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1.9 Phonological Awareness: Pronunciation

Arabic · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Feelings on the body: جوعان hungry, تعبان tired, عطشان thirsty, سعيد happy, مريض sick
  • Frame أنا + feeling; feminine تاء: جوعانة، تعبانة، عطشانة، سعيدة، مريضة
  • Pronunciation of ع in تعبان and جوعان; contrast with ء in ماء

What you will be able to do

  • pronounce feeling words with a clear ع where it belongs
  • say أنا جوعان / أنا تعبان (or the feminine) as a true sentence
  • appreciate that naming a feeling in Arabic is allowed and kind

Key questions

“Why should we pronounce words appropriately?”

Lessons

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  1. أنا جوعان، أنا تعبان
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name five body feelings and hear the ع in جوعان، تعبان، عطشان، سعيد.
  2. جوعانة، تعبانة — the ة ending
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Add ة for a girl speaker, answer كيف حالكِ؟ with a true feeling, and keep ع while you do it.