Archive for February, 2021
الأكِل الصِحّي Healthy Food Part Two Posted by yasmine on Feb 24, 2021
In this post, we’ll be watching the second part of a video (in Jordanian Levantine) that talks about الأكِل الصِحّي healthy food that keeps us full longer. I have included a transcription and English translation to help you follow along. Last week we began by first reading a definition of الأكل الصحي in الفُصحى MSA…
Hepta: The Movie Trailer – part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 22, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 In the last post, we started learning about a romantic movie Hepta هيبتا. We then studied the lyrics of the movie’s theme song. This week, we’re going to look at the 2-minute long trailer of the movie المقطع الترويجي للفيلم and learn what is actually being said (The Arabic variety…
الأكِل الصِحّي Healthy Food Part One Posted by yasmine on Feb 17, 2021
In this post, we’ll be watching the first part of a video (in Jordanian Levantine) that talks about الأكِل الصِحّي healthy food that keeps us full longer. I have included a transcription and English translation to help you follow along. Let’s begin with a definition of الأكل الصحي in الفُصحى MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) and…
Hepta: the seven stages of love Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 15, 2021
Salaam Arabic learners السلام عليكم يا متعلّمي اللغة العربية 🙂 Yesterday – the 14th. Feb – was Valentines Day عيد الحب. This reminded me of a romantic Egyptian movie فيلم مصري رومانسي titled بعنوان: Hebta: the final lecture هيبتا: المحاضرة الأخيرة. In this post, we’re going to learn the lyrics of the theme song of…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (3) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 12, 2021
Welcome to the third and final part of this post – a listening/comprehension piece on the topic of minimalism التبسيط. In the last two parts of this post: here (1) & here (2), we had two audio clips to listen to and two exercises to work on. In this post, we will continue learning about…
Mai Ziadeh مي زيادة: Arab Poet, Novelist and Feminist Posted by yasmine on Feb 10, 2021
In this post, I thought we could learn about a well-known شَخْصية عَرَبية Arab female figure other than أم كلثوم and فيروز. Have you heard of مَي زيادة Mai Ziadeh? Born in 1886, she was an Arab poet of Palestinian-Lebanese origin who was one of the leading female figures of النَهضة العَرَبية Al-Nahda (the Arab…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 8, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this post: an advanced listening piece on the topic of Minimalism موضوع التبسيط. Last week, we started studying a short audio clip, in Standard Arabic, and listed some of the keywords related to the topic. There was one matching exercise to work on. In this post, there is another…