first conversation
Read a short purposeful MSA introduction and café request.
About this unit
Layla and Omar meet in a café. Read each line first, then play it to check.
- اسمي ليلى means “My name is Layla”.
- من فضلك means “please”.
- تفضل means “here you are”, as the tea arrives.
- ليلى
مرحبًا. اسمي ليلى. أنا في عمّان.
Hello. My name is Layla. I am in Amman.
- عمر
مرحبًا. اسمي عمر.
Hello. My name is Omar.
- عمر
شاي، من فضلك.
Tea, please.
- ليلى
تفضل، هذا شاي.
Here you are; this is tea.
- عمر
شكرًا.
Thank you.
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مرحبًا. اسمي ليلى. أنا في عمّان.
Hello. My name is Layla. I am in Amman.مرحبًا. اسمي عمر.
Hello. My name is Omar.شاي، من فضلك.
Tea, please.تفضل، هذا شاي.
Here you are; this is tea.شكرًا.
Thank you.Reading tips
This dialogue is a reading bridge for the planned Arabic A1 course. It does not claim a final A1 scene or a regional spoken dialect. اسمي means my name is; من فضلك means please; في means in or at. The lines themselves are the listening and spelling material.
Reading practice
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
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Sound to spelling
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Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Read and decide
What does Omar ask for?
Read and decide
Who introduces herself as Layla?
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Read a short purposeful MSA introduction and café request.
مرحبًا. اسمي ليلى. أنا في عمّان.
Hello. My name is Layla. I am in Amman.مرحبًا. اسمي عمر.
Hello. My name is Omar.شاي، من فضلك.
Tea, please.تفضل، هذا شاي.
Here you are; this is tea.شكرًا.
Thank you.Use a Arabic keyboard
Standard Arabic keyboard or course tiles. Enter logical letters; the font shapes joins. Numbers retain normal digit order. Optional vowel marks are separate inputs.
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