Archive for 'Arabic Language'
A Recipe for Sardines Posted by aziza on Jun 20, 2014
Do you like sardines? I certainly do. I cook them in a very easy way! Ingredients: Sardines (سردين) Chilli peppers (فلفل حار) Very thinly chopped potato (بطاطس) Olive oil (زيت زيتون) Lemon juice (عصير ليمون) Garlic (ثوم) Cumin (كمون) Salt (ملح) Preparation: wash the sardines Chop the garlic very thinly and mix it with…
Arabic Translation Answer: The Conflict Posted by Fisal on Jun 19, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Here is the English translation of the last article by the Egyptian journalist Ahmad Bahgat. Bahagat أحــْــمــَــد بــَــهــْــجــَــتْwho worked at Al-Ahram Newspaper for a long time. He had a daily column in the newspaper under the heading of “Box of the World صــُـــنــْــدُوق الــدُّنــْـــيــَـــا” in which he dealt with so…
Arabic Translation Exercise: The Conflict Posted by Fisal on Jun 19, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a translation exercise. We are going to read a short article by one of the famous Arab writers. The article will be in Arabic and you are going to test your Arabic reading skill and translate the article into English. Of course I will post the…
Karakashangy: The Role of Songs in learning Arabic Posted by Fisal on Jun 18, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Our post today is about the role دَوْرof songs in learning Arabic as a foreign language. Research has said a lot about the effectiveness فــَــعــَــالــِــيــَــة of songs الأغــَــانــِـى and music الــمــُــوســِــقــَــى on learning a second language. One advantage مــِــيــزَةof using songs in the classroom is its flexibility مــُــرُونــَـــة. Songs…
A Love Letter to Hummus Posted by jesa on Jun 17, 2014
Hummus has become a world renowned side dish, where different shops, markets, and even countries compete on who has the better recipe for preparing my utmost favorite Middle Eastern side dish. In this post, I express my candid thoughts and feelings about Hummus (الحمص) while in the U.S. Dear Lebanese Hummus (عزيزي الحمص اللبناني), I…
Learn 10 New Words about the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Arabic (2) Posted by jesa on Jun 15, 2014
Marhaba! Are you caught up in world cup fever? If not then no worries, you still have time to join the millions of fans around the globe and cheer for one or two teams. Well, speaking of cheering for teams, I have a confession to make. I am rooting for two teams this year: Argentina…
Learn 10 New Words about the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Arabic Posted by jesa on Jun 14, 2014
Marhaba! Are you one of the many millions if not billions of fans around the world that wait every four years to watch the world’s greatest teams compete for the world cup? If you are then that’s awesome!! In addition to our passion for Arabic and love for learning this beautiful language, we now have…