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Connectors in Arabic – Addition Posted by aziza on Sep 16, 2010
It is very important when we write in any language to create logical relationships between the ideas that we present. There is a number of relationships that we can create like addition, contrast, among others, and there are many words and expressions that we can use to express these relationships. In this post, I present…
Punctuation in Arabic Posted by aziza on Sep 10, 2010
Punctuation marks (علامات الترقيم) are not always used correctly in Arabic. In this post, I explain some of the rules related to the use of punctuation marks. First of all, it should be noted that some punctuation marks in Arabic look different from the English counterparts, e.g. the English comma is (,) while the Arabic…
Moussaaka Recipe Posted by aziza on Sep 7, 2010
In this post, I present the recipe of a very famous dish in the Arab world, in fact it is well known all around the Mediterranean region. It is called (مسقعة), in English Moussaka. It is obvious that the English name is derived from Arabic, and the word Arabic means cold because this dish is…
Negating verbal sentences in Arabic Posted by aziza on Sep 3, 2010
In this post, I explain how to negate verbal sentences, and provide some exercises to practice it. To negate the present tense, we use the particle (لا) immediately before the verb. Remember, nothing should separate (لا) from the verb. Consider the following examples: الولد يحمل حقيبة. “The boy carries a bag.” الولد لا يحمل حقيبة…
Word search answer Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2010
This post presents the answer of the word search game presented in the previous post. Here are some examples on the use of some of the words in the game. عيني تؤلمني. “My eye hurts!” يجب أن أزور طبيب الأنف والأذن والحنجرة. “I have to visit the nose, ear and throat doctor.” لها رموش طويلة…
Word search – in the face Posted by aziza on Aug 29, 2010
Can you find the following 1o words in the following word search game? The 10 words you need to find are all in the face and head. عين ذقن أنف خدان رموش فم حاجب أذن شعر جبهة Here are the translations of the 10 words in the game. eye chin nose two cheeks eyelashes mouth…
Expressing prohibition (Part 2) Posted by aziza on Aug 26, 2010
In a previous post, I explained how to form prohibition (don’t) in Arabic using prohibitive (لا) followed by the appropriate form of the present tense verb. It should be noted that after prohibitive (لا), verbs are in the jussive case. This means that if in the present tense, the verb ends in a suffix like…