Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Questions Words in Arabic (2) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 6, 2018
In the previous post, you mastered how to form questions in Arabic using interrogative words/particles أَدَوَات الاِسْتِفْهَام. You now can make yes-no questions and wh-questions. In this post, you will get to know how to form a negative yes-no question, using negative particles along with interrogative particles. Also, you will pick up how prepositions are…
Some insights into people names in the Arab world Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 4, 2018
People in the Arab world pay a lot of attention to names and put a lot of effort يبذلون الكثير من الجهد into choosing names for their babies’, boys and girls. As a result, names in the Arab world are often interesting with some unique features خصائص مميزة that perhaps make them stand out. In…
Reading Comprehension Practice 2: عيد النوروز – Nowruz Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 28, 2018
Welcome to the second part of this post. In last week’s post, we looked at a passage about Nowruz, an occasion that is being celebrated in particular countries in the world round this time, particularly on 21st. Mar of every year. This week, I provide answers of last week’s post, check the answers below and…
Reading Comprehension Practice 1: عيد النوروز – Nowruz Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 21, 2018
Welcome to this reading comprehension test, based on Nowrus, which is an occasion مناسبة that is celebrated in many countries around this time of the yearفي هذا الوقت من السنة . This post will be of two parts: the first part (current one) is based on a reading passage about the Nowrus, with a…
30 Arabic Words of Persian Origin Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Mar 18, 2018
Arabic fraught with hundreds of foreign words since pre-Islamic times. This is because the Arab tribes at the time led a simple life and mingling with neighboring more civilized nations/empires, such as the Persians, the Romans, the Babylonians, and the Greek was inevitable. In the course of their contact and dealings with these peoples…
Egyptian Arabic Proverbs and their equivalent in Libyan Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 14, 2018
To pick up where we left last week, we will be looking at two more proverbs in today’s post. As mentioned in last week’s post, we’re going to focus on proverbs حكم – آقوال in Egyptian Arabic اللهجة المصرية, which are probably familiar معروفة – متداولة to many Arabic learners, and we’re going to learn…
Listening Comprehension, Women Posted by aziza on Mar 12, 2018
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on the most important issues that Arab women face. The report is from Al-Jazeera. Listen the report and answer the questions that follow. You can use the words at the end of the post to facilitate your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English: What does…