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Arabic Translation Exam-News Headlines (2) Posted by jesa on Apr 29, 2017
Marhaba! I hope you all enjoyed and benefited from translating the 10 news headlines in English to Arabic! I will share more similar exercises that help you perfect your writing and reading skills. An important step in your learning journey is to be able to think, to the extent possible, in two languages interchangeably. This…
Missiles turn into works of art, answers Posted by aziza on Apr 29, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension questions on the news report from the BBC Arabic service on a Syrian baker who changes missiles into works of art. Questions and answers: أين يسكن أبو علي وكم يبلغ من العمر؟ يسكن أبو علي في دوما بالغوطة الشرقية ويبلغ من العمر أربعين عاماً. ما الذي يميز أبو…
Missiles turn into works of art Posted by aziza on Apr 28, 2017
In this post, I present a news report from the BBC Arabic service on a Syrian baker who changes missiles into works of art. Watch the report and try to answer the following questions. The additional vocabulary at the end should assist your comprehension. Please click the link to watch the video on bbc website…
Arabic ع and غ: Intelligibility vs. Sounding Native-like Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 27, 2017
In speaking a foreign language, do we have to sound native-like? No, certainly not! Being intelligible, in my book, is more important. Intelligibility affects communicating your ideas. Among the difficulties that we encounter when learning a new language is the articulation of certain speech sounds. More specifically, the speech sounds that exist in the new…
Arabic Translation Exam-News Headlines Posted by jesa on Apr 25, 2017
Marhaba! Have you ever imagined how the world’s top news headlines would look in Arabic? As you know, in our times, it is very hard to keep up with what the latest developments. Every minute, news companies have something new to report or share with millions of readers around the world. Today’s exercise is for…
[ت] , [ــة] , or [ــه]: How to Differentiate Between Them? Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 24, 2017
For learners of Arabic, as is the case for native speakers, it is normally difficult to distinguish between [ت], [ــة], and [ــه] when they occur at the end of words. [ت] is called taa maftuHah تَاء مَفْتُوحَة, [ــة] is called taa marbuTah تَاء مَرْبُوطَة , and [ــه] is called haa or haa marbuTah هَاء /…
A Saudi Security Guard Woman with Ambition (2) Posted by jesa on Apr 22, 2017
Marhaba! I hope you found the recent listening comprehension exercise on the new and inspiring milestone for women in Saudi Arabia noteworthy and fun. Today, I am sharing the answers to the previous questions in the listening comprehension post. I am also sharing the news story to refresh your memory. The most important goal that…