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Unit 6 Dialogues

Three dialogues, line by line: a man who prays fajr at home because he sleeps through the adhān, two travellers bound for Mecca and Medina, and a friend who finds the mosque too far until he is called lazy. Then the book's own eight questions on the third one, and its two exercises. Read each line aloud before 🔊, reveal the meaning only when you need it.

Reproduced from the class textbook, Unit 6: three dialogue pages, plus the exercise pages filed in the exam 2 folder (photos in your library) · translations match Lesson 6 · one past-tense verb is flagged in §4

1. مُصْطَفى وقُصَيّ: the five prayers

• مصطفىأَيْنَ تُصَلّي الصَّلَواتِ الخَمْسَ؟🔊
  meaning

  Where do you pray the five prayers? صَلَوات is the plural of صَلاة, and the number comes after it wearing الـ. Both end in -a: they are what you pray. See the numbers chapter.

• قصيأُصَلّي الظُّهْرَ، والعَصْرَ، والمَغْرِبَ والعِشاءَ في مَسْجِدِ بِلالٍ.🔊
  meaning

  I pray ẓuhr, ʿaṣr, maghrib and ʿishāʾ in Bilal's mosque. Four of the five, each ending -a. مَسْجِدِ بِلالٍ is Unit 3's غُرْفَةُ الجُلوسِ shape with a name in the second slot; hear the -in on بِلالٍ.

• مصطفىوأَيْنَ تُصَلّي الفَجْرَ؟🔊
  meaning

  And where do you pray fajr?

• قصيأُصَلّي الفَجْرَ في البَيْتِ.🔊
  meaning

  I pray fajr at home.

• مصطفىلِماذا تُصَلّي الفَجْرَ في البَيْتِ؟🔊
  meaning

  Why do you pray fajr at home? Unit 5's لِماذا, now with a full sentence after it.

• قصيلا أَسْمَعُ الأَذانَ.🔊
  meaning

  I don't hear the call to prayer. أَسْمَعُ is hearing; drill 5's اِسْتَمِعْ is listening on purpose. Same root, two verbs.

• مصطفىهَلْ تَسْتَيْقِظُ مُتَأَخِّراً؟🔊
  meaning

  Do you wake up late? Unit 4's question, word for word.

• قصينَعَمْ، بَعْدَ صَلاةِ الفَجْرِ.🔊
  meaning

  Yes, after the fajr prayer. بَعْدَ + a time, from the prepositions chapter.

• مصطفىاِسْتَيْقِظْ مُبَكِّراً.🔊
  meaning

  Wake up early. A command: يَسْتَيْقِظُ with its يَـ stripped, the ending cut, and an alif in front. Lesson 6 §2 runs the machine.

• قصيلا أَسْتَطيعُ، أَعْمَلُ في اللَّيْلِ.🔊
  meaning

  I can't, I work at night. Two new I-verbs. في اللَّيْلِ: “at night”, like Unit 4's في الصَّباحِ.

• مصطفىضَعِ المُنَبِّهَ بِجانِبِكَ.🔊
  meaning

  Put the alarm clock beside you. Print vs speech: the book prints ضَع with the ع bare. Alone the command is ضَعْ; before الـ it joins with -i, ضَعِ المُنَبِّهَ, exactly as Unit 5's لا تَأْكُلِ الطَّعامَ. The 🔊 says the join.

• قصيهَذِهِ فِكْرَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ. جَزاكَ اللهُ خَيْراً.🔊
  meaning

  That's a good idea. May God reward you. The thanks for good advice. فِكْرَة is a she-noun, so هَذِهِ and طَيِّبَة with ة.

2. عِصام وصالِح: two travellers

Not one verb until the last line. “I am travelling”, “I am going” are describing words after the person, like Unit 1's أَنا طالِبٌ.

• عصامالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُم.🔊
  meaning

  Peace be upon you.

• صالحوعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلام.🔊
  meaning

  And upon you be peace.

• عصامأَنا مُسافِرٌ إِلى مَكَّةَ، إِلى أَيْنَ أَنْتَ مُسافِرٌ؟🔊
  meaning

  I'm travelling to Mecca. Where are you travelling to? مَكَّةَ ends in -a after إِلى, not -i: a name that refuses its ending (Lesson 5 §6). إِلى أَيْنَ is the partner of Unit 1's مِنْ أَيْنَ.

• صالحأَنا مُسافِرٌ إِلى المَدينَةِ. لِماذا أَنْتَ مُسافِرٌ إِلى مَكَّةَ؟🔊
  meaning

  I'm travelling to Medina. Why are you travelling to Mecca? المَدينَةِ takes the ordinary -i; on the same line مَكَّةَ does not.

• عصاملِلصَّلاةِ في المَسْجِدِ الحَرامِ. ولِماذا أَنْتَ مُسافِرٌ إِلى المَدينَةِ؟🔊
  meaning

  For the prayer in the Sacred Mosque. And why are you travelling to Medina? لِلصَّلاةِ answers لِماذا on its own: Unit 3's لِـ + الـ, meaning “in order to”. المَسْجِدِ الحَرامِ: noun and adjective both with الـ, both ending -i after في.

• صالحلِلصَّلاةِ في المَسْجِدِ النَّبَوِيِّ. أَيْنَ سَتُصَلّي الجُمُعَةَ؟🔊
  meaning

  For the prayer in the Prophet's Mosque. Where will you pray Friday prayer? Unit 4's سَـ on تُصَلّي: will pray.

• عصامفي المَسْجِدِ الحَرامِ، إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ. وأَيْنَ سَتُصَلّي الجُمُعَةَ؟🔊
  meaning

  In the Sacred Mosque, God willing. And where will you pray Friday prayer? إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ follows any plan. The شاءَ is Unit 2's ما شاءَ الله.

• صالحفي المَسْجِدِ النَّبَوِيِّ، إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ.🔊
  meaning

  In the Prophet's Mosque, God willing.

• عصامكَيْفَ سَتُسافِرُ إِلى المَدينَةِ؟🔊
  meaning

  How will you travel to Medina? سَتُسافِرُ is the verb behind مُسافِر.

• صالحأَرْكَبُ الطّائِرَةَ.🔊
  meaning

  I'll take the plane. Literally “I ride the plane”: the vehicle follows the verb directly, ending -a, with none of Unit 4's بِـ.

3. صادِق وصابِر: the ʿaṣr adhān

• صادقهَذا أَذانُ العَصْرِ.🔊
  meaning

  That's the ʿaṣr call to prayer. Unit 2 opened the same way with أَذانُ الفَجْرِ.

• صابرهَيّا بِنا إِلى المَسْجِدِ.🔊
  meaning

  Let's go to the mosque. Unit 2's line, word for word.

• صادقأَنا أُصَلّي في البَيْتِ.🔊
  meaning

  I pray at home. أَنا in front of the verb for emphasis: I pray at home.

• صابرالصَّلاةُ في المَسْجِدِ أَفْضَلُ.🔊
  meaning

  Prayer in the mosque is better. أَفْضَلُ ends in a bare -u, no tanwīn, and no “than” follows. Unit 5's أُفَضِّلُ “I prefer” is the verb from the same root.

• صادقالمَسْجِدُ بَعيدٌ.🔊
  meaning

  The mosque is far.

• صابرالمَسْجِدُ قَريبٌ. هَلْ أَنْتَ مَريضٌ؟🔊
  meaning

  The mosque is near. Are you ill? Unit 1's هَلْ أَنْتَ + describing word, on a state instead of a nationality.

• صادقلا، أَنا بِخَيْرٍ.🔊
  meaning

  No, I'm fine.

• صابرأَنْتَ كَسْلانُ.🔊
  meaning

  You're lazy. كَسْلانُ: bare -u, no tanwīn, exactly like Unit 5's جَوْعانُ. The فَعْلان shape.

• صادقهَذا صَحيحٌ. آسِفٌ.🔊
  meaning

  That's true. Sorry. Two one-word sentences; (أَنا) آسِفٌ, with the آ that Unit 5's آكُلُ has.

• صابرأَنا ذاهِبٌ إِلى المَسْجِدِ.🔊
  meaning

  I'm going to the mosque. ذاهِبٌ, “going”, the same shape as مُسافِرٌ. Drill 2 sends it to five places.

• صادقاِنْتَظِرْ، أَنا ذاهِبٌ مَعَكَ.🔊
  meaning

  Wait, I'm coming with you. اِنْتَظِرْ from يَنْتَظِرُ (drill 5). مَعَكَ: Unit 1's مَعَ out of مَعَ السَّلامَةِ for the first time.

4. The book's eight questions on dialogue 3

The exercise printed under the third dialogue: تَدْريب: أَجِبْ بِنَعَمْ (✓) أَوْ بِلا (X) 🔊, answer with yes or no. Read each statement aloud, decide, then open the answer. The paper prints no key; these are worked from the dialogue.

• ١هَذا الحِوارُ في الصَّباحِ.🔊
  answer

  This dialogue takes place in the morning. X It opens with the ʿaṣr adhān: the afternoon. الحِوار, “the dialogue”, is the word from Unit 5's rubric.

• ٢هَذا الحِوارُ في البَيْتِ.🔊
  answer

  This dialogue takes place at home. ✓ The one item the text implies rather than states: they hear the adhān where they are, and “I pray at home” is a refusal to leave.

• ٣صابِرٌ يُصَلّي في المَسْجِدِ.🔊
  answer

  Sabir prays in the mosque. ✓ Told about him with the he-form, يُصَلّي.

• ٤صادِقٌ يُصَلّي في البَيْتِ.🔊
  answer

  Sadiq prays at home. ✓ His own words.

• ٥المَسْجِدُ قَريبٌ مِنَ البَيْتِ.🔊
  answer

  The mosque is near the house. ✓ Sabir says so and Sadiq concedes. Note قَريبٌ مِنَ: “near” takes مِنْ, and before الـ it joins as مِنَ.

• ٦صابِرٌ مَريضٌ.🔊
  answer

  Sabir is ill. X The question was put to Sadiq, who is fine; nobody is ill.

• ٧صادِقٌ كَسْلانُ.🔊
  answer

  Sadiq is lazy. ✓ هَذا صَحيحٌ, he admits.

• ٨ذَهَبَ صادِقٌ مَعَ صابِرٍ إِلى المَسْجِدِ.🔊
  answer

  Sadiq went with Sabir to the mosque. ✓ ذَهَبَ is went: the first past-tense verb in the course, and the class has not taught the past. Recognise it here and leave it; Lesson 6 §7 says why. مَعَ صابِرٍ: مَعَ with a name, ending -in.

5. The book's two exercises (p.5)

Exercise 1: put the prayers in order

رَتِّبِ الصَّلَواتِ الخَمْسَ بِوَضْعِ الأَرْقامِ ١، ٢، ٣، ٤، ٥ في المُرَبَّعاتِ. 🔊 Number the five prayers 1 to 5 in the boxes. The page prints them, right to left:

• □صَلاةُ العِشاء · صَلاةُ العَصْر · صَلاةُ المَغْرِب · صَلاةُ الفَجْر · صَلاةُ الظُّهْر🔊
  answer

  الفَجْر ١ · الظُّهْر ٢ · العَصْر ٣ · المَغْرِب ٤ · العِشاء ٥

  Then part ب: قُلِ الصَّلَواتِ الخَمْسَ مُرَتَّبَةً, say the five prayers in order. Lesson 6 has it as a builder. The rubric words رَتِّبْ (put in order), قُلْ (say), الأَرْقام (the figures) and المُرَبَّعات (the boxes) are for reading the page, not for conversation.

Exercise 2: the odd word out

ضَعْ عَلامَةَ (X) عَلى الكَلِمَةِ الغَريبَةِ. 🔊 Six rows of four. Say the row, pick the stranger, then open the answer.

• ١ظُهْر · عَصْر · عِشاء · مَريض🔊
  answer

  مَريض: ill, among three prayers.

• ٢آسِف · يَسْمَع · يَسْتَطيع · يَعْمَل🔊
  answer

  آسِف: sorry, among three he-verbs (he hears, he can, he works).

• ٣عَشاء · شاي · غَداء · فَطور🔊
  answer

  شاي: tea, among the three meals. Row 1's عِشاء has a kasra and is the prayer; this row's عَشاء has a fatḥa and is dinner. The book vowels both.

• ٤سوريا · مِصْر · تُرْكِيا · مَكَّة🔊
  answer

  مَكَّة: a city among Unit 1's countries.

• ٥طالِب · كَسْلان · طَبيب · مُدَرِّس🔊
  answer

  كَسْلان: lazy, among three of Unit 1's professions.

• ٦سَلَطَة · دَجاج · لَحْم · سَمَك🔊
  answer

  سَلَطَة: the only one that is not meat or fish.

Done speaking? Test yourself in Lesson 6, drill the Unit 6 flashcards, see what مَعَكَ, بِجانِبِكَ and لِلصَّلاةِ are doing in the prepositions chapter, then sit the practice paper after Units 5–6. Anything unclear? Bring it to your teacher, in class.