🇸🇦 Arabic
العربية • Arabic
Pattern: “I don’t understand” (negation in real life)
A survival phrase — and your first reliable negative sentence.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Say the positive and negative back‑to‑back (understand ↔ don’t understand).
- Keep the negation placement exactly like native sentences.
لا أفهم.
la afham
I don't understand.
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
لا أعرف.
la a'rif
I don't know.
أنا هنا.
ana huna
I am here.
أريد ماء.
urid ma'
I want water.
هل تتكلم الإنجليزية؟
hal tatakallam al-ingliziyya
Do you speak English?
أين الحمام؟
ayna al-hammam
Where is the bathroom?
هذا صديقي.
hatha sadiqi
This is my friend.
Drills
Build the pattern
la afham
I don't understand.
Your sentence
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Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I don't understand.”?