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Some exercises on demonstratives, answres Posted by aziza on Sep 14, 2012
هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = = these (plur.) Here is the answers of the exercises presented in my previous post: 1. هذه الطالبة تدرس في…
Some exercises on demonstratives Posted by aziza on Sep 13, 2012
Do you remember the demonstratives (أسماء الإشارة) in Arabic? هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = these (plur.) Now, try to complete these sentences using one of…
Baklava Posted by aziza on Sep 12, 2012
Do you like baklava (البقلاوة)? It is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. Here is one way of preparing it: Ingredients 1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough 1 pound chopped nuts 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup…
Perceptions of Standard Arabic and colloquial dialects Posted by aziza on Sep 8, 2012
Learners of Arabic as a foreign language often wonder which variety of Arabic to learn. The advice that we give to them is to learn Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى) which is the variety used in written and formal spoken media (e.g. the news). Then after achieving some proficiency in MSA, we advise learners to acquaint…
Food words that are very easy to learn Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2012
There are many types of foods in Arabic that are very easy to learn for foreign students of Arabic because the names of these foods in Arabic are very similar to their names in European languages. If you think about one of these foods, e.g. “burger” and how you say it in English, it will…
A word search game in Arabic – answer Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2012
In this post, I present the answer of the Arabic word search game about some Arabic words from foreign origin, e.g. some Arabic words of Persian origin. 1- خيار 2- بارجة 3- سرداب 4- تمباك 5- زنزانة 6- خردة 7- طابور 8- بسبوسة 9- كشكول 10- مزركش 1- خيار (khiar) = cucumber 2- بارجة (barijah)…
A word search game in Arabic Posted by aziza on Aug 30, 2012
In this post, I present a word search game in Arabic about some Arabic words from foreign origin, e.g. some Arabic words of Persian origin. 1- خيار 2- بارجة 3- سرداب 4- تمباك 5- زنزانة 6- خردة 7- طابور 8- بسبوسة 9- كشكول 10- مزركش 1- خيار (khiar) = cucumber 2- بارجة (barijah) =…