Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Nouns الأسماء /Al-Asma’a / : Gender الجنس /Al-Genss/ Posted by Fisal on Mar 11, 2011
* Arabic Nouns fall into two main categories concerning their Gender: (1) Masculine مذكر /Mozakkar/ & (2) Feminine مؤنث /Mo’annath/ * There some other sub-categories to these two main ones. * Note that: The Gender of a word is mostly determined by its Form not by the Concept it refers to…
Arabic Dialogue: At the Shoe Shop Posted by aziza on Jul 23, 2010
In this post, I present a short dialogue of a situation at the shop, buying shoes (حذاء). It should be noted that the word shoes in English is plural, while the Arabic word (حذاء) is singular. سلمى: مساء الخير. البائع: مساء النور. سلمى: من فضلك، أريد قياس الحذاء البني والمقاس هو 38. البائع: لحظة واحدة…
word search fruits Posted by aziza on Jun 29, 2010
Word search game In this post, I present another word search game. This time, the topic is fruits. Please try to find the following 10 fruit types in the grid below: تفاح فراولة موز عنب بلح بطيخ مانجو كمثرى كيوي رمان I will post the translations of the words and the answers of the game…
Two varieties of Standard Arabic Posted by aziza on Jun 15, 2010
In my previous post, I wrote about the different varieties and levels of colloquial Arabic (العامية). It is worth mentioning at this point that there are two varieties of Standard Arabic (الفصحى) as well. The first variety is called Classical Arabic (فصحي التراث). This is the traditional variety of Arabic that exists in classical books…
Colloquials of Arabic Posted by aziza on Jun 13, 2010
In one of my earliest posts I discussed the different varieties of Arabic and explained that there are two main varieties Standard Arabic (فصحى), i.e. the written variety which is sometimes spoken in reading the news or religious speeches, etc; and colloquial Arabic (عامية) which is the spoken dialect. In this post, I discuss colloquial…
Online dictionaries Posted by aziza on Jun 7, 2010
There are many free online dictionaries that you can use to look up words. They are not like conventional paper dictionaries that require knowing the root to look up words; you just type the word and find the meaning. You can use Google translate (http://translate.google.com/ ) for both words and phrases. Please note that it…
Calendar Months in the Arab World Posted by Transparent Language on May 26, 2010
Arabic calendar months used in the Arab World