Here are important words for describing daily activities:

In Arabic, a sentence needs two main parts:

1. The Verb (فِعْل) – the action word
2. The Subject (فَاعِل) – who does the action

Structure: Verb + Subject

Examples from the textbook:

Use past tense to describe activities you did yesterday or already completed.

How to form past tense:

• I (male/female): Added vowel to the root
• He: Adds (ـَ) at the end
• She: Adds (ـَتْ) at the end

Examples:

From the textbook: "ماذا فَعَلْتَ في عَطَلَةِ نِهايَةِ الْأُسْبيع؟" (What did you do on the weekend?)

Use present tense to describe activities happening now or regularly.

Examples:

Let us write sentences about a school day, using vocabulary from the textbook:

Step 1: Start with the verb

• أَقْوُمُ (I wake up)
• أَغْسِلُ وَجْهِي (I wash my face)

Step 2: Add the subject

• أَقْوُمُ الْمُبَكِّرَ (I wake up early)
• أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ (I go to school)

Step 3: Make complete sentences

Try to describe your daily activities using this pattern:

Verb + Subject + What you did/will do

1. _____________ (I wake up) _____________ (in the morning)
2. _____________ (I go) _____________ (to school)
3. _____________ (I eat) _____________ (food)
4. _____________ (I play) _____________ (football)
5. _____________ (I sleep) _____________ (at night)

• A sentence needs a verb (action) and a subject (who does the action)
• Past tense tells about completed actions
• Present tense tells about regular actions or actions happening now
• Use the correct verb form based on who is doing the action

In Tanzania, you can use these Arabic phrases when greeting Tanzanian traders or visitors from Zanzibar, Pemba, or other East African coastal areas who use Arabic in their daily conversations. For example, when you meet a visitor from Zanzibar at a market in Dar es Salaam, you can say "أَذْهَبُ إِلَى السُّوقِ كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ" (I go to the market every Friday) to describe your weekly activity, and they will understand you clearly.