Archive for January, 2021
Try once more حاول مرة أخرى Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jan 29, 2021
Welcome to a new post. Today, I have a very cheerful song أغنية مبهجة جدًا for you. It’s in Standard Arabic and its release date is very timely تاريخ إصدارها مناسب جدًا. The song is about keeping trying الاستمرار في المحاولة and not giving up عدم الاستسلام . By the end of January, many of…
Personality Types in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jan 27, 2021
In this post, I thought we would learn vocabulary to help us describe وَصف different personality types أنواع شَخْصية مُخْتَلِفة such as مَرح cheerful, مُتَوَتِّر tense, حَسّاس sensitive, etc. We can first get familiar with the list of vocabulary words, answer a few questions, then take a free personality test in Arabic that results in putting…
Role of Libyan women during the pandemic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jan 22, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post where we’re looking at the role of Libyan women مشاركة المرأة الليبية in the country’s fight against Coronavirus في محاربة البلد لفيروس كورونا . The language material we’re looking at is a short report (produced by BBC Arabic) where a lady called Sanna, who speak Libyan…
The Jordan Trail دَرْب الأرْدُن Posted by yasmine on Jan 20, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d learn about دَرْب الأرْدُن “The Jordan Trail”. I haven’t had the opportunity to try this hike since it only officially begun in 2017. Despite the coronavirus still making it difficult to travel and see new places, I thought we could still learn about new destinations one may venture to…
Role of Libyan women during the pandemic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jan 18, 2021
Welcome to a new post مرحبا بكم في تدوينة جديدة 🙂 Today, in this 2- part post, we have a short video to study, produced by BBC Arabic. It’s about the participation of Libyan women مشاركة المرأة الليبية in the country’s fight against Coronavirus في محاربة البلد لفيروس كورونا . The language used in the…
5 Arab Countries Part Two Posted by yasmine on Jan 13, 2021
In this part two post, we’ll be looking at some more interesting fact questions about five different بِلاد عَرَبية Arab countries (الأرْدُن Jordan, مَصْر Egypt, السَّعودية Saudi Arabia, سوريا Syria, and الإمارات العَرَبية المُتَحِدة The United Arab Emirates). We’ll also be learning vocabulary related to describing countries in terms of location, language, culture, etc. First, take a…
Adverbs of space (2) ظرف المكان Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jan 11, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. We’re still focusing on spatial adverbs. You can catch up and read the previous post (part one) that I published before the new year, by clicking here. So, in the last post, we learnt that a spatial adverb is a word that refers to the…