Tuesday 12 February 2019

Understand Arabic 2019

Assalaamu Alaykum Students and Friends        السلام عليكم, يا أيها الطلاب والأصدقاء

The New Understand Arabic course has started.  We started last week on Sunday 10 February 2019.  The students who came to register found the first session very interesting and exciting.  A number of students have indicated that they will join the classes from this Sunday (17-02-2019).  They are more than welcome to join us on this exciting journey.  So if anyone else would like to still join, please contact us immediately (see detaills on the poster below). We will revise all the work covered during the first session.  In fact all vocabulary and basic structures will be revised continuously to enable the students to internalize them effectively.

This is a 10 week course, which will cover the basic word and sentence structures the beginner or intermediate student need to understand and hopefully master in order to enable him or her to use the Arabic language effectively.  During this course we aim to cover a few thousand sentences based on common conversational Arabic as well as Quranic Ayaat (verses).  Yes, I know you are now probably wondering how it is possible to cover such a lot in such a short time.  It is very possible!

During the first session we covered 34 words, which include 10 pronouns (5 singular and 5 plural), 12 nouns and 12 adjectives or descriptive nouns.  By using the first 5 (singular) pronouns with the nouns and adjectives (29 of the words) - in simple statements (such as I am big, You are tall, The teacher is absent, أنا كبير، أنت طويلة، المعلم غائب etc), one can effectively already generate more than 100 sentences!  By adding an additional word (from the given vocabulary) - in structures like I am a big boy, You are a tall girl, The clever student is present,  أنا ولد كبير، أنت بنت طويلة، الطالب الشاطر حاضر etc, a further 430 plus sentences can be generated!  The student will therefore have the ability to generate more than 500 sentences after the 2 sessions.  In fact, by adding only 4 (of the 14) extra words (given at the end of the first module - أ، هل، نعم، لا ), it is possible to generate an additional 1500 plus sentences!  This can be done by forming simple Q&A sentences, such as:  Is the boy tall?  Yes, he is tall.  No, he is short.  هل الولد طويل؟  نعم، هو طويل.  لا، هو قصير.

So, by using 33 of the 48 words given in the first module, one can easily generate more than 2000 sentences (after two sessions)! Imagine how many sentences can be generated by using all 48 words!
Then, consider how many sentences can be generated and effectively used if we complete only 5 such modules during the 10 weeks! So, if you are serious about learning, reading, understanding and using the Arabic Language effectively, then come and join us on this exciting journey!

And the best part:  it's only R300 for the entire course!