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Level A1
This & That - Demonstratives & First Nouns
8 words · ~11 min
Grammar focus
Demonstrative pronouns 'hadha' (this, masculine) and 'hadhihi' (this, feminine) are used with nouns. Arabic nouns have grammatical gender, so you must match the demonstrative to the noun's gender. Practice: 'hadha kitab' (this is a book), 'hadhihi madrasa' (this is a school).
Lesson overview
This & That - Demonstratives & First Nouns is a level A1 lesson of 8 words: 6 nouns and 2 pronouns. Its words come from 6 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Personal Pronouns (A1)
- Leads to: Nature, People & The World Around Us (A1), Describing Things - Core Adjectives (A1)
- Next lesson: Essential Verbs (A1)
Word list
Themes these words belong to: Nouns (6), Basics (4), Pronouns (2), Food (2), Home (1), Greetings (1)