Personal Practice

Listening - Dialogue A

Listen to the dialogue and then answer the questions below. You may listen to the dialogue as many times as necessary, but it is expected that you should be able to answer the questions after one or two tries. If not, stop and review the phrases and vocabulary for this lesson. The same goes for all the other dialogues in this lesson: if you are having trouble comprehending them, go back and review first, and then continue when you are better prepared to succeed.

Do not print this or any other dialogue until after you have listened to it and attempted to answer all of the questions based on it.

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  1. Mark and Sami use slightly different sentences to introduce themselves. Which sentence does Sami use?
    Feedback Imageismi...  اسمي...
    Feedback Image'ana ismi...  انا اسمي...
  2. Which sentence does Mark use?
    Feedback Imageismi...  اسمي...
    Feedback Image'ana ismi...  انا اسمي...
  3. What might make a good translation of 'ana ismi...  انا اسمي...?
    Feedback ImageO, my name is...
    Feedback ImageWhat? My name is...
    Feedback ImageAs for me, my name is...
    Feedback ImageWhy, my name is...
  4. Mark is confused about something in Arabic. What does he ask Sami?
    Feedback Imagehow to say something
    Feedback Imagewhat something means

Explanation

  1. Sami is the first speaker to offer his name.
  2. Mark is the second speaker to offer his name.
  3. You know how to say "O" and "what" in Arabic; they are يا and ما, respectively. You may not know how to say "why" in Arabic, but you do know what 'ana أنا means and it does not mean "why."
  4. Mark's question is "maadha yacani tasharrafna? ماذا يعني تشرّفنا؟"

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