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Holiday vocabulary and exercises Posted by aziza on Aug 28, 2011
It is the summer holiday (العطلة الصيفية)! Have you enjoyed it? I certainly have! In this post, I present some vocabulary and some vocabulary exercises about the summer holiday. I hope you enjoy it! Holiday = عطلة / اجازة Trip = رحلة Travel (v.) = سافر/يسافر Travel (n.) = سفر Visit (v.) = زار/يزور visit…
Hijab Posted by aziza on Jul 28, 2011
Hijab (which means cover) is a traditional head cover or wrap worn by Muslim women. Many Muslim women around the world wear it. It has numerous styles and colors, and its fashion varies all the time. It also varies from one country to the other, so women in Pakistan have a different hijab style from…
word search game, family – answers Posted by aziza on Jul 28, 2011
This is the answer of the word search game presented in my previous post and the translation of the words. أم = mother أخت = sister ابن أخ = nephew خالة = aunt ابنة عم = cousine = حماة mother in law أبناء = siblings /childrens جدة = grandmother عائلة = extended family أسرة =…
Word search game – family Posted by aziza on Jul 26, 2011
In this post, I have created an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? Do you know what these words refer to? If not, check the answers post for the translation. All the words are related to family relations. أم أخت ابن أخ خالة…
Answer of exercise on the use of ذو Posted by aziza on Jul 24, 2011
In this post, I present the answers of the exercise presented in my previous post. There are notes at the end of the post to explain the reason for the answers 1- أحب القصص ذات النهايات السعيدة. I like stories with happy endings. 2- صديقي ذو الشعر القصير اسمه محمد My short-haired friend is called…
Some exercises on the use of ذو Posted by aziza on Jul 23, 2011
In my previous post, I explained the use of ذو, and in this post, I present some exercises on the same topic. Please complete the sentences below with the right form. You need to decide on the gender, number and case of the noun the comes before it. 1- أحب القصص ———— النهايات السعيدة. I…
ذو Posted by aziza on Jul 15, 2011
ذو is a very interesting word in Arabic. It means ‘the owner of’, ‘one who has’ or ‘one with’. It is one of the ‘five nouns’ that are marked in Arabic by long vowels rather than short vowels, so the three cases of ذو are (ذو) nominative, (ذا) accusative and (ذي) genitive. Consider the following…