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Listening comprehension in Arabic Posted by aziza on May 29, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. Listen to the report below and answer the questions that follow. If you need help with vocabulary, you can refer to the useful vocabulary list below. Answer the following questions in Arabic: ما اسم ناطحة السحاب الجديدة؟ أين شيدت ناطحة السحاب الجديدة؟ من الذي حضر…
Conversation in Arabic1 Posted by aziza on May 25, 2015
Ahmed and Henry are friends. They are talking to each other in Arabic today. Can you understand what they are talking about? If you have a friend learning Arabic, you can try to carry out the same conversation with them! أحمد: السلام عليكم يا هنري، كيف حالك؟ هنري: وعليكم السلام يا أحمد، أنا بخير، الحمد…
Herbal medicines for stomach ache Posted by aziza on May 18, 2015
In the Arab world, herbal medicines are very common! When I was younger, we used to go to the dry grocer (العطار) whenever we suffer from minor aliments like stomach ache, constipation, cough, common cold, etc. He would give me herbs and tell me how to use them! By time, this practice became less and…
Question words with prepositions Posted by aziza on May 15, 2015
Some Arabic particles join each other when they come together, e.g. when certain prepositions come with question words, they join each other to make one word. They are easy to guess, but hard to identify for new learners of Arabic. I hope you find the following list useful: عن + ماذا = عمّ عمّ تتكلم؟…
Crab recipe Posted by aziza on May 11, 2015
Do you like to eat crab? In this post, I give you my own recipe for cooking crab! Ingredients: Crabs Onion Garlic Tomato Chilli pepper Oil Lemon Salt Black pepper Cumin Preparation Wash the crabs and clean them thoroughly. Put the crabs in an oven tray. In a food processor mix the onion, garlic…
Herbal medicines for common cold Posted by aziza on Apr 30, 2015
In the Arab world, herbal medicines are very common! When I was younger, we used to go to the dry grocer (العطار) whenever we suffer from minor aliments like stomach ache, constipation, cough, common cold, etc. He would give us herbs and tell us how to use them! By time, this practice became less and…
Useful case marking rules with examples Posted by aziza on Apr 27, 2015
In this post, I present some useful rules for case marking (إعراب). A definite noun with (ال) following a demonstrative has the same case, as they are substitutes (بدل), e.g. هذا الطالبُ جديد. (This student is new.) تكلمت مع هذه البنتِ. (I spoke with this girl.) قرأت هذه الكتبَ. (I read these books.)…