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language learning center · B2 · Lesson 8

Correcting misunderstandings

Practice this topic in Arabic: Correcting misunderstandings.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

ليلى

أظن أنني لم أعبر عن نفسي بوضوح.

I think I did not express myself clearly enough.

عمر

لم أقصد أن علينا رفض الاقتراح كله.

I did not mean that we should reject the whole proposal.

ليلى

ما أردت التأكيد عليه هو خطر محدد.

What I was trying to point out was one specific risk.

عمر

شكرًا لطلب التوضيح.

Thank you for asking me to clarify it.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • أظن أنني لم أعبر عن نفسي بوضوح.

    I think I did not express myself clearly enough.

    أظن أنني لم أعبر عن نفسي بوضوح.

  • لم أقصد أن علينا رفض الاقتراح كله.

    I did not mean that we should reject the whole proposal.

    لم أقصد أن علينا رفض الاقتراح كله.

  • ما أردت التأكيد عليه هو خطر محدد.

    What I was trying to point out was one specific risk.

    ما أردت التأكيد عليه هو خطر محدد.

  • شكرًا لطلب التوضيح.

    Thank you for asking me to clarify it.

    شكرًا لطلب التوضيح.

  • هل يتوافق هذا الشرح مع ما فهمتموه؟

    Does this explanation match what you understood?

    هل يتوافق هذا الشرح مع ما فهمتموه؟

Notice, try, and speak

Which Arabic sentence has this meaning: “I think I did not express myself clearly enough.”

Which Arabic sentence has this meaning: “I think I did not express myself clearly enough.”

Make it yours

Say the five Arabic turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Arabic in a real conversation

  1. 1. أظن أنني لم أعبر عن نفسي بوضوح.
  2. 2. لم أقصد أن علينا رفض الاقتراح كله.
  3. 3. ما أردت التأكيد عليه هو خطر محدد.
  4. 4. شكرًا لطلب التوضيح.
  5. 5. هل يتوافق هذا الشرح مع ما فهمتموه؟
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