Archive for the year 2012
A word search game in Arabic Posted by aziza on Oct 31, 2012
In this post, I have prepared an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. All the words are related to music. موسيقى حفل عزف…
The Lute Oud Posted by aziza on Oct 29, 2012
The lute (العود) is a string musical instrument that is very important in Middle Eastern music. It has a distinctive shape. See pictures! Oud has developed over a long period of time. Some date it back to the times of Ancient Egypt, based on some images and artefacts of an instrument that looks…
Arabic 5-a-day Posted by aziza on Oct 28, 2012
Health professionals in the UK have been talking about the importance of having 5-a-day, i.e. 5 portions of fruits and vegetables every day to keep healthy and fit. I believe that any serious learner of Arabic must have 5 portions of Arabic a day as well to improve their abilities and update their skills. The 5-a-day of Arabic…
How to Prepare Pumpkin Kibbe Posted by jesa on Oct 27, 2012
It’s the time of the year when everyone is rushing to purchase pumpkins for carving, home decoration or just to feel part of the Halloween Season! At least this is the case in the United States. You can either choose to buy orange or white pumpkins (لَقطين). Some shops even carry some weird looking pumpkins…
Eid Mubarak Posted by aziza on Oct 26, 2012
Eid Mubarak (عيد مبارك)! Todays is Eid ul Adha (عيد الأضحى), or the feast of sacrifice. Muslims celebrate this feast by slaughtering a sheep. The aim of this is to remember the story of Prophet Abraham (إبراهيم) who was willing to slaughter his own son in submission to God’s orders, but then God sent him…
United Nations Day يوم الأُمَم المتَّحِدة Posted by jesa on Oct 25, 2012
The United Nations Charter (ميثاق الأُمَم المتَّحِدة) was ratified as the founding document of this international organization by the majority of different member states, including the five most powerful and permanent members of the Security Council (مجلس الأَمِن)– United States of America, France, Britain, China and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union). Following the ratification of…
practice the dual – answers Posted by aziza on Oct 23, 2012
In this post, I present the answers of the exercises presented earlier to practice the dual, as well as the translation of the sentences. Change the underlined words in these sentences into dual and make the necessary changes: 1. هذا هو الولد الذي يلعب مع أخي هذان هما الولدان اللذان يلعبان مع أخي This is…