Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program
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Alit Bad Lg9-,.n19 .a-p)-2-11 "69i-a v-I 1 Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds
Kristen Brustad
Mahmoud Al-Bataljk! II -19.0_u)
Abbas Al-Tonsi L ..69_1J1 L>J14.c.
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Third Edition
Answer Key
Drill 1. Differentiating the th sounds
Answers: three: thumb, teeth, throb, think, through, thought, theft, depth
that: they, there, thus, although, brother, together, weather, bother, then, rather
Unit Two LA :11 .6J._-_.9.11
Drill 1. Hearing frontal and deep alif
1.D
2. F 3. D
4.D
5.F 6.F
7.D 8.F
9. F io. D
11. F 12. D
Drill 2. Dictation
1. L! 2. L..$1.3 3. U I..! 4. 1..) Li 5. L.../ 1.) • • 6. C.31.3
Drill 3. Word recognition
1 . C.J. 1..$ 2. C.-) Li 3. LA.). 4. lf....4.3
5. C.A..)12.1. 6 C.A..4:3
Drill 4. Dictation
1. ye,' 2. C...)3.3 3 ' L-)33 4. C3y11;
Answer Key
Drill 5. Dictation
1. 2. 3. 1.1%-3 4. L31.!
Drill 6. Distinguishing between long and short vowels
1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b
5. a 6. b
Drill 7. Identifying long and short vowels
1. L 2.S
3. L 4. S
5. L 6.S
7. S 8. S
9. L 10. L
11. S 12. L
Drill 8. FatHa dictation
I CL.LL,f3 2. C2.)L:6 3. C-431..)
Drill 10. Short vowel dictation .9 .9
2. i
3.
4.
4.
C...)0
L..)32.3
5.L i
5. ‘2_42 2.:3
6.
6.
C2_4:11:3
9
C.)9-,.j .9 S.
Drill 11. Dictation 9
3.
7. Lib
4.
8.
Answer Key
Drill 13. Letter connection
3. t-? L!
9. .LP-.1).
. „. 4 L..4..4..$
10. C.,_,.,3
5. Lit..!
11 L.7..,...,..).
6.J 3 2. 41.,.S.
8. 1..$33
Unit Three ZJWI ii.J.,- .911
Drill 1. Dictation
1. L..J12- • •
2. ei 3 . 49? -9 4 L...,..,..P- 5 L...a.-' ' 62-
Drill 2. Dictation
1. C.33.2- 2. st.....- 3 :-"; 4. C..4.Pc:i 5. L..,-3..! 6.L13
Drill 3. Recognizing z, t, and t
3. 1. e 2. z.
7. t 8. t 9.
4. t
10.
5. z,
11. t
6.
12.
Drill 4. Letter connection
1. C.,4L3- 2. L..)1.2r..2- 3 Y 4 t-; • • ,
5. L-33.-?'" 6. L...). 3.94 7. L72-3.t..$
9 4. C...36.
8 CL A",..;,.; .
Drill 5. Dictation
1 l:.4...;s..; 2. ti.! 3. L.2;...3 4. e...,- 5. LL.,-L) - .
6. c...,*6-
Answer Key
Drill 7. Dictation ..:
1. ..9..9- 2. k.7.23.,.3. 3. yl3.:?- 4. ‘.4).
Drill 8. Dictation
1. L._.)i-i 2. 41:4r.; , .0 0 -
3. k..3..9-.:-?" 4 '
Drill 10. Letter connection
Drill 11. Dictation 9 0 -
1. L.....4..?-13 2.(:"..4..). 3. .3..t) . 4 k.....4...,9--) 5. L.-L97_2--) 6. _.,..;-" 3
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Drill 1. Recognizing hamza
1. Yes 2. No 3. Yes 4. No 5. Yes 6. No
7. Yes 8. No 9. Yes 10. No ii. Yes 12. Yes
Drill 2. Dictation -4
1. st.f). 2. L..11 3. ‘.:1)Lil 4. L.,..-1 --i:
6 . C...,3 I
Drill 3. Distinguishing initial hamza, 3, and
1. I 2. 3 3. j 4. S 5. 3
6. 1
Drill 7. Distinguishing between kf.4) and S
1.0 2.J
3. S 4. S
5. 6 6.J
7. l 8. 6
9. S 10. S
11.j 12.
Drill 8. Reviewing the difference between u and S
.E J .r
S .A 6 .v
S .r J.1
J.7 6.o
Drill 9. Letter connection
Drill 10. Dictation
L...11.1S .3
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Answer Key
Drill 13. Dialing the telephone
1. 01-355-6791 2. 05-923-761 3. 703-856-9421 4. 70-724-3695
5. 678-924-3090 6. 416-290-0874 7. 044-694-8015 8. 010-768-1705
9. 944-304-667 10. 20-2-766-9143
Drill 1. Identifying shadda
1. Yes 2. Yes
7. No 8. Yes
3. No 4. No
9. No 10. Yes
5. Yes 6. Yes
ii. No 12. Yes
Drill 2. Identifying shadda and long vowels so
1.1 4 w
.0 _ .E _ .r I .r to
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03 4.4 -.11 _ .) • 3 .V
Drill 3. Dictation ,-.., - :-. ,-
3)-?'-' .7 ‘.....o 3 . 0 L.'1:94 .r v.--;
J3..) . 1.' it:;-;- . ■
Drill 4. Dictation ..9 o .
L...4.4.4.4.2ci .1 •
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Answer Key
Drill 5. Dictation - -: :. :. - ,
r-.4."':)-' .1 ..Rc..4.7., .o Ly.,...w....,- t . ,
,L$.3.2z421 r
Drill 7. Distinguishing between ud and 00
1. j.4.0 2. JO
3. j0 4. J.0
5. JO 6.
7. j.4.1 8. ut,
9. JO 10. ut,
11. Ly.1 12. JO
Drill 8. Identifying p and u‘s
0.4 .0 L.)=' .€
LP •r 0.4 .`
JO .A 00 .v
Drill 10. Dictation
ts;,22-.;. .1 L.51■...0 .0 zs -
z. l..!...,2) r LPL? •r
j...$ 1-4,0
Drill 11. Contrasting J and L t,
J.1 3.o L.)2' . E 0 .0 .r 0='' •r
3 .‘
V.%) . ∎ r 3 . u , .1. u2, .°
3 .A 0:, .v
Drill 12. Recognizing J and 0:2
3 .o 3 .r
L.)2' •r 02' - \
3 .v 3 .1
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Answer Key
Drill 14. Letter connection
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Drill 15. Dictation
L.31,2; 0 ;.1354.0 A . .
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.r
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Drill 1. Listening for 8
i. Yes 2. No 3. Yes 4. No 5. Yes 6. Yes
7. No 8. No 9. Yes
Drill 2. Recognizing
1.b 2. a 3. b
6. a 7. b 8. b
4. a 5. a
9. b io. a
Drill 3. Identifying Jo
1. No 2. Yes
7. Yes 8. No
3. No 4. Yes
9. No 10. Yes
5. Yes 6. Yes
10
Answer Key
Drill 4. Identifying C.) and ,6
,6 2. JO 3. C.) 4.1 5. ,L)
6. JO 7. C.) 8. C.) 9. C.)
Drill 6. Dictation t_o
L7r.P.567., .1 L. 0 J3 .E r 61 .r jib .)
Drill 7. Recognizing 4'2
1. b 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b
6. a 7. b 8. b 9. b lo. a
Drill 8. Distinguishing kf...) , J , uc , and ,6
1. 4?) 2. 4.J 5. u2,
6. 6 7. S
8. (..)2, 9.0 10.
Drill 10. Identifying k:.%) , J , and
6.0 L.) .E .r J.r • ∎
L.) .A J.v .1
Answer Key
Drill 11. Dictation
L71a;"'' .A C.)5.43 .V .1 .o
Drill 14. Identifying 0. and t
t 2. 3. a, 4.s 5. t
6. c, 7. t
8. t 9. s-
Drill 16. Distinguishing between s and t
t .0 s .€
s .A .v
Drill 17. Dictation
r
• • .V .1 S 333,., .0
Drill 18. Distinguishing between E and t
1. t 2. t 3. t
6.t
7.t
8. t 9. t
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13 1 1 3
.r
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3. E
8.
s..) ).;°
1.v 2.1)3
-9 6.
.V
Drill 23. Dictation
°
Answer Key
Drill 20. Identifying E and t
t .0
Drill 21. Letter connection
Drill 22. Word recognition
Jai .r •
• 0
. tip
Answer Key
Drill 1. Dictation
.o s low .r
. A
Drill 2. Hearing L.,§
1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. No 5. Yes
6. Yes 7. Yes 8. No 9. No
Drill 3. Dictation
359°). .o 31.9.5:3 r
Drill 4. Distinguishing between C§ and Ls/
1.J 2. 39
3. 39 4. 5. 3 6. 3
7. U 8. 3 9. 3 11. 3 12. L9
Drill 6. Identifying L9 and di
3.0 3
Lti A
.r
.A
3
v
3 \
14
15
J .E J3.23 .r
.A t
L.) 1 .v J-
Drill 8. Dictation
L.313A .0
3% •
■ .0 •i
.\ • s •
L) .\ r
Drill 10. Sound recognition
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E
Drill 11. Dictation
.r
ja9._ L .463i
.E
LA3a..z.:0 .r
.o
Answer Key
Drill 7. Dictation
.1 3615.0 61515 .r - •
LaS r .)
Drill 9. Word recognition
Answer Key
Drill 1. Dictation o
.r
L>4421.0. 3 A cz,.t.-0.v t.412, .1
o -
3,9-o—c..o 1
Drill 2. Dictation
j5.40..o0 .0
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.r
.A
Drill 3. Distinguishing between -a. and t
2. _S:b 3. Z
4. —Atto
5. Z 6.
8. 9. —1:b 10. —46
11. Z 12. _Z
Drill 5. Distinguishing between -a:. and t
1a.1 Z.0
Z.11" —12) .11
.r —tb _S:b .1
Drill 6. Dictation
j.s?L.6 .1 L f Sly o 9 5 5:
st•-43-w3-1-9 .r c '49 c).." 5.\
16
Answer Key
Drill 8. Word recognition
yiLs .1 Cii_s 0 815-40 .E L.) .1-1 r ti-. ' i 13 .r
3 . \r yo ■ ■ ji ii • L.L.4.29. 9 J-2-.4.4 .A LIS la3 V
Drill 9. Letter connection
L..31)., .0
.) • A
4) 41) .\0 .
.r •
Drill 1. Reading JI aloud
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L_La.11 v
Drill 2. Recognizing .J)
1. Yes 2. Yes
7. Yes 8. Yes
3. No 4. No
9. No 10. Yes
5. Yes 6. No
ii. Yes 12. Yes
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Answer Key
Drill 3. Word recognition
fN..41.o .€ r .1
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Drill 4. Listening for JI and word boundaries in phrases
1. Yes 2. Yes
5. No 6. Yes
3. No 4. Yes
7. Yes 8. Yes
Drill 6. Dictation
o ji..SZ;1 .€ 9.1 0 ‘!.11.r .r
i1., • JA;11.J1 A BSI 4JI .A .4) .V
j1331. ■ r 61.1J1.\\
Drill 7. Identifying .6:).0.4s and aidas
Drill 9. Names of Arab countries
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Eb."Li.11 J•42.42 o
Y.Aji
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Answer Key
C.)311 ciLoail A .v
13.19.4.4) . ■ r 31:c! 3 . ■ ail" I If., I ■ •
1).;11 tiJ9. .J I , o ;S•JI .\€ 31, 31).211 . ■ r
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Drill 16. Using the Arabic -English glossary
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