ArabicPod Mobile Lesson: World of insects

Intermediate - World of insects

A grasshopper will be taking over the show today (well not quite the whole show, but the dialogue anyway) as he talks you through the wonderful 'world of insects'. Join the usual hosts for this intermediate lesson where they'll go through the dialogue in detail and teach you some interesting vocab.

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hexagonmoon says

Sun 17th Jan 10@09:09 am

This is an amazing lesson. I never thought I'd learn so much from a grasshopper wink

Desmond says

Wed 17th Feb 10@02:31 pm

If we compare the Arabic and English versions of Wikipedia we find that ﺠﺮﺍﺪﺓ (cf. the lesson entitled “Brave Ant”) corresponds to “locust”, while ﺠﻨﺪﺐ corresponds to “grasshopper”. Locusts and grasshoppers are identical in appearance, but differ in their behaviour.

frhn says

Tue 15th Apr 14@09:14 am

hi dears,

in the text it is written as:

"hal tureedoon an u3arrefakum"... which means "do you want me to introduce..."

i would like to ask shouldn't it be as:

"hal tureedoonany an u3arrefakum"??

i think "ي" is necessary at the end of the verb to give the meaning of "me". Do i think correct or is it all ok with the text already?

hope to hear from you..

d_borthwick says

Sun 27th Apr 14@12:10 pm

@frhn
the text is right. try to think of it as 'do you want that I introduce you.....' the first verb is conjugated to mean 'do you want' and the second then gives the meaning 'I introduce'. anyway, you don't add ي to the end of verbs to mean 'me', you add ني. For example هل تريدني؟ = do you want me?

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