Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Arabic Song about keeping dignity (3) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 11, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this log post series where we talk about common expressions around the concept of dignity الكرامة, in Arabic. Please refer back to the first and second part of this blog post to read more about the concept in Arabic and some of the common vernacular proverbs that Arab speaking…
صَح أم خَطأ True or False Part One Posted by yasmine on Jun 9, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d read two texts in Arabic and answer some true صَح or false خَطأ questions to help practice your Arabic reading comprehension skills. In part one of this post, we’ll begin with two simple texts for beginners to intermediate learners and then read a more advanced text in next week’s…
Arabic expressions about keeping dignity (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 4, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post where we’re still talking about the concept of dignity مفهوم الكرامة in Arabic, and learning some vocabulary around it. In the last blog post, we started learning about the word dignity itself and how it used in Arabic. We then studied a set of 3 proverbs…
Giving Your Opinion in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jun 2, 2021
In this post, we’ll be learning how to politely give your opinion رأي and ask for others opinions in Arabic. Let’s first look at some topic categories. السياسة politics الأدَب literature التعليم education الفن art الطَعام food الطَبيعة nature الصِحّة health Can you match the following topics to the categories above? تغير المناخ climate change منسف …
Arabic expressions about keeping dignity (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 28, 2021
In today’s post, I would like to focus on the concept of dignity الكرامة in Arabic and how it’s talked about in the Arabic-speaking world. This 3-part post will look at a number of proverbs and everyday expressions/phrases that are used in spoken Arabic. In the first two parts, the focus will be several proverbs…
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 …
Turkish words in Libyan Arabic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 21, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة Today’s post is of interest to those who are keen to learn more about spoken Arabic and the focus is Libyan Arabic اللهجة الليبية . A few months ago, we learnt some of the popular Italian words that were adopted from the Italian language and…