# First steps: What time, what day

**Language:** Arabic  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Join Amr and Soheir for opening times and an appointment, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** The doorway of a small hairdresser's in Luxor in the late afternoon. Amr walks past every day and finally stops to ask; Soheir is tidying up between customers. Both speak to each other politely throughout.

## Lessons

### 1. Asking what time a shop opens

Amr stops at the hairdresser's and asks Soheir what time she opens.

### 2. Asking what time it closes

Amr asks Soheir what time the shop closes.

### 3. Checking which days are open

Amr checks with Soheir which days the shop is open.

### 4. Finding out about Friday closing

Soheir tells Amr the shop is closed on Friday.

### 5. Asking for an appointment tomorrow

Amr asks Soheir for an appointment tomorrow afternoon.

### 6. Agreeing on a time

Three is busy, so Soheir offers Amr four instead.

### 7. Giving your name for a booking

Soheir takes Amr's name and reads the appointment back.