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Listening Comprehension Answers: Sheep-raising in Sudan Posted by Fisal on Sep 13, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last listening comprehension exercise about sheep-raising in Sudan. To view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers اســم الــراعــي هــو “ســعــيــد”. 1) The name of the shepherd is “Sa’eid”. عــدد قــطــيــع الــضــأن الــمــســئــول عــنــه الــراعــي و أخــيــه هــو أكــثــر مــن…
The Garbage Crisis in Lebanon: What’s the ‘You Stink Movement’ All About? (2) Posted by jesa on Sep 12, 2015
Marhaba! I hope you all found the previous post interesting. I always strive to keep you all Arabic lovers as fully updated as possible on the most pressing and interesting developments in the Arab world. Many expect that the You Stink Movement is sort of a manifestation of the Arab Spring in Lebanon, while others…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Sheep-raising in Sudan Posted by Fisal on Sep 10, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة: Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــو اســم الــراعــي؟ 1) What is the name of the shepherd? كــم عــدد قــطــيــع الــضــأن الــمــســئــول عــنــه الــراعــي و أخــيــه؟ 2) How many sheep are the shepherd and his brother responsible…
The Garbage Crisis in Lebanon: What’s the ‘You Stink Movement’ All About? Posted by jesa on Sep 8, 2015
Marhaba! You might have come across a number of articles in the last few weeks about massive popular protests in Lebanon. These protests are in part triggered by the government’s failure to provide an adequate solution for garbage processing, collecting, and recycling. The true catalyst for the protests stems from a number of problems, including…
Verbs with hamza – exercises Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2015
Verbs that have hamza as a root letter are called (الفعل المهموز). Hamza can appear as a first, second or third radical letter. In this post, we answer some exercises to practice conjugating these verbs. First of all, there is the conjugation of the verbs given as an exercise in my previous post. Complete the…
Verbs with hamza Posted by aziza on Aug 30, 2015
Verbs that have hamza as a root letter are called (الفعل المهموز). Hamza can appear as a first, second or third radical letter. In this post, we learn how to conjugate these verbs. Examples of verbs with hamza are found below: أخذ = took أكل = ate سأل = asked سأم = become bored ملأ…
Arabic for Librarians (Part 4) Posted by Fisal on Aug 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Since libraries play an important role in our lives, we have started a series of blogs introducing different situations in a library setting to get to know how to use Arabic in the library. Today, we have another conversation between a librarian and a library patron to ask for using…