Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Hepta: The Movie Trailer – part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 1, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. We’re still looking at the Egyptian movie Hepta هيبتا . In the last post, we studied the language used in the trailer of the movie. The Arabic used in the trailer is Egyptian Arabic. In this post, I’m going to provide the Standard Arabic equivalent to…
الأكِل الصِحّي Healthy Food Part Two Posted by yasmine on Feb 24, 2021
In this post, we’ll be watching the second part of a video (in Jordanian Levantine) that talks about الأكِل الصِحّي healthy food that keeps us full longer. I have included a transcription and English translation to help you follow along. Last week we began by first reading a definition of الأكل الصحي in الفُصحى MSA…
Hepta: The Movie Trailer – part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 22, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 In the last post, we started learning about a romantic movie Hepta هيبتا. We then studied the lyrics of the movie’s theme song. This week, we’re going to look at the 2-minute long trailer of the movie المقطع الترويجي للفيلم and learn what is actually being said (The Arabic variety…
Hepta: the seven stages of love Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 15, 2021
Salaam Arabic learners السلام عليكم يا متعلّمي اللغة العربية 🙂 Yesterday – the 14th. Feb – was Valentines Day عيد الحب. This reminded me of a romantic Egyptian movie فيلم مصري رومانسي titled بعنوان: Hebta: the final lecture هيبتا: المحاضرة الأخيرة. In this post, we’re going to learn the lyrics of the theme song of…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (3) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 12, 2021
Welcome to the third and final part of this post – a listening/comprehension piece on the topic of minimalism التبسيط. In the last two parts of this post: here (1) & here (2), we had two audio clips to listen to and two exercises to work on. In this post, we will continue learning about…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 8, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this post: an advanced listening piece on the topic of Minimalism موضوع التبسيط. Last week, we started studying a short audio clip, in Standard Arabic, and listed some of the keywords related to the topic. There was one matching exercise to work on. In this post, there is another…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 5, 2021
This is a three-part post, an advanced listening piece, based on a short audio clip I recorded about the concept of Minimalism مفهوم التبسيط أو التخفّف. The audio clip (two parts) is in Standard Arabic العربية الفصحى. Today’s post is focused on the key words appearing in the audio clip, in addition to one exercise…