Archive for the year 2012
Reading Comprehension Exercise – Love Posted by Fisal on Sep 21, 2012
اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage then answer the questions: قــد يـمــلــك الإنــســانُ كـل أمــوال الــدنـيــا و لــكــنــه لا يــســتــطــيـــع أن يــشــتـــرى إحــســاســـاً صــادقــاً .. قــد يــتــصـــور الإنــســانُ أنــه بــدفــــتــر شــيــكـــاتـــه يــســتـــطـــيـــع أن يـــحــــول مــقـــدرات الــدنــيــــا و يــتــحــكـــم فــيــهـــا .. يــحـــب مــن يــحـــب .. و يــجـــرح مــن يـــجــــرح…
Rosetta (Rasheed) Posted by Fisal on Sep 20, 2012
Rasheed or Rashid رشــــيــد or what is known in the west as Rosette or Rosetta is a city in the governorate of Beheira, Egypt. It is an old port that lies at the mouth of the western part of the Nile where it meets with the Mediterranean Sea. It is considered one of the…
Verbal Sentence: The Subject/Doer (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on Sep 17, 2012
Today we are going to continue our study of the second element in the Verbal Sentence الـجـمـلــة الـفـعـلـيـــة ; the subject. We have already known that the subject or the doer الــفــاعــِــل of an action is a noun (or a pronoun) that is in the Nominative Case حــَــالــَــةُ الــرَّفــْــعِ and is preceded by an…
Ismail Yasin; (1912 – 1972) Posted by Fisal on Sep 16, 2012
Ismail Yasin إسـمــاعــيــــل يــاســيـــن was a very famous Egyptian actor and monologist. He was born on the 15th of September, 1912 in Suez City. His father was a middle class jeweler. His mother died when he was still a little child and his step-mother used to hurt him. Like most children of the time…
Some exercises on demonstratives, answres Posted by aziza on Sep 14, 2012
هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = = these (plur.) Here is the answers of the exercises presented in my previous post: 1. هذه الطالبة تدرس في…
Some exercises on demonstratives Posted by aziza on Sep 13, 2012
Do you remember the demonstratives (أسماء الإشارة) in Arabic? هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = these (plur.) Now, try to complete these sentences using one of…
Baklava Posted by aziza on Sep 12, 2012
Do you like baklava (البقلاوة)? It is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. Here is one way of preparing it: Ingredients 1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough 1 pound chopped nuts 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup…