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Rosetta (Rasheed) Posted by Fisal on Sep 20, 2012
Rasheed or Rashid رشــــيــد or what is known in the west as Rosette or Rosetta is a city in the governorate of Beheira, Egypt. It is an old port that lies at the mouth of the western part of the Nile where it meets with the Mediterranean Sea. It is considered one of the…
Verbal Sentence: The Subject/Doer (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on Sep 17, 2012
Today we are going to continue our study of the second element in the Verbal Sentence الـجـمـلــة الـفـعـلـيـــة ; the subject. We have already known that the subject or the doer الــفــاعــِــل of an action is a noun (or a pronoun) that is in the Nominative Case حــَــالــَــةُ الــرَّفــْــعِ and is preceded by an…
Ismail Yasin; (1912 – 1972) Posted by Fisal on Sep 16, 2012
Ismail Yasin إسـمــاعــيــــل يــاســيـــن was a very famous Egyptian actor and monologist. He was born on the 15th of September, 1912 in Suez City. His father was a middle class jeweler. His mother died when he was still a little child and his step-mother used to hurt him. Like most children of the time…
Some exercises on demonstratives, answres Posted by aziza on Sep 14, 2012
هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = = these (plur.) Here is the answers of the exercises presented in my previous post: 1. هذه الطالبة تدرس في…
Some exercises on demonstratives Posted by aziza on Sep 13, 2012
Do you remember the demonstratives (أسماء الإشارة) in Arabic? هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = these (plur.) Now, try to complete these sentences using one of…
Perceptions of Standard Arabic and colloquial dialects Posted by aziza on Sep 8, 2012
Learners of Arabic as a foreign language often wonder which variety of Arabic to learn. The advice that we give to them is to learn Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى) which is the variety used in written and formal spoken media (e.g. the news). Then after achieving some proficiency in MSA, we advise learners to acquaint…
Egyptian Proverbs (6) Posted by Fisal on Sep 7, 2012
Arabic proverbs الأمثال العربية reflect the beauty of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حكمة of the Arabs العرب and their culture الثقافة . In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation موقف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the…