Archive for May, 2018
Common Mistakes Among Learners of Arabic (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 17, 2018
Our native language has a strong influence on our learning of another language. This influence is mainly due to the dissimilarities or similarities between the two languages. When similar, we learn the language faster. If dissimilar, we face difficulties and our learning is slowed down. This post is about the common mispronunciations of Arabic sounds…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 16, 2018
This two part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. In last week’s post, you had the opportunity to listen to the clip and follow the transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect). There were also a…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 9, 2018
This three part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. The first part provides some questions for you to answer. In addition, a transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect) will provided here. The second part of…
Tense and Negative Affixes in Arabic Dialects and MSA Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 8, 2018
Two obvious differences between Arabic dialects and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) are the parsing marks and certain affixes. In MSA, the time of the action of the present verb is indicated through the parsing marks. In dialects, it is known through prefixes. Likewise, MSA sentences are negated using separate negative particles. In dialects, the original…
Listening Comprehension (Sabaʕ Gaar سابع جار) 4 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 2, 2018
Over the past three weeks, we have been looking at a short scene (see below, from 2.46 to 5.46) from a popular Egyptian TV show that is currently screened in the Arab world. Now that we have the transcript of the script in both Arabic and English, it is time to test your understanding of…