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The Arabic Headache; Dialect! Posted by Fisal on Dec 23, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss a very common problem for non-Arabic natives. Yes, it is that dialect headache! Which Arabic variety should foreigners learn; Classical Arabic (CA), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) (Al-Fus’ha) or Colloquial Arabic with its various dialects (Al-Am’iyah)? Unfortunately, there is no one correct answer. Deciding on one…
Fisal’s Dictionary: sa.li.ma Posted by Fisal on Dec 17, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will dig deep into the root verb سـَــلـِــمَ /sa.’li.ma/ and explore some of its derivatives. Yes, this is the root verb for so many Arabic words…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Dubai International Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Dec 11, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How was the listening exercise? Have you ever been to Dubai? If you are in Dubai, there is a chance to watch the latest films fully free of charge. Just hang out at the festival area! Ok. Now, here are the answers to the last listening exercise about the Dubai…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Dubai International Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Dec 10, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــو رقــم هــذه الــدورة لــلــمــهــرجــان؟ 1) What number is this round of the festival? مــَــنْ هــى الــمــمــثــلــة الــفــرنــســيــة الــتــي يــكــرمــهــا الــمــهــرجــان؟ 2) Who is the French actress that the festival honors?…
“You, That I Love”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Dec 9, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “أنــت يــالــلى بــحــبــك/Enta Yally Bahibak/” which translates literally as “You, That I Love”. Like all of Amr’s songs, the songs on the Egyptian slang Arabic. Slang or dialectic Arabic is a phenomenon…
UAE National Day 2015 Posted by Fisal on Dec 3, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Yesterday, the Arabic version of Google participated in the wide celebrations of the UAE 44 National Day اليوم الوطني by changing the Google Doodle into the colors of the Emirati flag and sharing an image of Qasr Al-Hosn قصر الحصن as an “O”. Here is some brief information about the…
Reading Comprehension Answers: “Shop Bahrain” Posted by Fisal on Nov 27, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here in this post I present the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the second round of the Bahrain Shopping Festival 2015 under the name of “Shop Bahrain”. If you would like to view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers تـسـتـعـد مـمـلـكـة الـبـحـريـن…