Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program

Answer Key for

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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
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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 • 1.)•
5. L.../ 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;
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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..) 4. C...)0 5.L i 6. C2_4:11:3

Drill 10. Short vowel dictation

.9 S. 2.
.9
i
.9
3. 4. L..)32.3 5. ‘2_42 2.:3 6. C.)9-,.j
9

Drill 11. Dictation

9

3. 4.

7. Lib 8.
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Drill 13. Letter connection

. „.
2. 41.,.S. 3. t-? L! 4 L..4..4..$ 5. Lit..! 6 .J 3

8. 1..$33 9 10. C.,_,.,3 11 L.7..,...,..).

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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. t.....-
s 3 :-"; 4. C..4.Pc:i 5. L..,-3..! 6.L13

Drill 3. Recognizing z, t, and t

1. e 2. z. 3. 4. t 5. z, 6.

7. t 8. t 9. 10. 11. t 12.

Drill 4. Letter connection

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1. C.,4L3- 2. L..)1.2r..2-
• • , 3 Y 4 t-; 4. C...36.

5. L-33.-?'" 6. L...)
. 3.94 7. L72-3.t..$ 8 .
CLA",..;,.;

Drill 5. Dictation

1 l:.4...;s..; 2. ti.! 3. L.2;...3 4. e...,- 5. LL.,-L) - .

6. c...,*6-
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Drill 7. Dictation
..:
1. ..9..9- 2. k.7.23.,.3. 3. yl3.:?- 4. ‘.4).

Drill 8. Dictation
, .0 0 -
1. L._.)i-i 2. 41:4r.; 3. k..3..9-.:-?" 4'

Drill 10. Letter connection

Drill 11. Dictation

. 90-
_.",. ;3-
1. L.....4..?-13 2.(:"..4..)
. 3. .3..t) 4 k.....4...,9--) 5. L.-L97_2--)
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6.

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 --i:
1. st.f). 2. L..11 3. ‘.:1)Lil 4. L.,..-1 6 . C...,3 I
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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 .r J.1

S .A 6 .v J.7 6.o

Drill 9. Letter connection

Drill 10. Dictation

L...11.1S .3

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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 3. No 4. No 5. Yes 6. Yes

7. No 8. Yes 9. No 10. Yes ii. No 12. Yes

Drill 2. Identifying shadda and long vowels

w so to
1.1 4 .0
_ .E _ .r I .r _ .1
03 4.4
-.11 _ .) • 3 .V

Drill 3. Dictation
,-,. - :-. ,- v.--;
3)-?'-' .7 ‘.....o 3 . 0 L.'1:94 .r J3..) . 1.' it:;-;- . ■

Drill 4. Dictation
..9 o . - -- 0-
L...4.4.4.4.2ci .1 LYJ I,911-9 63_74 .1" 0.4., 3Lw .r L7.31,),A, .ti
•
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Drill 5. Dictation
:. :. - ,t
. ,

- -: .o
..Rc..4.7., Ly.,...w....,- ,L$.3.2z421 r
r-.4."':)-' .1

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

t s;,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

isio■ri 9 1es■ INNIN■11■1•1■1

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Drill 14. Letter connection

3 1).t..724 .0

Drill 15. Dictation

L.31,2;
. . 0 ;.1354.0A .r
1,%? .g .A
*"

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 4. a 5. a
6. a 7. b 8. b 9. b io. a

Drill 3. Identifying Jo
1. No 2. Yes 3. No 4. Yes 5. Yes 6. Yes
7. Yes 8. No 9. No 10. Yes

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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 J 3 .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
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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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Drill 20. Identifying E and t

t .0 .r
.A .v

Drill 21. Letter connection

Jai .r •

• 0
. tip

Drill 22. Word recognition

1.v 2.1)3 3. E s. .) )
.;°

-9
6. 8.

Drill 23. Dictation

°
.V

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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
°). .o
359 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 .r 3 3\
Lti A .A v

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Drill 7. Dictation
.1 3615.0 61515 .r LaS- • r .)

Drill 8. Dictation
L.313A .0 J .E J3.23 .r
t
3% • .A L 1
.) .v J-

Drill 9. Word recognition

.0 •i ■

.\ • s•

Drill 10. Sound recognition

.\ •

E L) .\ r

Drill 11. Dictation

.r LA3a..z.:0 .r L 4. 63i
ja9._ .o .E

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Drill 1. Dictation
o o -

.r 3,9-o—c..o 1

.3A
L>4421.0 z,.t.-0.v
c t.412, .1

Drill 2. Dictation
j5.40..o0 .0 .r

.1 • .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 .r —tb _S:b .1

Z.11" —12) .11

Drill 6. Dictation
j.s?L.6 .1 L f Sly o
9 5

st•-43-w3-1
-9
5:
.r c '49 c).." 5.\

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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

.r

L_La.11 v

Drill 2. Recognizing .J)

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. No 4. No 5. Yes 6. No

7. Yes 8. Yes 9. No 10. Yes ii. Yes 12. Yes

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Drill 3. Word recognition

fN..41.o .€ r .1

1.\ • L.,:..ILL.11 A fWall .A e.t...el.fl v f3..001

Drill 4. Listening for JI and word boundaries in phrases

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. No 4. Yes

5. No 6. Yes 7. Yes 8. Yes

Drill 6. Dictation
o ji..SZ;1 .€ 9.1 0 ‘!.11.r .r
i1., • J A;11.J1 A BSI 4JI .A 4
.) .V

j1331. ■ r 61.1J1.\\

Drill 7. Identifying 6. :).0.4s and aidas

6..)-113

j_a_11 .o

Drill 9. Names of Arab countries

j .13.:?J1 y13. 11 .r ,63.2L.5133 Y.Aji

Eb."Li.11 J•42.42 o
43,-33 LYj ,93° •E

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C.)311 ciLoail A .v

13.19.4.4) . ■ r :c!
31 3 .■ ail
"I If., I ■•

1). ;11 tiJ9. .J I , o ;S•JI .\€ 31, 31).211 . ■ r

L...74?) 3.!1 C..)/ J41 .1n a...4balil .■v ap-3:01 Jim:4 ■

slsuAC)-41 r•

Drill 16. Using the Arabic English glossary

-

.o

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366-4

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