Archive for 'Arabic Language'
The Old Damascene House البيت الدمشقي القديم Posted by yasmine on Sep 29, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d look into the old Damascene house البيت الدمشقي القديم which is famous for its unique architecture الهندسة المعمارية المميزة and style. Today, many have been converted into hotels and restaurants due to their beautiful surrounding atmosphere overlooking mountains الجبال and farms المزارع, but there are still old Damascus houses…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 27, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post مرحبًا بكم في الجزء الثاني من هذه المدونة. Last week, we started talking about domestic/ local tourism السِّيَاحَة الدَّاخِلِيَّة that has been quite popular lately because of the pandemic. We started focusing on article from BBC Arabic that focuses on the tourism situation within the UK…
Making Regular Verbs Passive in Arabic المَبني للمَجهول Posted by yasmine on Sep 22, 2021
In this post, we’ll be reviewing some grammar. 😁 Before we talk about the passive form in Arabic, let’s remind ourselves what a passive sentence is in English: Our Arabic teacher confirmed yesterday that the vocabulary quiz is today. It was confirmed yesterday by our Arabic teacher that the vocabulary quiz is today. It was…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 20, 2021
Welcome to a new blog post مرحبًا بكم في مدونة جديدة. Since the beginning of the pandemic, most people were prevented from traveling مٌنِعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنَ السَّفَرْ. Many, as a result, started to travel within their countries بدأ الكَثِيرُونَ فِي السَّفَرِ فِي الدَّاخِل and explore the parts واكْتِشَافِ الأَجْزَاءِ they have not been…
أنواع المَكْتبات في الأردن Types of Libraries in Jordan Part Two Posted by yasmine on Sep 15, 2021
In this post we’ll continue the story of غيث بحدوشة and مكتبته المميزة his unique library. But first let’s get to know some book genres in Arabic. 📚 ما أنواع الكتب التي تحب أن تقرأها؟ What types of books do you like to read? 📗📘📙📕Book genres أنواع الكتب قِصص المُغامرات: adventure الفن / العمارة: art/architecture …
Song: Thursday is lovely الخميس حَبُّوب Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 13, 2021
Thursdays are very special in the Arab world (or they were until recently). Today’s post is dedicated to a song about Thursdays. The song is about the great musician الموسيقي and composer الملحّن Mohamed Rahim محمد رحيم. The song is in Egyptian Arabic and it’s so much fun! Before we study the lyrics, I’ll start…
أنواع المَكْتبات في الأردن Types of Libraries in Jordan Posted by yasmine on Sep 8, 2021
In this post, we’ll take a look at what libraries are like in Jordan. But first, let’s look at familiar words that are similar to the word مَكْتَبة library and what they mean since they are all derived from the same root word كَتَبَ. 📚 كَتـَبَ : to write كِتـَابٌ : book كُتُبْ : books…