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Lower Intermediate - Birthday surprise

Ah, that special day of the year that you once upon a time looked so forward to has come again! But perhaps as the years have gone by the novelty has worn off and the day that your age goes up a digit has become one to dread! There's a surprise party in today's lesson dialogue, only something doesn't quite go to plan! Tune in and all will be revealed...
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8 Comments

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    ArabicBoy says
    Sat 8th Nov 08@12:13 pm

    Very useful and interesting lesson, with a lot of fun.
    I like it wink

    Thank you guys
  • Helen says
    Sun 25th Jan 09@09:50 pm

    Very useful lesson with good grammar examples.
    Can you confirm how to ask "When is your birthday?" Is it "Mata 3eed meelaadak"..."
    متئ عيد ميلادَك
    Thanks.
  • Moshaya says
    Sun 25th Jan 09@09:54 pm

    Helen, Spot on! You can say متى عيد ميلادك؟
  • Helen says
    Fri 30th Jan 09@10:30 pm

    Thank you for such a quick reply when this is a podcast from November. You are providing a great service!!
  • turkish says
    Mon 2nd Mar 09@12:49 am

    يعني ما حناكل كيك
    ح is used for future meaning with verbs
    ما negates muzari for past tense meaning
    am i wrong? i couldn't figure out this usage
  • Ehab says
    Mon 2nd Mar 09@11:28 am

    Remember this sentence is colloquial, so the grammars don't imply on it. If I want to make it classical, I would say: سوف لن نأكل كيك or even you could drop سوف because لن نأكل already indicates future tense, like يعني لن نأكل كيك.
  • Yajahmar says
    Fri 9th Nov 12@01:11 am

    Can you guys make a lesson for the happy birthday song. My arab friend has a birthday today.
  • Moshaya says
    Sat 10th Nov 12@11:19 am

    @Yajahmar, Good idea, it's on our list grin

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