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Giving and Receiving Advice in Arabic Posted by yasmine on May 26, 2021
In this post, we’ll be learning how to politely give advice النَّصيحَة in Arabic. We’ll look at hypothetical problems with examples of possible pieces of advice. We’ll also talk about polite ways in receiving and refusing advice from others. ✨Let’s first look at some kinds of problems أنواع المَشاكِل in Arabic. family عائِلة relationships العَلاقات …
Nothing Pleases Me لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish Part Two Posted by yasmine on May 19, 2021
Welcome to part two of this post where we continue to analyze the poem لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني by محمود درويش. Listen and read the poem again. What do you recall from last week’s post? What information do you remember about the poet محمود درويش? 🎇لا شيء يعجبني محمود درويش🎇 “لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني” يقول مسافرٌ في…
Nothing Pleases Me لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish Part One Posted by yasmine on May 12, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d read and listen to one of محمود درويش Mahmoud Darwish’s beloved poems لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني. I chose this poem قَصيدة in particular because I found it had enough familiar vocabulary for the intermediate Arabic language learner. We are going to learn how to analyze this قَصيدة in Arabic in…
Dealing with Arabic Numbers الأرْقام العَرَبيّة Part One Posted by yasmine on May 5, 2021
Have you come across Arabic numbers الأرْقام العَرَبيّة and wondered why they are written in the masculine or feminine form or why some numbers don’t fall into a certain pattern? Yes, there are rules قَواعِد to follow and I myself have sometimes gotten these number rules confused. Of course, in many cases, even if the…
Dealing with Arabic Numbers Part Two Posted by yasmine on Apr 28, 2021
In the previous post, we covered الأرقام numbers (واحِد إلى عَشرة (١٠–١. In this post, we’ll be continuing on from 11 and beyond. Before we begin, take a look at the random numbers below, which ones can you make out? الأرقام من أحدَ عَشَر إلى تِسْعَة عَشَر (١١–١٩) Numbers ١١ to ١٩ share a common…
Another Ramadan رَمَضان During the Coronavirus Pandemic Posted by yasmine on Apr 14, 2021
Ramadan رَمَضان is here so رَمَضان كَريم! ☺Despite this being the second رَمَضان during the pandemic, many people are still trying to keep the رَمَضان spirit going. In this post, I thought we’d first read a news update in Modern Standard Arabic regarding the danger of gatherings during رَمَضان in Middle Eastern countries. We’ll then…
Describing the Ideal Friend الصَّديق المِثالي Posted by yasmine on Apr 7, 2021
In this post, I thought we would learn how to describe what we think is a true friend صَديق حَقيقي or an ideal friend صَديق مِثالي in Arabic. We’ll look at vocabulary that will help us list possible friend qualities and answer questions. We’ll also watch a video showing pedestrians in Jordan being asked about…