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Relative pronouns in Spoken Arabic, 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 6, 2020
In the first part of this post, we started discussing s subtle aspect of Arabic grammar, and that is that of relative pronouns ضمائر الوصل. To recap, a relative pronoun is a pronoun that follows a noun in order to elaborate on it and add extra information about it. In the second part of the…
Relative pronouns in Spoken Arabic, 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 28, 2020
In this post, we’re going to look at a subtle aspect of Arabic grammar that can be confusing for some learners of Spoken Arabic, even advanced ones. This aspect is that of relative pronouns ضمائر الوصل A relative pronoun is a pronoun that follows a noun in order to add extra information about it, in…
Winter in Fairuz’s Love Songs (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 21, 2020
This is the second part of my previous post where we started looking at the common theme of the connection between winter الشتاء and love الحب in Fairouz’s songs. The second song I chose is رجعت الشتوية “Winter is back”. As in the previous song, the tone in this song is sad. The singer/girl (main…
Winter in Fairuz’s Love Songs (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 10, 2020
In this post, we’re going to learn about a common theme in Arabic music and that is the association between winter الشتاء and love الحب. In this post, I’m focusing on two works by the Lebanese singer – Fairuz – and look at the words/phrases used to address this theme. In the first part of…
Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Nov 20, 2019
In this post, we’ll be following a very simple and delicious chocolate cake recipe in Arabic. 🎂 Chocolate cake can be found in almost every culture. I thought it would be good Arabic practice to see simple everyday ingredients in Arabic and easy instructions in Arabic to follow. The formal word in Arabic for “cake”…
Colors in Arabic and Arab Culture Posted by yasmine on Nov 6, 2019
In this post we’ll be looking at what some colors symbolize in Arab culture and the flags of some Arab states. In addition to the Arabic names of some colors that don’t exist in your regular basic color list. I also thought to remind you how to ask someone what their favorite color is in…
Coffee القَهْوة and Tea الشَّاي in Arab Culture Posted by yasmine on Oct 23, 2019
Whether they call it Turkish or Arabic coffee, both refer to the same method of coffee preparation. The ground beans are boiled in a special pot called إبْريق ibreeq. The coffee is boiled with sugar and sometimes cardamom هَيل hail then served in a small cup called فِنْجان finjan and allowed to sit for a…