Archive for November, 2016
Arabic Prepositions 2 Posted by aziza on Nov 18, 2016
Arabic Prepositions (حروف الجر) are an interesting and a challenging topic for learners of Arabic. When I mark students’ essays, I notice many mistakes with prepositions. In this post, I highlight the meanings and usage of two of the Arabic prepositions; give examples and some exercises on the selected prepositions. اللام /لـ means both to…
Did you See the Supermoon? Posted by jesa on Nov 15, 2016
Marhaba! Did you take a moment yesterday to look at the Supermoon? People around the globe have been waiting to see the Supermoon (القمرالعملاق) for many years. Well, I caught small glimpses of it, because it was very foggy where I live. But I hope you were in a place where the weather conditions were…
Arabic Prepositions1 Posted by aziza on Nov 14, 2016
Arabic Prepositions (حروف الجر) are an interesting and a challenging topic for learners of Arabic. When I mark students’ essays, I notice many mistakes with prepositions. In this post, I highlight the meanings and usage of two of the Arabic prepositions; give examples and some exercises on the selected prepositions. عن has a number of…
Arabic Prepositions Posted by aziza on Nov 11, 2016
Arabic Prepositions (حروف الجر) are an interesting and a challenging topic for learners of Arabic. When I mark students’’ essays, I notice many mistakes with prepositions. In this post, I highlight the meanings and usage of three of the Arabic prepositions; give examples and some exercises on the selected prepositions. مِنَ (from) indicates the starting…
America’s National Anthem in Arabic Posted by jesa on Nov 8, 2016
Marhaba! Millions of Americans are now heading to the polls to vote for the next President of the United States of America. As I have discussed in two recent posts on the ongoing U.S. elections in America, U.S. voters do not directly vote for the President. Given that there is a large community of Arab-Americans…
Beginning of a New Political Chapter in Lebanon (2) Posted by jesa on Nov 7, 2016
Marhaba! I am confident you found the most recent listening comprehension exercise on the Presidential Elections in Lebanon interesting and useful. Today, I am sharing the answers to the previous questions in the listening comprehension post. I am also sharing the news story to refresh your memory. I hope you are starting to feel much…
Beginning of a New Political Chapter in Lebanon Posted by jesa on Nov 1, 2016
Marhaba! In earlier posts, I have discussed important developments in Lebanon in the last few years. After a long political deadlock, members of the Lebanese Parliament elected Michel Aoun, the former General of the Lebanese Armed Forces and current Member of the Lebanese Parliament, as the 13th President of the Republic of Lebanon. Tens of…