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Dubai Water Canal, Listening Posted by aziza on Dec 16, 2016
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on Dubai Water Canal which was recently opened in Dubai. Listen to the news story and answer the following questions. You can use the vocabulary list to assist your comprehension. Answer the following questions in Arabic: من الذي افتتح قناة دبي المائية؟ كم يبلغ طول قناة…
Smoked Fish Salad Posted by aziza on Dec 12, 2016
In this post, I present the recipe of smoked fish salad. It is very easy to prepare and very delicious. In this recipe, I used smoked mackerel, but you can also use smoked herring or any other type you like. Smoked Salmon will be too thin for this recipe. Ingredients: Tomatoes Onions Fresh parsley Salt…
Body Parts in Arabic Posted by aziza on Dec 9, 2016
In this post, you can learn body parts through a video which highlights the body part and repeats its name. السلام عليكم اليوم سوف نتعلم أجزاء جسم الإنسان باللغة العربية هل أنت مستعد؟ هيا نبدأ قدم ساق يد ذراع بطن صدر كتف رقبة رأس وجه فم أنف عين أذن شعر العب معنا الآن أين هي…
Subject-Verb Agreement in Arabic Posted by aziza on Dec 7, 2016
In Arabic, subjects and verbs have to agree with each other. Recently, many of my students have been making agreement errors with conjugation because they do not notice how the position of the verb and subject affect agreement. If the verb comes after the subject, it agrees with it in gender and number. If the…
Practice prepositions Posted by aziza on Nov 30, 2016
The aim of this post is to revise what we learnt about prepositions in the previous posts. The following sentences have the prepositions removed. Can you complete the sentences below with the appropriate prepositions? Complete the following sentences with the appropriate preposition listed in the figure above. السفر ——— الشرق الأوسط يؤثر ——— أفكار الشخص وشخصيته…
Arabic Prepositions 5 Posted by aziza on Nov 28, 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. مذ / منذ both mean…
Arabic Prepositions 4 Posted by aziza on Nov 25, 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. The three prepositions chosen for…