Archive for 'Pronunciation'
Song: “A piece of my heart” حِتَّه من قلبي Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 2, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. I have a new song for you today , a recent one that got released by the great Emirati singer – Hussain El Jassmi. It seems like every summer, he keeps delighting يستمر في إسعاد his audience جمهوره with a new song أغنية/surprise مفاجأة (You can…
Motivational song: “Stay steel” by Tamer Hosny Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 12, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. Today, I would like to share with you a song that has been released by the iconic Egyptian singer المغنّي المصري المعروف: Tamer Hosny تامر حسني at the beginning of this year في بداية هذا العام. I came across this song quite recently and thought…
Asking for / giving directions in Levantine Arabic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 28, 2021
We’re still learning about directions الاتجاهات for the second week. The post focuses on the main phrases and adverbs of place that one needs to know to be able to ask for directions as well as how to give them. While the previous post addressed the topic of directions in MSA, the current one will…
Asking for / giving directions in MSA Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 21, 2021
Today, we’re going to learn about directions الاتجاهات, how to ask for them as well as how to give them. The post focuses on the main phrases and adverbs of place that one needs to know to be able to talk about and understand directions. As this post addresses the topic of directions in MSA…
Arabic Song about keeping dignity (3) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 11, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this log post series where we talk about common expressions around the concept of dignity الكرامة, in Arabic. Please refer back to the first and second part of this blog post to read more about the concept in Arabic and some of the common vernacular proverbs that Arab speaking…
Arabic expressions about keeping dignity (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 4, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post where we’re still talking about the concept of dignity مفهوم الكرامة in Arabic, and learning some vocabulary around it. In the last blog post, we started learning about the word dignity itself and how it used in Arabic. We then studied a set of 3 proverbs…
Arabic expressions about keeping dignity (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 28, 2021
In today’s post, I would like to focus on the concept of dignity الكرامة in Arabic and how it’s talked about in the Arabic-speaking world. This 3-part post will look at a number of proverbs and everyday expressions/phrases that are used in spoken Arabic. In the first two parts, the focus will be several proverbs…