الْ
The (al-)
Add الْ to make a word definite — 'a book' becomes 'the book'. Sun and moon letter assimilation comes later.
14 steps · 5 words · 7 kinds of practice
Learn
The lesson opens with 3 short steps before any questions.
Grammar
'A' vs 'The'
Drop the -n ending and add الْ at the front to say 'the'.
a / an
the
كِتَابٌ
a book
الْكِتَابُ
the book
بَيْتٌ
a house
الْبَيْتُ
the house
قَلَمٌ
a pen
الْقَلَمُ
the pen
بَابٌ
a door
الْبَابُ
the door
Sentence
See it in context
الْبَابُمَفْتُوحٌ
The door is open.
الْبَابُthe door
الْ at the front = 'the'. Still no word for 'is' in Arabic.
New word
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الْقَمَرُ
al-qamar
MEANS
the moon
Practice
Then 11 questions, mixing listening, speaking, matching and building sentences. Try one:
- Multiple choice×3
- Picture quiz×2
- Fill the gap×2
- Match pairs
- Listening
- Speaking
- Word order
Choose the answer
Which one means "the book"?
Words in this lesson
Shown without short-vowel marks, the way word lists show them in the app.
القمر
the moon
القلم
the pen
البيت
the house
الكتاب
the book
الماء
the water