Archive for 'Pronunciation'
“You Are The Boss”; Saad Lamjarred Posted by Fisal on Nov 12, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am sharing a beautiful Arabic song by the Moroccan Saad Lmjarred. The song has achieved unsurpassed Arab World Record as it is approaching the 200 million views on Youtube. The Arabic CNN has written an article about the song. Also, Your Middle East has done the same and even…
Listening -Rotating Tower – answer Posted by aziza on Oct 19, 2015
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier. Please find the transcription and the questions and answers below. You can also fine the vocab list at the end. Transcription: تخيل أنك تعيش في منزل في ناطحة سحاب كهذه تغير شكلها باستمرار، كل طابق يدور على نفسه فتتغير المناظر في…
Listening Comprehension – Rotating Tower Posted by aziza on Oct 18, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. Listen to the news report, and then answer the questions. You can use the vocabulary list at the end to assist your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English: 1- How do the views change in the skyscraper? 2- How can one control the rotation? 3-…
How did the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar Begin? Posted by Fisal on Oct 14, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today is the first day of the new Hijri year (1437), so Happy New Hijri Year to everyone! In today’s post we are going to know how this calendar was started and who started it. We have learnt in a previous post about the Arabic names of weekdays…
Amr Diab; “With Him” Posted by Fisal on Sep 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “ويــَّــاه /Wayyah/” which translates literally as “With Him”. Surprisingly, slang Arabic can address females in the form of males, so Amr means “With My Love”. Slang or dialectic Arabic is a…
Listening Comprehension, Answers Posted by aziza on Sep 28, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise about the celebration of Eid Al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) in Turkey and France. Useful vocabulary is available at the end of the post. Answer the following questions in Arabic: 1- بم يمتاز المسلمون الأتراك؟ يمتاز المسلمون الأتراك بصفة الاحترام الشديد للشعائر الدينية. 2- كيف…
Listening Comprehension – Eid Al-Adha Posted by aziza on Sep 27, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise about the celebration of Eid Al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) in Turkey and France. The Arabic questions are based on the first half of the report on the celebration in Turkey, and the English questions based on the second half of the report on the celebration in France…