوَاتٍ؟
✔️ One rule, two nouns, opposite results — the flip in its purest form.
6. You are in Dubai. The taxi costs خَمْسُونَ دِرْهَمًا:
✔️ One word ending ـُونَ = a ten → 50. The 15/50 ear trap works on prices too!
Part 3 · الجُزْءُ الثَّالِثُ
Shopping words — مُفْرَدَاتُ التَّسَوُّقِ
Now the toolkit for the transaction itself: reacting to prices, paying, and — the sweetest word in any language — تَخْفِيضٌ.
Vocabulary Reacting, paying, saving
| الكَلِمَةُ | Meaning | Example / note |
|---|---|---|
| غَالٍ / غَالِيَةٌ | expensive | هَذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا! — note the unusual ending: ghālin |
| رَخِيصٌ / رَخِيصَةٌ | cheap | هَذَا رَخِيصٌ — سَآخُذُهُ! |
| أَغْلَى مِنْ / أَرْخَصُ مِنْ | more expensive / cheaper than | Lesson 3’s أَفْعَلُ pattern rides again! |
| أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ… | I want to buy… | أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ هَدِيَّةً — a present |
| يَدْفَعُ / دَفَعْتُ | to pay / I paid | دَفَعْتُ خَمْسِينَ جُنَيْهًا |
| البَاقِي | the change | what comes back after you pay |
| تَخْفِيضٌ / خَصْمٌ | discount | عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟ — got a discount? |
| تَنْزِيلَاتٌ | sales | the magic word on shop windows |
| بِنِصْفِ الثَّمَنِ | half price | نِصْف from Lesson 2 — half of anything! |
| مَجَّانًا | free (of charge) | the best price of all |
| تَفَضَّلْ / تَفَضَّلِي | here you are (m/f) | when handing anything over |
| البَائِعُ / الزَّبُونُ | shopkeeper / customer | your two role-play characters |
The strange tail of غَالٍ
غَالٍ ends in just -in with no visible ي — one of Arabic’s “defective” adjectives. Before ال or with feminine it behaves normally: الغَالِي، غَالِيَةٌ. For now, memorise the chunk هَذَا غَالٍ! exactly as it is — it will earn role-play marks every single time.
Heritage link 🏮 — the art of the deal
In a traditional souq, haggling (المُسَاوَمَةُ) is friendly theatre, not rudeness — the seller expects هَذَا غَالٍ! as the opening move. If your family shops in the bazaars of Lahore or Karachi, you already know the choreography: quote, gasp, counter-offer, smile, agree. Same game, different language!
✍️ Quiz 3 — Toolkit Check Score: 0/6
🖥️ Rapid-fire round — 10 seconds per question!
1. غَالٍ = ?
✔️ Expensive — with its famous short tail. Its opposite: رَخِيصٌ.
2. البَاقِي = ?
✔️ Literally “the remaining” — what comes back after you pay.
3. عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟ means:
✔️ The haggler’s opening line — deploy after هَذَا غَالٍ! for full effect. 😄
4. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ هَدِيَّةً means:
✔️ أَشْتَرِي = I buy (يَبِيعُ would be selling). A perfect role-play opener.
5. The shop window says تَنْزِيلَاتٌ — كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِنِصْفِ الثَّمَنِ!
✔️ نِصْف strikes again — half an hour in Lesson 2, half the price today.
6. القَلَمُ أَرْخَصُ مِنَ الحَقِيبَةِ:
✔️ أَرْخَصُ مِنْ — the same أَفْعَلُ مِنْ pattern as أَكْبَرُ مِنْ in Lesson 3. Patterns pay dividends!
Part 4 · الجُزْءُ الرَّابِعُ
The souq dialogue — فِي السُّوقِ
Here is the complete transaction, line by line — your script for a speaking role-play. Read it in pairs 👥, swap roles, then close the script and improvise with new items and prices.
Model Dialogue Buying a bag — with a discount!
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الزَّبُونَةُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ!Customer: Peace be upon you!
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البَائِعُ: وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ! تَفَضَّلِي.Shopkeeper: And upon you — come in, welcome.
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الزَّبُونَةُ: بِكَمْ هَذِهِ الحَقِيبَةُ؟How much is this bag?
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البَائِعُ: بِخَمْسِينَ جُنَيْهًا.Fifty pounds.
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الزَّبُونَةُ: خَمْسُونَ؟! هَذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا! عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟Fifty?! That’s very expensive! Do you have a discount?
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البَائِعُ: حَسَنًا، حَسَنًا… أَرْبَعُونَ جُنَيْهًا — لَكِ فَقَطْ!Alright, alright… forty pounds — just for you!
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الزَّبُونَةُ: مُمْتَاز، سَآخُذُهَا. تَفَضَّلْ، خَمْسُونَ جُنَيْهًا.Excellent, I’ll take it. Here you are — fifty pounds.
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البَائِعُ: وَهَذَا البَاقِي: عَشَرَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ. شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا!And here’s your change: ten pounds. Thank you very much!
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الزَّبُونَةُ: عَفْوًا، مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ!You’re welcome — goodbye!
The five-move script 🎭
Every souq role-play is the same five moves: ① greet → ② ask the price (بِكَمْ؟) → ③ react & haggle (غَالٍ! تَخْفِيضٌ؟) → ④ agree & pay (سَآخُذُهُ، تَفَضَّلْ) → ⑤ change & farewell (البَاقِي، شُكْرًا). Memorise the skeleton and you can improvise any item, any price, any country.
✍️ Quiz 4 — Dialogue Detective Score: 0/5
👥 All answers hide in the dialogue above — no scrolling!
1. The bag’s original price was:
✔️ بِخَمْسِينَ جُنَيْهًا — one word ending ـِينَ = a ten → 50.
2. Which TWO words did the customer use to haggle?
✔️ The classic combo: declare it expensive, then request the discount. Textbook مُسَاوَمَة.
3. The final agreed price was:
✔️ The discount move worked: 50 → 40. Ten pounds saved with two Arabic words!
4. She paid 50 for a 40-pound bag. البَاقِي = ?
✔️ 50 − 40 = 10 → عَشَرَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ (Rung 2: 3–10 plural, masculine keeps ة).
5. تَفَضَّلْ appears twice. It means:
✔️ The all-purpose courtesy word — handing over money, goods, or simply welcoming someone in.
Numeracy Connections · رَبْطُ الْمَهَارَاتِ
How money connects with the Numbers strand
Lesson 1 · Numbers
خَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ
Compound numbers are essential for prices.
Lesson 2 · Time
يُغْلَقُ السُّوقُ فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ
Shopping notices often combine opening times and prices.
Lesson 3 · Age
خَمْسُ سَنَوَاتٍ / خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ
The Age–Money mirror exposes gender polarity.
Lesson 5 · Measurements
كِيلُو بِعِشْرِينَ جُنَيْهًا
Market shopping combines quantity and price.
Skills Studio · اِسْتَعْمِلِ الْمَالَ
Read, listen, speak and write with prices
Reading Sale notice
تَخْفِيضَاتُ اليَوْمِ: القَمِيصُ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ جُنَيْهًا، وَالحِذَاءُ بِثَمَانِيَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ جُنَيْهًا، وَالحَقِيبَةُ بِاثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ جُنَيْهًا. إِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ قِطْعَتَيْنِ فَالتَّخْفِيضُ عَشَرَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ.
- How much is the shirt?
- Which item is most expensive?
- What is the total for the shirt and shoes before discount?
- What is the final price after discount?
35 · the bag · 93 · 83 pounds.
Listening Shop transaction
Listen without looking first. Note the original price, final price, amount paid and change.
🎧 Recorded audio.
Listening script
الزَّبُونُ: بِكَمْ هَذَا القَمِيصُ؟
البَائِعُ: بِثَمَانِينَ جُنَيْهًا.
الزَّبُونُ: هَذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا! عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟
البَائِعُ: حَسَنًا… سَبْعُونَ جُنَيْهًا لَكَ.
الزَّبُونُ: سَآخُذُهُ. تَفَضَّلْ، مِائَةُ جُنَيْهٍ.
البَائِعُ: وَهَذَا البَاقِي: ثَلَاثُونَ جُنَيْهًا.
البَائِعُ: بِثَمَانِينَ جُنَيْهًا.
الزَّبُونُ: هَذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا! عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟
البَائِعُ: حَسَنًا… سَبْعُونَ جُنَيْهًا لَكَ.
الزَّبُونُ: سَآخُذُهُ. تَفَضَّلْ، مِائَةُ جُنَيْهٍ.
البَائِعُ: وَهَذَا البَاقِي: ثَلَاثُونَ جُنَيْهًا.
Check answers
Original price: 80 pounds · final price: 70 pounds · amount paid: 100 pounds · change: 30 pounds.
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Speaking Shop role-play
Perform a complete transaction containing:
- a price question;
- a reaction to the price;
- a request for a discount;
- a final decision;
- payment and change;
- a polite closing.
Challenge Include one currency other than pounds and one compound price.
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Writing My shopping receipt
Write 7–9 Arabic sentences describing a shopping trip. Include at least three items, prices, a total, a discount and the change.
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Stretch Larger and decimal prices
| Price | Arabic | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 125 | مِائَةٌ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ جُنَيْهًا | hundreds + compound number |
| 250 | مِائَتَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ جُنَيْهًا | dual hundred |
| 12.50 | اِثْنَا عَشَرَ جُنَيْهًا وَخَمْسُونَ قِرْشًا | whole currency + subunit |
| 7.25 | سَبْعَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ قِرْشًا | currency systems vary by country |
Curriculum Connection · الصِّلَةُ بِالْمَنْهَجِ
How money supports wider language skills — المَالُ فِي مَهَارَاتِ اللُّغَةِ
Three disguises: discount adverts in Reading, haggling dialogues in Listening, and the shop role-play in Speaking. All three, right now.
Task A · Reading 📖 The sale advert — مَكْتَبَةُ الأَمَلِ
مَكْتَبَةُ الأَمَلِ — تَنْزِيلَاتٌ كَبِيرَةٌ! 🎉
قَلَمٌ: كَانَ بِسِتَّةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ — الآنَ بِأَرْبَعَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ فَقَطْ!
دَفْتَرٌ: كَانَ بِعَشَرَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ — الآنَ بِسَبْعَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ.
حَقِيبَةٌ: كَانَتْ بِسِتِّينَ جُنَيْهًا — الآنَ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُنَيْهًا.
قَامُوسٌ: كَانَ بِمِائَةِ جُنَيْهٍ — الآنَ بِنِصْفِ الثَّمَنِ!
دَفْتَرٌ: كَانَ بِعَشَرَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ — الآنَ بِسَبْعَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ.
حَقِيبَةٌ: كَانَتْ بِسِتِّينَ جُنَيْهًا — الآنَ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُنَيْهًا.
قَامُوسٌ: كَانَ بِمِائَةِ جُنَيْهٍ — الآنَ بِنِصْفِ الثَّمَنِ!
- How much does a pen cost now?
- How much do you save on the bag?
- What does the dictionary cost now? (Careful — it needs a calculation!)
- Which item is the cheapest in the sale?
- Challenge: you buy a pen AND a notebook. What is the total, in Arabic words?
- 4 pounds — بِأَرْبَعَةِ جُنَيْهَاتٍ.
- 15 pounds — from 60 down to 45. Spot the two clues: سِتِّينَ (a ten) vs خَمْسَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ (a compound).
- 50 pounds — بِنِصْفِ الثَّمَنِ = half of 100. The answer is never written; you must compute it.
- The pen — 4 pounds. القَلَمُ أَرْخَصُ شَيْءٍ!
- 4 + 7 = 11 → أَحَدَ عَشَرَ جُنَيْهًا — Rung 3 singular, masculine teen. Full marks if you got the form right!
Task B · Listening 🎧 The haggle
Listen without looking first. Ask a partner or reader to say the dialogue twice, then note the original price, final price, amount paid and change.
🎧 Audio is coming soon.
Listening script
الزَّبُونُ: بِكَمْ هَذَا القَمِيصُ؟البَائِعُ: بِثَمَانِينَ جُنَيْهًا.
الزَّبُونُ: هَذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا! عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟
البَائِعُ: حَسَنًا… سَبْعُونَ جُنَيْهًا لَكَ.
الزَّبُونُ: سَآخُذُهُ. تَفَضَّلْ، مِائَةُ جُنَيْهٍ.
البَائِعُ: وَهَذَا البَاقِي: ثَلَاثُونَ جُنَيْهًا.
Original: 80 (ثَمَانِينَ) · Final: 70 (سَبْعُونَ) · Paid: 100 (مِائَةُ جُنَيْهٍ) · Change: 30 (ثَلَاثُونَ).
Check the maths: 100 − 70 = 30 ✓. Listening tasks may ask for the change without stating it — the numbers must add up, and now yours do.
Check the maths: 100 − 70 = 30 ✓. Listening tasks may ask for the change without stating it — the numbers must add up, and now yours do.
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Task C · Speaking & Writing ✍️ Your turn in the souq — دَوْرُكَ!
Use the shopping role-play card. One partner plays البَائِع; the other completes the five moves. Then write your version of the dialogue.
Role-play card (structured prompt)
You are in a market in Cairo, buying a present for your sister.
① Greet the shopkeeper. ② Ask the price of the bag. ③ Say it is too expensive and ask for a discount. ④ Accept the new price and pay. ⑤ Thank him and say goodbye.
① Greet the shopkeeper. ② Ask the price of the bag. ③ Say it is too expensive and ask for a discount. ④ Accept the new price and pay. ⑤ Thank him and say goodbye.
① السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ! ② أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ هَدِيَّةً لِأُخْتِي — بِكَمْ هَذِهِ الحَقِيبَةُ؟ ③ هَذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا! عِنْدَكَ تَخْفِيضٌ؟ ④ مُمْتَاز، سَآخُذُهَا — تَفَضَّلْ. ⑤ شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا، مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ!
💡 Notice move ② does double duty — stating the purpose (هَدِيَّةً لِأُخْتِي) then asking the price. Adding one extra detail beyond the task is exactly what pushes role-plays into the top band.
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Money Playground · مَلْعَبُ الْمَالِ
Learn by reading prices, calculating change and repairing errors
🟢 Explorer · recognise
🔵 Builder · apply
🟣 Scholar · explain
🟠 Communicator · communicate
⭐ Mastery · teach it
Each preserved game now appears beside the language point it practises.
Homework · الوَاجِبُ المَنْزِلِيُّ
Choose your challenge
Pick one level. Due next lesson via Teams Assignments. ✍️
🟢 Mild
Design eight price labels for a souq stall: item (drawn or named in Arabic) + price in Hindi digits + price in fully vowelled words. Use both جُنَيْه and رِيَال, mixing prices under and over 10.
🟠 Spicy
Write your own eight-line souq dialogue following the five-move script. It must include بِكَمْ، غَالٍ، تَخْفِيضٌ and البَاقِي — with the change correctly calculated!
🟧 Hot
Write a paragraph «ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى السُّوقِ»: what you bought, each price in words, one haggle, your change — plus two comparisons with أَغْلَى مِنْ / أَرْخَصُ مِنْ.
Interactive Game · سُوقُ النُّورِ
🎮 Souq Al-Noor — اِشْتَرِ وَاحْسُبْ!
Welcome to the market! Two kinds of round: read the price tag in words, or calculate the change — all with the masculine mirror forms. Eight rounds. 👥 Team battle: which breakout room leaves the souq richest?
Round 1 of 8
Score: 0/8
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حَقِيبَةٌ
الثَّمَنُ: ٥٠
read the price
Say the price in words:
Plenary · الخَاتِمَةُ
The Grand Souq Challenge 🏆
Eight questions. 6+ = you leave the souq with full marks AND change. 💬 Scores in the chat!
🏆 Final Quiz — everything, mixed Score: 0/8
First try counts. Bismillah!
1. The polite way to ask a price:
✔️ Three lessons, three كَمْ questions — time, age, price. You now own all three.
2. “Three riyals”:
✔️ رِيَال is masculine → the number keeps ة, and 3–10 take the plural.
3. 👂 You hear خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا. The price is:
✔️ Two words = a teen → 15. Fifty would be the single word خَمْسِينَ.
4. The item costs 35. You pay 50. البَاقِي = ?
✔️ 50 − 35 = 15 → masculine teen + singular جُنَيْهًا. Maths and grammar in one move.
5. Which sequence is the correct haggle?
✔️ Gasp, negotiate, then commit — never agree to buy before you’ve haggled!
6. الدَّفْتَرُ أَغْلَى مِنَ القَلَمِ means:
✔️ أَغْلَى مِنْ — the أَفْعَلُ مِنْ pattern, third appearance in the course.
7. Same number, two nouns: which pair is CORRECT?
✔️ The Mirror in one question: feminine سَنَة strips the ة; masculine جُنَيْه keeps it.
8. The sign says القَامُوسُ بِمِائَةِ جُنَيْهٍ — اليَوْمَ بِنِصْفِ الثَّمَنِ. Today it costs:
✔️ Half of 100 = 50. Reading + fraction + arithmetic — the exact recipe of a challenging reading question. 🎓