Assignment: Fill in your family's names under each Arabic word — write the
names in Arabic if you can, or in English. Practice saying each one aloud:
هَذَا أَبِي (this is my father),
هَذِهِ أُمِّي (this is my mother).
Then press Print and bring the tree to class. Names stay on your device only.
جَدِّي
my grandfather
جَدَّتِي
my grandmother
جَدِّي
my grandfather
جَدَّتِي
my grandmother
أَبِي
my father
أُمِّي
my mother
أَخِي
my brother
أَنَا
me!
أُخْتِي
my sister
Family words to know
fatherأَب
motherأُمّ
brotherأَخ
sisterأُخْت
grandfatherجَدّ
grandmotherجَدَّة
uncle (paternal)عَمّ
aunt (paternal)عَمَّة
uncle (maternal)خَال
aunt (maternal)خَالَة
familyعَائِلَة
son / daughterاِبْن / بِنْت
The المِّي/possessive ending ـي means "my" — أَب (father) becomes أَبِي (my father).