ذَلِكَ
That is…
Point to far things — 'that' vs 'this'.
14 steps · 5 words · 9 kinds of practice
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ذَلِكَ
dhaalika
MEANS
that (far)
Grammar
This vs That
Use هَـٰذَا for things near you, and ذَلِكَ for things far away.
Near (this)
Far (that)
هَـٰذَا بَيْتٌ
this is a house
ذَلِكَ بَيْتٌ
that is a house
هَـٰذَا كَلْبٌ
this is a dog
ذَلِكَ كَلْبٌ
that is a dog
هَـٰذَا نَجْمٌ
this is a star
ذَلِكَ نَجْمٌ
that is a star
Sentence
See it in context
هَـٰذَاحِصَانٌوَذَلِكَحِمَارٌ
This is a horse and that is a donkey.
وَذَلِكَand that
وَـ at the start means 'and'. Attach it to the next word.
Practice
Then 11 questions, mixing listening, speaking, matching and building sentences. Try one:
- Picture quiz
- Find the picture
- Multiple choice×2
- Fill the gap×2
- Match pairs
- Listening
- Translate
- Speaking
- Word order
Choose the answer
Which word means 'that' (far away)?
Words in this lesson
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ذلك
that (far)
لبن
milk
سكر
sugar
حجر
a rock
حمار
a donkey