هٰذا كِتاب.
HAA-dhaa ki-TAAB — This is a book.
In the story
Sam
هٰذا كِتاب.
Salma
Look at his face! Let's break down the sentence he just read. هٰذا means 'this', and كِتاب means 'book'.
Salma
In Arabic, you don't need a word for 'is' in a simple sentence like this. You just say 'this book', and it means 'this is a book'. Say it with me: هٰذا كِتاب.
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This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 10