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Letter of the Week (ج) jeem Posted by yasmine on Mar 4, 2020
Moving on to our second letter of the Arabic alphabet (ج), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ج) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ج. Initial جـ, as in the word “جِسْر” meaning “bridge”. Medial ـجـ , as in the…
Letter of the Week (ث) thaa Posted by yasmine on Feb 26, 2020
Moving on to our fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ث), we will look at a number of vocabulary words beginning with ث, though there may not be many Arabic words that begin with ث, the Arabic word for “culture” being ثَقافة begins with ث and this post will focus on some of the major…
Letter of the Week (ت) taa Posted by yasmine on Feb 19, 2020
Moving on to our third letter of the Arabic alphabet (ت), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ت) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ت. Initial ت, as in the word “تُربة” meaning “soil/dirt”. Medial ت, as in the word…
Letter of the Week (ب) baa Posted by yasmine on Feb 12, 2020
Moving on to our second letter of the Arabic alphabet (ب), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ب) along with more culture/language related facts. 🙂 Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ب. Initial ب, as in the word “بَيْت” meaning “house”. Medial ب, as in the…
Letter of the Week (أ) alif Posted by yasmine on Feb 5, 2020
Hello Arabic learners! In these series of posts titled “Letter of the Week”, we’ll be focusing on one Arabic letter from the alphabet. We’ll begin with 10 random words/phrases beginning with that letter with examples for each one including culture/language related facts about a few. There will also be a word/phrase beginning with that letter…
The Usage of في (fee) in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Dialect Posted by yasmine on Dec 18, 2019
في (fee) is probably one of the first words you learned in Arabic to basically mean “in”. It’s made up of only two letters and it’s easy to pronounce. In this post, we’re going to look at what في means in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) according to context as well as it’s meaning and function…
All Things Cold and Winter in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Dec 4, 2019
Winter الشِّتاء has officially arrived! In this post, we’ll be looking at Arabic terms related to the winter season and the cold. ☃☕🌨❄🎅🥶 Though not as often as Europe and North America, it still snows in some Middle Eastern countries, such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Northern Iraq, and Palestine. When it does snow, you can…