Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Do you know your cutlery in Arabic? Posted by aziza on Apr 6, 2013
One of the basic issues that face learners of Arabic as a foreign language is that it largely deals with formal topics. I know many students who can talk about freedoms and rights, yet who do not know how to say fork or knife! I think that it is very important to learn this basic…
word search game in Arabic with answers Posted by aziza on Mar 31, 2013
In this post, I present the answer of the word search game presented in my previous post which is related to drinks. شاي قهوة كراوية ينسون كاكاو عصير كولا ماء لبن شوربة The translation of the words is below: 1. Tea 2. Coffee 3. Caraway 4. Anise 5. Cocoa 6. Juice 7. Cola 8. Water 9…
Expressing possibility in Arabic Posted by aziza on Mar 29, 2013
In Arabic, there is a very useful expression that can be used to express possibility or necessity, etc. of a certain action. This expression is made up of the preposition (من), followed by a definite adjective, and then (أن) and a present tense verb in the subjunctive. من اللازم أن من اللازم أن نسافر…
To My Mother Posted by jesa on Mar 21, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! A few months ago, I introduced you all to one of my favorite Arab artists, the accomplished Oud player, composer and singer, Marcel Khalife (مارسيل خليفة). Mother’s Day in the Arab world falls on March 21st of every year, coinciding with the beginning of spring (الربيع) On the occasion of Mother’s Day, which…
Reading Comprehension Answers – From Jubran to Mai Posted by Fisal on Mar 18, 2013
Did you like Jubran’s message to his beloved; Mai? Did you answer all the questions correctly? Ok, let’s check together. Here are the answers to the reading comprehension exercise based on Jubran’s message: كـــَـــاتـــِــــب الــرســالـــة هــو جــُـــبــران خــلــيـــل جـُــبــران ، و كــتــبــهــا لـِ مــَـــىّ زيـــادة 1) The writer of the message is Jubran…
Reading Comprehension Exercise – From Jubran to Mai Posted by Fisal on Mar 17, 2013
اِقــرأ الـــرســـالـــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following message then answer the questions: مــِـــن جــــُــــــبــْـــران إلــى مــــَـــــيّ : أنـــا أعــْـــلـــَــــمُ أنَّ الــقـــلـــيــــــلَ مــِـــنَ الــحـــُّـــــبِّ لا يــُـــرضــِـــيـــــكِ ، كــَــمـــَـــا أعــْــــلـــَــــمُ أنَّ الــقـــَــــلــيـــــلَ مـــِـــنَ الــحـــُّـــبِّ لا يـــُـــرضـــِــــيـــنـــي ، أنــْـــتِ وأنـــَــــا لا ولـــَـــنْ نــَـــرْضـــَـــى بــالـــْـــقـــَـــلـــِــــيــــل . نــَــحــْـــنُ نــُــــريـــــدُ الــكــــثـــيــــر . نــحـــــنُ نـــُــــريــــــدُ كـــُــــلَّ شـــَـــيءٍ…
The Impossible Love – Kazim Al-Sahir Posted by Fisal on Mar 14, 2013
Today, I will present a very nice song by the great singer Kazem Al-Saahir. The song was written by the great poet Nizar Qabbani. It is called “The Impossible Love الــحــُــبُّ الــمــُــســْــتــَـــحـــيـــلُ”. The song is also known by the name “I Love You Very Much أحـبــكِ جداً” as these are the opening words of…