Archive for the year 2012
Word search – seasons and weather Posted by aziza on Mar 30, 2012
Can you find the 10 words below in the grid? All the words are related to seasons and weather. 1- الربيع 2- الخريف 3- الصيف 4- الشتاء 5- الزهور 6- الحر 7- البرد 8- المطر 9- الغيوم 10- الشمس
Fisal’s Dictionary; “to work” Posted by Fisal on Mar 30, 2012
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb عَـمـِـل and explore some of its derivatives. * عـَـمـِـلَ [V. T. I.] = to do something or to work. Ex. – عَمِلَ محمد الواجب = Mohammad…
The Semi-sisters of Kana; Kada and its Sisters (Part 1) Posted by Fisal on Mar 29, 2012
We have already been introduced to the special verb Kana and its sisters كان و أخواتها and we have known that these verbs start the nominative sentence الجملة الاسمية and cause the mubtada المبتدأ (subject) to be their noun (Ism اسم) and the khabar الخبر (predicate) to be their khabar. Only the khabar changes…
Surprise! The New Funniest Arab-Speaking Comedian is—Korean! Posted by Hichem on Mar 28, 2012
My friends, if you were under the impression that you would never have a fighting chance at mastering Arabic, lest it be your Mother tongue, then you may wish to reconsider that thought once you’ve seen this! Please, brace yourself to meet وُنهـــــــــــــــــو تشونـــــــــــــــغ (Wonho Chung), a never-seen-before Korean comedian. Yes, “Korean comedian”, you got that…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by Fisal on Mar 26, 2012
Here are the answers to the previous reading comprehension exercise. * اقرأ القطعة التالية من مقال صحفي للكاتب / صلاح منتصر ، ثم أجب عن الأسئلة : Read the following passage from an article to the writer Salah Muntasser, then answer the questions: أنت سيد قرارك … فبكلمة منك تستطيع أن تخرج من هذا…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Mar 26, 2012
اقرأ القطعة التالية من مقال صحفي للكاتب / صلاح منتصر ، ثم أجب عن الأسئلة : Read the passage from an article to the writer Salah Muntasser, then answer the questions: أنت سيد قرارك … فبكلمة منك تستطيع أن تخرج من هذا السجن اللعين ، الذي أصبحت فيه عبداً للسيجارة ، و حقلاً خصباً لكل…
Arabic Newspaper Mistake—of the “Huge” Caliber! Posted by Hichem on Mar 25, 2012
Due to its morphological structure, and because it is an extremely rich language, Arabic has a virtually unique feature compared to other world languages: Simply substitute one حــرف (letter) by another, and you will most likely end up with a whole new word! An interesting feature characterizing Arabic language, to the utter delight of Arab poets…