Arabic Daily Conversation with Kids

Bismillah. 

As promised in my facebook page, here's how to pronounce all these sentences. By the way, I copied them from another facebook page. These are the usual phrases used when talking to kids. 


صباح الخير - sobahal khayr
Good morning

اغسل اسنانك - ighsil asnaanak
Brush your teeth

اعمل واجبك - I'mal waajibak
Do your homework

احسنت صنعا - Ahsanta sun'a
Well done

ممكن تساعدنى - Mumkin tusaa'iduni?
Can you help me?

انا فخورة بك - Ana fakhuratun bik
I'm proud of you

نظف غرفتك لو سمحت - Nazzif ghurfataka lau samahta
Clean your room please

اخلع ملابسك - ikhla' malaabisak
Take off your clothes

ارتدى ملابسك - irtadi malaabisak
Put on your clothes

احضر حقيبتك المدرسية - ihdhir (i am not sure about this. is it true? or is it uhdhur) haqibataka al madrasiyyah
Bring your schoolbag

اذهب الى السرير - Idzhab ilas sarir
Go to bed

تصبح على خير - Tusbihu 'alal khayr
Goodnight

احلام سعيدة - Ahlaam sa'eedah
Sweet dreams

ماما تحبك - Mama tuhibbuk
Mammy loves you

I love your smile
انا احب ابتسامتك - Ana uhibbu ibtisaamatak

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Komen & Pengalaman Teman Tentang Bahasa Arab

Bismillah.

Di sini saya sekadar ingin berkongsi soal jawab (serta pengalaman berkaitan bahasa Arab) saya dengan seorang sahabat. Moga bermanfaat, terutama buat mana-mana pembaca yang tertanya soalan yang sama. Maaf sebab bahasa yang digunakan agak tidak formal. 

KELEBIHAN BAHASA ARAB & CARA MEMPERKENALKAN PERKATAAN BARU

Ummu Waqar: Kita rasa macam bahasa arab agak panjang untuk budak sebut seawal umur setahun.contoh perkataan buy n ashtari. key n miftah dll. perkataan bhs inggeris byk yg satu suku kata berbanding arab. yg anak2 akan mudah sebut..so mungkin anak akan cepat sebut perkataan english yg satu suku kata berbanding arab yg panjang. walaupun mereka faham bahasa or perkataan arab tu..betul x?bkn kita merendahkan atau menyatakan kekurangan bhs Al quran cuma melihat dari sudut pertuturan n kebolehan menguasainya.. sebab pernah test dgn waqar. 

nak tanya satu lagi.untuk ajar anak bahasa kita kena fokus pada beri dia sebanyak vocab utk dia kenal n hafal or byk conversation? maksud kita utk dia menguasai bhs tersebut n nampak bila dia bercakap dgn bhs tersebut..berdasarkan pengalaman sajidah n pembacaan sajidah. sebab sekarang ni nampak sgt waqar macam nak sangat tahu sume benda keliling dia. jadi kita mmg sekarang sedang nak bg vocab byk2 utk dia kenal n hafal.. lagi satu kalau mcm nk kenalkan benda cth kita dah ajar dia pen. n dia mmg dah boleh sebut n kenal pen. so next mcm mana kita nak bgtau dia yg tu qalamun? :)

Saya: Betul ckp awak. Berdasarkan pengalaman kita mcm tu la. Bhs arab ni dia amik masa sikit utk sebut. Tapi mmg dia paham. Cth kita ckp hafaadhoh tu, wpun dari dulu kita mmg guna word hafaadhoh je, tp smpi skrg dia blom sebut. Sebut pampers je. :p Tapi kita rasa tu satu kelebihan bahasa arab. Anak yg awal2 kenal bhs arab, otak dia akan lebih aktif. Word dan sebutan yg panjang buatkan dia lebih senang pelajari bhs lain after dia tau bhs arab. Dan sbb tu jugaklah org kata kalau taknak bg anak pelat, cepat2 ajar alquran pada dia. Sbb bhs alquran tu train lidah dia utk tak pelat sebut pape perkataan. Bila dah biasa dgn yg susah, so yg bhs lain yg senang mmg mudah utk dia bljr. Dgn nahu bhs arab yg sgt byk tu lg. Mmg kita yakin itu antara penyebab ulama dulu ckp "kalau nak pandai, belajarlah bhs arab". Sbb otak manusia ni makin digunakan, makin ia hebat berfungsi. MashaAllah..

Kalau cara kita, mmg byk bercakap n bacakan buku. Dlm proses tu mmg ada byk word baru dia kenal. Kita tunjuk2 jugak sesuatu bnda tu n sebut dlm bhs arab nya. Cth awak amik pen kan, awak ckp kat dia ummi aakhudz al qalam. Setiap kali pgg pen, sebutla apa-apa yg bkaitan pen. Dia akan dpt tangkap yg qalam tu awak refer pd pen. Selain berborak tu, cara kita ialah dgn bgtau pd dia semua bnda yg kita tgh buat. Kalau kita tgh sidai kain, kita bgtau dia apa kita tgh buat, apa yg kita tgh pegang etc.

Ummu Waqar: betul. sume ulama dulu mmg tekankan bahasa arab dulu.imam syafie.ibn sina.ibn khaldun.al hassan al mawardi kate "sekiranya anak mula belajar, perkara pertama yang diajar adalah Al Quran disertai pengajaran bahasa arab".

                                    

Ummu Waqar: Kita fokus nak bg dia kenal mmg tunjuk benda tu dan ckp apa namanya.ulang2 hari2. dan alhamdulillah dlm 3 hari dah dpt perkataan tu bila kita tny blk ...tp rasa kena try byk conversation jgk utk kenalkan benda.supaya anak blh kaitkan dgn benda lain dan belajar macam mana nak bina ayat.kan.?. pendapat sajidah utk kita nak start bg waqar kenal benda dlm bhs arab mcmn nak mula? dlm keadaan dia dah ada vocab lebih 100 perkataan in english dan beberapa puluh je in arabic..ajar benda lain yg dia xtau lg dlm arabic or amik perkataan english yg dia dah tahu dan ckp apa namanya in arabic ? 

Saya: Pasal vocab tu, kalau kita ingat balik, memang dari awal kita tak berapa guna cara perkenalkan word sahaja. Kita terus guna dalam bentuk ayat. Tapi ayat mudah sangat2. The key is repetition. Anak akan boleh tangkap apa maksud kita walaupun kita sebut dalam ayat. Dan kalau kita sebut word baru in arabic, dan dia tahu benda tu in english (biasanya colours/animals/fruits), kita memang akan ulang dalam bahasa lain yg dia faham. Biasanya English. Tapi kita ulang word yg baru tu je dlm bhs lain, tak ulang the whole sentence. Mula2 mmg kita akan risau and wonder samada dia dapat tangkap ke tak bhs arab yg kita ajar sebab dia jarang sgt nak sebut. Tapi kalau kita sebut atau bg arahan bkaitan benda tu, dia boleh je faham. Contohnye perkataan wisaadah. Mmg dah lama sgt2 kita ajar dia word tu tp baru akhir2 ni dia sebut. Terbukti sebenarnya selama ni dia mmg faham cuma nak sebut certain word bhs arab ni agak takes time tp worth it.

:)

Arabic-Speaking Friends for My Baby

Bismillah.

I can't remember where did I read the statement that said kids acquire a big percentage of their language proficiency from conversations with their friends. (Same thing goes to adults.)

I have three conclusions to be made from that sentence:

1) Now I finally found the reason why I am not very fluent while speaking in Arabic or English; I only speak Malay with my friends.

2) I need to send my daughter to kindergarten with Arabic medium. Do we have it in KL? I think I have read one time ago that the mom of the famous Darwisy & Darwisya sends her daughter to an Arabic kindergarten.

3) I have to encourage more and more friends to speak Arabic with their kids, so that my baby will have friends to speak in Arabic with her. :)

Arabic Kitchen Conversation

Bismillah.

Good morning happy parents out there! I pray that Allah will ease everything for you today and He will grant every du'a that you have whispered to Him this morning.

As I have mentioned in my previous post, I am gonna share with you some of the usual sentences used in conversations with kids at the kitchen. By reading this post, you will have the idea about what is happening in my kitchen everyday. ;)

Note: In these sentences, "mama is" means "I am". It is written that way since this is a dialogue between a mama and her SON.

1) Mama is frying the fish: ماما أقلي السمك (Mama aqli as samaka)

2) I am peeling the apple: أنا أقشر التفاحة (Ana uqash shiru at tufahah)

3) Mama is washing the dishes: ماما أغسل الصحون (Mama aghsilu as suhun)

4) Don't go near the stove: لا تقترب من الموقد (La taqtarib min al mawqid)

5) Don't stand in front of the microwave while it's working: لا تقف أمام الميكروويف وهو يعمل (La taqif amamal maikrowif wa huwa ya'mal)

6) Don't let the fridge door opened: لا تترك باب الثلاجة مفتوحا (La tatruk bab ath thallaajah maftuhan)

7) Close the cupboard's door: إقفل باب الخزانة (Iqfil babal khizaanah)

8) Take a tissue for mama: خذ المنديل لماما (Khudz al mindil li mama)

9) Put your plate in the sink: ضع الصحن داخل الحوض (Dho' as sohna daakhilal hawdhi)

If you happen to notice any mistake in the above translations, please inform me. (In the comment section or send me email.) Thank you so much. 

Is this scene seems familiar to you? ;)

Arabic Morning Conversation.

Bismillah.

As I have promised before, so here I am gonna share with you some of the common sentences used (between parents and child) in the morning.

Wake up, cutie sleepyhead.

Good morning: صباح الخير (Sobaahal khayr)

Your diaper is full: حفاضتك امتﻻءت (Hafaadhotuka imtala'at)

Come let mama change your diaper: تعال ماما أبدل لك حفاضتك (Ta'aal mama ubaddilu laka hafaadhotaka)

Mama is preparing oatmeal for you: ماما أصنع الشوفان لك (Mama asna' ash shaufan laka)

Eat properly: كل جيدا (Kul jayyidan)

Hold your spoon properly: أمسك ملعقتك بعناية ( Amsik mil'aqotaka bi'inaayatin)

Come take bath: تعال لنستحم ( Ta'aal linastahim)

You want milk?: أتريد الحليب؟ ( Aturidul haleeb)

Chew your food: إمضغ طعامك (imdhagh to'aamak)

You want more: تريد أكثر؟ (Turid akthar?)

Don't let the milk spill on the floor: لا تترك الحليب ينسكب على اﻷرضية (La tatruk alhaleeb yansakibu 'alal ardhiyyah)

Did you brush your teeth?: هل فرشت أسنانك؟ (Hal farrashta asnaanaka)

Okay that's all for now, I will share more later inshaAllah. You can now start to use these dialogues with your kids. The earlier the better. Why? Well, we need a new entry to explain about that. Don't forget to check for new updates! ;)

P.s.: You can ask me personally if you wanna know about any other terms or common sentences used between parents and children. I will help you inshaAllah. Drop your questions to my email nor.sajidahz@gmail.com.

Arabic Language is the Reason

Bismillah.

What actually drives me to decide that I want to raise my baby bilingual? I wasn't exposed too much about the importance of bilingualism years ago. Only after I started having kid did I find out on my own about teaching children to be able to speak in more than one language. The answer for my previous question is: I am truly in love with Arabic Language since the first day I learned about it 14 years ago.

I admit that all my Arabic language teachers (from secondary school till matriculation) are the best and among the most awesome teachers. Perhaps my love for Arabic Language makes me see them in that way. I was impressed everytime I saw them having conversations in Arabic. I wanna be like them, I will be like them, that was what I kept saying to myself.

If you learn Arabic Language, I bet you will feel the same way as I did. Because the beautiful nature of the language itself will always leave you in an awe, especially when you learn about the balaghah (rhetoric) part. Arabic language isn't a difficult language, instead it's a very strong language. That's what my lecturer once said and I couldn't agree more. It is such a precise and systematic language.

Orientalists have their own way of learning this powerful language. They need to know Arabic. Why? Because they are studying about alQuran & hadith. They are looking for flaws in that two elements of Islam in order to attack Islam. What about us? Do we care enough to be good in this language for the sake of understanding the religion better? It's not the matter of we are good in it or not. It's the matter of whether we do really want to learn and understand it.

I myself is not very good in Arabic. I am still learning. Learning together with my daughter. If there's anybody requesting me to teach them advanced Arabic grammar, I am really sorry I don't have much knowledge about it. My target for now is at least to understand this language as well as to be able to speak fluently in it, at least with my daughter. :)

And as I have stated before in my previous entry, since forever I have been adoring non Arab kids that can speak in Arabic. Having conversations in Arabic makes them look more attractive. I admit we are living in a society where parents feel proud if their children are good in English, and people are usually impressed to see toddlers speaking in that language. I beg to differ, I want my kids to be good in Arabic as much as they are good in another language. I want my kids to feel more attached to Islam when they have the language stored in their hearts and minds.

It is sad somehow, to think that people feel that Arabic language is only for those who are in the field of Islamic studies. It's not their faults anyway, maybe todays' way of life doesn't make them feel that the urge to learn Arabic language is supposed to be stronger and than the urge of learning other languages. That's why I wanna be among the pioneers that raise a society (beginning from my own family) that regards Arabic Language as a language with paramount benefits. InshaAllah.

Learn lots of languages, it's good.
Read a lot in various languages, it's awesome.
Speak in many languages, you will look attractive.
Be bilingual, be intellectual.


P.s.: I know I have lots of friends who have learnt Arabic but it's almost gone from themselves day by day because it is not used in their daily lives. Well, having the basic of this language is actually a bonus to you. It's time to relive it in yourself, and it's time to learn it again together with your kids. How? InshaAllah I will share more about it later.

Having Breakfast in Arabic Language

Bismillah.

It's morning here! Don't you feel it will be great if you can enjoy your morning in Arabic language? :D Waking up with a prayer to Him, greeting your loved ones in Arabic, invite them to breakfast in Arabic and having a chit chat during breakfast in Arabic! I bet you would love to be able to do so, right? ;)

Believe me Arabic Language is very beautiful and different from other languages. Especially because it gives us the good feeling (while using it) since we know we are talking in the same language as our beloved prophet Muhammad sollallahu 'alaihi wasallam.

And you know something? For me, nothing is cuter than a little (non arab) kid speaking in Arabic fluently. ^__^

Insha Allah once in a while I will share with you some of the common terms used in morning conversations. So, stay tuned everybody!