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Almanqoos (Part 3) Posted by aziza on Feb 9, 2018
This post deals with a tricky type of nouns in Arabic (الاسم المنقوص). This is a noun that ends in ي /ii/ sound, e.g. النادي ، القاضي ، المحامي. It has been dealt with in previous posts: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/almanqoos/ https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/almanqoos-part-2/ In this post, I present how this noun appears in dual and plural forms. Dual…
Minorities in the Arab world, answers Posted by aziza on Jan 29, 2018
This post presents the transcription of the news report and the answers of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier. Transcription: الأقليات الكبيرة في الوطن العربي، صراعات كامنة وناعمة لم تنفجر في أغلب الأحيان. مجرد الحديث عن الأقليات في المجتمعات العربية كان ولعقود كثيرة من المحرمات لأنها مسألة تمس الوحدة الوطنية والاستقرار كما يزعم الحكام اصطلح…
Minorities in the Arab world Posted by aziza on Jan 28, 2018
This post presents a listening comprehension exercise in Arabic. Listen to the report on Minorities in the Arab world and answer the questions that follow. You can use the vocabulary list at the end to assist your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English: How have Arab societies considered talking about minorities and why? Are minorities…
Christmas around the World1 Posted by aziza on Dec 26, 2017
This post presents the answers of the listening comprehension exercise based on a video on how Christmas this year is celebrated around the world. The video is from Al-Jazeera Channel. English Questions and Answers: Where does Santa Clause arrive in his bus? Santa Clause bus arrives at Brazilian the town of Santo Andre. What did…
Christmas around the World Posted by aziza on Dec 25, 2017
Season’s Greetings! This post presents a listening comprehension exercise based on a video on how Christmas this year is celebrated around the world. The video is from Al-Jazeera Channel. Please watch the video and answer the questions that follow. You can use the additional vocabulary list to assist your comprehension. Answer the following questions in…
Arabic Greetings Posted by aziza on Dec 22, 2017
What can I say on special occasions? There are lots of special occasions that require greetings in them. The greeting you use for a birthday party would be different from the one you use in Christmas, for example. In this post, I give you some occasions and possible greetings in them, and also the replies…
Listening, 1 minute News, answers Posted by aziza on Nov 27, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise with the 1- minute news report posted earlier. Please find the questions and answers and transcript of the news report below: Arabic Questions and Answers: أين يطلق العراق آخر عملياته العسكرية، ولماذا؟ العراق يطلق آخر عملياته العسكرية عبر الصحراء الغربية الممتدة على…