Learn how to ask someone where they live and how to answer the question for yourself
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Alisha: In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Arabic learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
Lesson focus |
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| Alisha: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""Where do you live?"" In Arabic this is |
| Carole: أين تسكن؟ |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is |
| Carole: أين |
| Alisha: ""meaning where"" in English. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) أين |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Carole: أين |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Carole: تسكن |
| Alisha: meaning you live. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) تسكن |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: تسكن |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Carole: أين تسكن |
| {pause} |
| ★ Note that this is how you ask “Where do you live?” if you are asking a male person. If you are asking a female person, you would say: |
| Carole: أين تسكنين |
| Alisha: Please repeat. |
| Carole: أين تسكنين |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Where do you live?? |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في نيو يورك |
| Alisha: ""I live in New York.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Carole: (Slow) أنا أسكن في نيو يورك |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Carole: أنا |
| Alisha: means I. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) أنا |
| Alisha: Now repeat |
| Carole: أنا |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: أسكن |
| Alisha: meaning I live. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) أسكن |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: أسكن |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next |
| Carole: في |
| Alisha: meaning in. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) في |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: في |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And after that |
| Carole: نيويورك |
| Alisha: meaning New York. |
| Carole: (Slow, by syllable) نيويورك |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Carole: نيويورك |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say, I live in New York., and then repeat. |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في نيو يورك |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: To make another phrase, replace New York with Toronto. |
| Carole: تورونتو |
| Alisha: Toronto |
| Carole: (slow) تورونتو (regular) تورونتو |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Toronto |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في تورونتو |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace New York. Say I live in Toronto. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في تورونتو |
| Alisha: To use a different phrase, replace Toronto with Paris. |
| Carole: باريس |
| Alisha: Paris |
| Carole: (slow) باريس (regular) باريس |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Paris |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في باريس |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace Toronto. Say I live in Paris. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في باريس |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace Paris with Cairo. |
| Carole: القاهرة |
| Alisha: Cairo |
| Carole: (slow) القاهرة (regular) القاهرة |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Cairo |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في القاهرة |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace Paris. Say I live in Cairo. |
| {pause} |
| Carole: أنا أسكن في القاهرة |
| QUIZ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Egypt and someone asks where you live. You live in New York. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: أين تسكن؟ (five seconds) أنا أسكن في نيو يورك |
| Alisha: Imagine you live in Toronto Respond to the question. |
| Carole: أين تسكن؟ (five seconds) أنا أسكن في تورونتو |
| Alisha: Imagine you live in Paris. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Carole: أين تسكن؟ (five seconds) أنا أسكن في باريس |
| Alisha: Imagine you live in Cairo. Respond to the question. |
| Carole: أين تسكن؟ (five seconds) أنا أسكن في القاهرة |
| Alisha: Now you want to ask that person where they live. Ask the masculine version of the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Carole: أين تسكن؟ |
Outro |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 3 |
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