Application: Reserving a textbook

Practise reserving a textbook, then follow up with a clarification or confirmation.

Practise reserving a textbook, then follow up with a clarification or confirmation.

Identify the course, assignment or service and clarify the deadline and assessment criteria. Submission concerns the process of handing work in; assessment criteria helps you ask what will be evaluated.

The first two examples come from the linked conversation. The third adds a follow-up. Notice the movement from opening request to response and clarification.

Practical examples

Can I reserve this textbook when someone returns it?

هل يمكنني حجز هذا الكتاب عند إعادته من المستعير؟

Explore the expression in context

The library catalogue shows whether reservations are available for that particular copy.

يبين فهرس المكتبة ما إذا كان الحجز متاحًا لتلك النسخة بالتحديد.

Explore the expression in context

Will I receive a notification when the reserved book becomes available?

هل سأتلقى إشعارًا عندما يصبح الكتاب المحجوز متاحًا؟

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Can I reserve this textbook when someone returns it?
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: هل سأتلقى إشعارًا عندما يصبح الكتاب المحجوز متاحًا؟