Archive for 'Pronunciation'
Welcome Ramadan Posted by Fisal on Jul 21, 2012
Today we will listen to a nice Ramadan song by the famous Egyptian singer; Abdel Aziz Mahmoud عبد العزيز محمود . The song was published in 1966 and is entitled “Welcome Ramadan مـَــرحــَــب رمــضـــان” . There are so many Arabic songs in different dialects that celebrate the coming of this holy month every year…
It is Ramadan! Posted by Fisal on Jul 19, 2012
Tomorrow is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan رمـضــان . Ramadan is the time when Muslims all over the world fast. The fasting of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. Since Ramadan is a special month in the Muslim calendar, it is celebrated in so many different ways…
Baby Animals Posted by Fisal on Jul 18, 2012
Baby Animals صــِـــغــــَــــــار الــحـــَـــيـــــوانـــَـــات In today’s post, we are going to learn some names of baby animals in the Arabic language. * The baby lion أســـَـــد is called a “cub شـــِــبــْـــل “ * The baby horse حـِــصــَــان is called a “foal or colt مــُــهـــْـــر ” * The baby donkey حــِــمــَـــار is called a “foal or…
Youssef Wahbi (1898 – 1982) Posted by Fisal on Jul 14, 2012
Youssef Wahbi يـوسـف وهــبــي was born on July 14th 1898 in the city of Al-Fayoum الــفــَـــيــُّـــوم , Egypt. He was an Egyptian theatre and cinema actor مـُـمـَــثـــِّـــل and director مـُــخــرِج , a leading star نــَــجــْــم of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent Arab stage actors of all times. Wahbi was…
Listening Comprehension Quiz Answers Posted by Fisal on Jul 10, 2012
Here are the answers to the previous Listening Comprehenshion Quiz. 1) أول مــَــديــنـــة هــي الــقـــاهــِـــرة و درجــــة الــحـــرارة بــهــا هــي 36 The first city is Al-Qahirah (Cairo) and its temperature is 36 2) أول مــَــديــنـــة تـقــع عـلـى ســاحــل الــبــحــر الـمـتـوســط هـي دمــيـــاط و درجــة حــرارتــهـــا هـي 32 The first city that lies on the coast…
From Prison to Palace; Morsi President of Egypt Posted by Fisal on Jun 24, 2012
It is such a memorable day! Today (Sunday, 24th June 2012) and at a bit after midday, The Elections High Committee الـلــجــنـــة الــعــُــلــيــــا لـلانــتــخـــابــــات announced the final figures and results of the Egyptian runoff elections. The committee declared Dr Muhammad Morsi مــُــحــَــمــّــد مــُــرســى as President of Egypt. Thus, Morsi is the first civilian مَــدَنـِــيّ…
Inna & Anna !? Posted by Fisal on Jun 20, 2012
In a previous post, we were introduced to Inna and Sisters. We have known that they are particles حــُــروف . One sister of Inna is Anna. The difference between the two sisters is the first letter which is the Hamza ( ء ) . The Hamza in the first word إنَّ has a Kasrah…