Archive for July, 2015
Reading Comprehension Answers: Petra Posted by Fisal on Jul 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Red-Rose City of Petra. To view the exercise and questions again, click here. الإجــابــات Answers تــتــحــدث الــقــطــعــة عــن مــديــنــة “الــبــتــراء” الأردنــيــة. 1) The passage is talking about the Jordanian city of Petra. ســُــمــّــيــَــتْ هــذه الــمــديــنــة بــاســم “الــمــديــنــة الــورديــة”…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Petra Posted by Fisal on Jul 29, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “تــُــعــرَف مــديــنــة الــبــتــراء بــاســم “الــمــديــنــة الــورديــة” بــســبــب لــونِ صــخــورهــا ، و قــد صــُــنــِّــفــَــتْ فــى الــعــام 2007 كــواحــدةٍ مــن عــجــائــب الــدنــيــا الــحــديــثــة. مــديــنــة الــبــتــراء هــى مــديــنــة تــاريــخــيــة تــقــع فــى جــنــوب الأردن عــلــى بــُــعــْــد 225 كم جــنــوب الــعــاصــمــة عــَــمــَّــان…
Spicy shrimps and Fried Rice Recipe Posted by aziza on Jul 27, 2015
Spicy shrimps and Fried Rice is an Asian recipe, but Asian food is becoming more and more popular in the Arab world. Ingredients: 2 cups rice 500 grams shrimp (medium size) peeled and cleaned 1 tablespoon fresh ginger 5 cloves of garlic ½ green chili pepper corn ½ red chili pepper corn 1 teaspoon…
Irregular verbs in Arabic – Exercises Posted by aziza on Jul 26, 2015
In a previous post, I explained how to conjugate weak verbs, i.e. begin with waw (و) or yaa (ي) as root letters. In this post, I present some exercises on the same topic. First of all, please find below the conjugation of the verb (وقف). Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the…
The Arabic Guide on Must Know Words about Politics Posted by jesa on Jul 26, 2015
Marhaba! Over the past months, I have shared the most common words about politics in Arabic. You have learned the most common words about government (الحكومات) and politics (السياسة) in Arabic; the most common government systems (أنظمة حكومية) in Arabic; the most common political ideologies (ايديولوجيات سياسية) in Arabic; and the most common political actors…
Learn the 10 Most Common Political Actors in Arabic (2) Posted by jesa on Jul 21, 2015
Marhaba! I am sure most of you enjoyed learning about the 10 most common political actors in Arabic. Others I am sure refreshed their memory. Similar to my earlier advice on the 100 most common words in Arabic, you will unquestionably come across most if not all these words in any daily TV show or…
Learn the 10 Most Common Political Actors in Arabic Posted by jesa on Jul 19, 2015
Marhaba! In the past we have discussed the most common words about politics and government; the most common government systems; and the most common political ideologies. The last and important part of learning everything related to government and politics in Arabic involves learning about the different players involved in such processes and power configurations. Today…