We Return and Put Things Back — نَعُودُ وَنُعِيدُ

Level: Beginner · Arabic root: ع و د

Teach the root ʿ-w-d through the common verb ʿāda, the causative verb aʿāda, and useful related words such as ʿawdah, iʿādah, ʿādah, taʿawwud, and ʿiyādah in natural daily situations.

Key vocabulary:

• عَادَ — he returned
• يَعُودُ — he returns
• عُدْ — return; go back
• عَوْدَةٌ — a return; returning
• أَعَادَ — he returned something; he put it back
• أَعِدْ — put it back; return it
• إِعَادَةٌ — returning something; doing again
• عَادَةٌ — a habit; a custom
• تَعَوُّدٌ — getting used to something
• عِيَادَةٌ — a clinic

Your child practises: reading fully vowelled Arabic words (with tashkeel); breaking words into syllables; reading complete sentences and a short story; verb conjugation; comprehension questions and practice games; dictation and handwriting copywork; meeting the root in a Qur'an verse — with the teacher's own recorded voice on every word.

This free lesson is part of Arabic by Roots, a root-based Arabic reading program for children and beginners.