Archive for the year 2012
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…
Some Ramadan Habits Posted by aziza on Jul 31, 2012
Ramadan is a great month for Muslims. It is a very spiritual time in which people pray a lot, read the Quran, go to the mosque and do a lot of charity. There are many habits associated with the month of Ramadan, and in this post, I write about some of these habits. In Ramadan…
A word search game in Arabic – Ramadan Answer Posted by aziza on Jul 31, 2012
In this post, I present the answer of the Arabic word search game about Ramadan foods (أطباق رمضان) and the meaning of the search words 1- كنافة 2- خشاف 3- تمر 4- قراصيا 5- قطايف 6- قمر الدين 7- بلح الشام 8- بسبوسة 9- بقلاوة 10- مكسرات
A word search game in Arabic – Ramadan Posted by aziza on Jul 30, 2012
In this post, I present an Arabic word search game about Ramadan foods (أطباق رمضان) and the meaning of the search words 1- كنافة 2- خشاف 3- تمر 4- قراصيا 5- قطايف 6- قمر الدين 7- بلح الشام 8- بسبوسة 9- بقلاوة 10- مكسرات Here is the meaning of the words: 1- كنافة (is a…