Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Egyptian Proverbs (10) Posted by Fisal on Mar 30, 2016
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of…
How To Prepare Lebanese Meat Pizzas Posted by jesa on Mar 29, 2016
Marhaba! Have you heard of Lebanese pizza? If so, you would know that it’s one of the tastiest meals around the globe. If you have not tasted one in the past or this is the first time you come across the phrase ‘Lebanese Pizza,’ then look no further, I have got you covered. Lebanese Pizza…
Inna and its sisters, Answers Posted by aziza on Mar 28, 2016
Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) are إنَّ وأنَّ ، ولكنَّ ، وكأنَّ وليتَ ولعلَّ After Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها), the subject of the nominal sentence (اسم إن) become accusative (منصوب), and the predicate (خبر إن) remains nominative (مرفوع). In this post, I present the answers of the exercises presented earlier to practice…
Practice Inna and its sisters Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2016
Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) is a group of particles in Arabic that are usually followed by a nominal sentence. The nominal sentence takes special vowelling after Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها). Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) are إنَّ وأنَّ ، ولكنَّ ، وكأنَّ وليتَ ولعلَّ By default, a nominal sentence has…
Learn All 15 South American Countries & Territories in Arabic Posted by jesa on Mar 26, 2016
Marhaba! Building on previous posts that discussed all 50 U.S. states and 17 Middle East countries in Arabic, today I want to teach you how to pronounce the name of every South American country and dependent territory in Arabic. I have translated and transliterated the country names so that you can use them when writing…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Arabic and Technology Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How did you do in the last listening comprehension exercise about Arabic and Technology? Some considerable number of academic and educated Arabs do really think that there is a threat to the Arabic language because of the impact of globalization and the domination of the English language from one side…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Arabic and Technology Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Do you think there is a real gap between the Arabic language and modern technology? Does technology help you learn Arabic? Is technology considered a threat to learning the language? Do you use the traditional way of writing using a pen and paper? Do you use any Arabic digital applications?…