Archive for August, 2012
A free online English-Arabic dictionary Posted by aziza on Aug 20, 2012
I have just come across a very interesting English-Arabic online dictionary, and I would like to tell you about it. It is a free online tool which I found to be very useful. Here is the website: http://www.arabdict.com/en/ I have tried it myself, and it is great! It enjoys many interesting features! It suggests ways to complete the…
Eid Al-Fitr Posted by aziza on Aug 19, 2012
Yesterday was the last day of the month of Ramadan! It went by very quickly as usual, and today we celebrate the feast for three days after the end of the holy month! Before the feast, everyone who fasted the month has to give money or food to the poor, to help them enjoy the feast…
Goodbye Ramadan Posted by Fisal on Aug 18, 2012
It is the last day of Ramadan and Muslims all over the world are kissing the holy month goodbye. They have worked hard all over the month and deserve some rest and reward which comes to them immediately with the Eid or feast that lasts for three days after Ramadan. Ramadan is a month…
Listening comprehension exercise, answers and transcription. Posted by aziza on Aug 17, 2012
In the previous post, I presneted a listening comprehension exercise. In this post, I present the answsers of the questions and the transcription of the news item. 1- What is Qatar requesting? Qatar requests to purchase 200 tanks. 2- What is the value of the weapons transaction? The value of the weapons deal can reach…
Listening comprehension exercise Posted by aziza on Aug 17, 2012
Please watch the video below, and try to answer the questions that follow. To make your task easier, I add the translation of key words below. Questions: 1- What is Qatar requesting? 2- What is the value of the weapons transaction? 3- What is the purpose of the purchase? 4- What is Emirates seeking? 5- …
Nizar Qabbani: Bigger than all Words Posted by Fisal on Aug 16, 2012
It has been a while since we last read any Arabic poetry! Today we are going to read a poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نزار قبانى . The poem is entitled, “Bigger than all Wordsأكــبــرُ مـِــن كــُــلِّ الـكــَــلـِـــمــَــــات ”. In the poem, Nizar boasts of being a great eloquent poet. He…
Arabic Sentences: The Verbal Sentence Posted by Fisal on Aug 12, 2012
We have already studied the Nominal Sentence الـجــُــمــلــة الاســمــيـــة . Today, we are going to study the second type of the Arabic Sentences which is the Verbal Sentence الــجــمــلــة الــفــعــلــيـــة . Simply speaking, the verbal sentence in the Arabic language is the sentence that starts with a verb فـِــعـــْـــل . It consists of a verb…