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Self-isolation hashtags in Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 27, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this post. Last week, I started sharing with you some of the popular hashtags and phrases that people circulated on Twitter across the Arab, with regards to the Coronavirus. The diversity of Arabic تنوع العربية and its dialects ولهجاتها was clearly reflected in انعكس بوضوح في how Arabs responded…
Self-isolation hashtags in Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 24, 2020
As is usually the case at times of crisis وقت الأزمات, the way people respond online – particularly on Twitter in this digital age العصر الرقمي – is interestingly from a linguistic perspective. In thi blog post, I’m going to report on the creative ways الطرق الإبداعية Arabic speaking people responded to استجابوا إلي and commented…
On Mother’s Day: أمي كم أهواها Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 20, 2020
Tomorrow is a special day in the Arab world. The 21st. March of every year marks يصادف Mother’s day عيد الأم as well as Children’s day عيد الطفل . On this occasion, I chose a kids’ song to learn and that is: أمي كم أهواها “My mother, oh how much I love her”. The song…
Coronavirus: فيروس كورونا والحرارة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 16, 2020
What if you experience a rise in your body temperature ارتفاع في درجة حرارتك ? Instead of panicking الشعور بالهلع /الذعر right away, we could educate ourselves تثقيف أنفسنا about the possible link احتمال وجود صلة between having corona virus فيروس كورونا and high temperature درجة الحرارة مرتفعة and whether a high temperature actually means…
Learn about IWD يوم المرأة العالمي Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 9, 2020
Yesterday, the world celebrated the International Women’s Day (IWD) اليوم العالمي للمرأة , which is an annual event حدث سنوي that takes place on the 8th. March every year. Today, we’re going to learn some facts about this day, the reasons behind it and how it became an annual celebration احتفال سنوي . To do…
Relative pronouns in Spoken Arabic, 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 6, 2020
In the first part of this post, we started discussing s subtle aspect of Arabic grammar, and that is that of relative pronouns ضمائر الوصل. To recap, a relative pronoun is a pronoun that follows a noun in order to elaborate on it and add extra information about it. In the second part of the…
Relative pronouns in Spoken Arabic, 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 28, 2020
In this post, we’re going to look at a subtle aspect of Arabic grammar that can be confusing for some learners of Spoken Arabic, even advanced ones. This aspect is that of relative pronouns ضمائر الوصل A relative pronoun is a pronoun that follows a noun in order to add extra information about it, in…