Archive for March, 2011
Word search – jewelery answer Posted by aziza on Mar 31, 2011
In this post, I give the answer of the word search game presented in my previous post, I also present another activity below: Here is the activity, look through your jewellery box and try to name them in Arabic and try to describe them as much as you can e.g. هذا خاتم جميل من الذهب…
Egypt: Effect of Geography Posted by Fisal on Mar 30, 2011
Egypt has an excellent geographical location. This remarkable location is considered one of the greatest features and gifts that affected Egypt’s history and gave it a huge role in the region and the whole world. Moreover, this location brought Egypt happiness at its highest times and misery and occupation at its lowest times. …
Word search – jewelry Posted by aziza on Mar 29, 2011
Have you learned any of the vocabulary related to jewelry items I presented earlier? Here is a chance to revise them and take a challenge to try and find the words in the word search game below: Jewel = جوهرة Ring = خاتم Bracelet = سوار Anklet = خلخال Chain = سلسلة Earrings =…
Pronouns الضمائر : Summed Up Posted by Fisal on Mar 28, 2011
Pronouns are definite nouns. They refer to different persons. ( The First Person المتكلم / The Second Person المخاطب / The Third Person الغائب ) Pronouns refer to nouns or replace them. Pronoun Types: Visible بارز / Invisible مستتر Visible Pronoun: Separable منفصل / Inseparable (suffix) متصل Separable Pronoun Cases: Subject مبتدأ / فاعل / Object مفعول Inseparable Pronoun Cases: Subject فاعل مرفوع /…
Some confusing words Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2011
One day Katherine protested, I will never know the difference between mosque and university in Arabic! Why are they so confusing? Later on the same day, another student translated modern as event, and again he was very frustrated with the similarity between both words! Arabic is a highly derivational language where most content words, i.e…
Definite Nouns : Pronouns (2) الضمائر Posted by Fisal on Mar 26, 2011
Last time we discussed the definition of pronouns and learnt about the first type of the Visible Pronouns. Today we look at the second type of the visible pronouns. Type (2) of the Visible Pronouns (2) The Attached (Suffix) Pronoun الضمير المتصل This type has THREE sub-categories according to the job each does in…
Definite Nouns : Pronouns (1) الضمائر Posted by Fisal on Mar 25, 2011
A pronoun is a noun or word that refers to any of the three persons; 1- The first person pronouns ضمائر المتكلم referring to the person speaking. 2- The second person pronouns ضمائر المخاطب referring to the person addressed. 3- The third person pronouns ضمائر الغائب referring to the absent person or thing. Types…