Archive for 'comprehension'
Christmas song أغنية عيد الميلاد: “Knock on their doors” Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 23, 2021
Welcome to one of my last blog posts for this year 2021 مرحبًا بكم في واحدة من آخر تدويناتي في هذا العام ٢٠٢١. Christmas is here جاء عيد الميلاد! Merry Christmas to all عيد ميلاد مجيد للجميع In Arabic, the phrase عيد الميلاد (with the definite milad> al-milaad الميلاد) means: The birth day and is…
Comprehension: Egyptian lady living in a caravan (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 20, 2021
Welcome to a new post مرحبًا بكم في مدونة جديدة. The topic today is based on a short clip in Egyptian Arabic, produced by BBC Arabic بي بي سي العربية. The aim is to understand the gist of the clip by focusing on the main vocabulary used as well as some simple comprehension exercises. This…
Song: And my eyes are wide awake وعيوني سهارى Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 13, 2021
Today’s post is about a song from Libyan Folklore. It’s called وَعْيُوني سَهًارى, which means ‘And my eyes are wide awake’. The version of the song we’re studying today is a ‘modernised’ version نُسْخَة حَدِيثَة of the older version of the song, which was performed by a Libyan singer, called Salaam Qadri سلام قدري. The…
7th pledge of Allegiance Anniversary ذكرى البيعة السابعة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 22, 2021
Two weeks ago, Saudis celebrated احتفل السعوديون بـ the 7th. anniversary الذكرى السابعة of the time when they first pledged تعهّدوا للمرة الأولى allegiance بالولاء to king Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud الملك سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود back in November, 2014. His official ascension to the throne تولّيه الرسمي العرش took place in…
Children’s Song in Lebanese Arabic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 15, 2021
Today’s post is dedicated to an old children’s song that I used to listen to and enjoy as a kid! The song titled: جدّي عندو جنينة My grandpa has a small farm and it’s in Lebanese Arabic. The song used to be streamed as part of the Lebanese children’s programme برنامج الأطفال اللبناني called: “How…
Libyan Porridge: ʕASSeedah عَصيدَه Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 8, 2021
In this post, you will be introduced to the Libyan version النسخة الليبية of porridge من العصيدة. I decided to dedicate this post to this dessert as the Islamic world celebrated بما أن العالم الإسلامي قد احتفل the birth of the Prophet Muhammad مولد الرسول محمد (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) (Peace be upon him) a…
World Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية العالمي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 1, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd. part of this blog post. Last week, we started learning about the topic of mental health الصحة النفسية as it’s celebrated internationally يُحتَفَل بها حول العالم in the month of October في شهر أكتوبر. In the previous post, we focused on the main vocabulary around the topic, through watching a short…