Archive for 'Grammar'
Key Points for Making Arabic Sentences with Verbs Posted by yasmine on Oct 13, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d look at the basic essential points for creating Arabic sentences using verbs. If you happen to already be familiar with these points, perhaps it can serve as a review. 🤓 🎇First of all, Arabic verbs change according to the subject (who/what) is carrying out the action. ✨Here we have…
Making Regular Verbs Passive in Arabic المَبني للمَجهول Posted by yasmine on Sep 22, 2021
In this post, we’ll be reviewing some grammar. 😁 Before we talk about the passive form in Arabic, let’s remind ourselves what a passive sentence is in English: Our Arabic teacher confirmed yesterday that the vocabulary quiz is today. It was confirmed yesterday by our Arabic teacher that the vocabulary quiz is today. It was…
Arabic Comprehension and Grammar Exercise (2) Ibn Battuta Posted by yasmine on Aug 18, 2021
In this post, we have a fun Arabic comprehension and grammar exercise where we will extract grammatical structures and words from the text below about the famous Arab traveler known as Ibn Battuta ابن بطوطة. I thought this would be a good way to review your Arabic grammar and comprehension skills while learning about a…
Arabic Comprehension and Grammar Exercise (1) Posted by yasmine on Aug 11, 2021
In this post, we have a fun Arabic comprehension and grammar exercise where we will extract grammatical structures and words from the text below. I thought this would be a good way to review your Arabic grammar and comprehension skills. (see answers at end of post) 😎 رِحلة عُمر تَعيش نُهى مع عائِلَتُها الصَّغيرة في…
Describing Possession in Arabic الإضافة Posted by yasmine on Aug 4, 2021
In this post, let’s practice the الإضافة structure. This structure, where two or more nouns are put back to back, is known as إضافة which literally means “addition”. Nothing can come between two words in an إضافة so if you want to add an adjective, it must come right at the end and must have the…
The Vocative Particle يا Posted by yasmine on Mar 31, 2021
As Arabic language learners, you have most likely seen and heard the vocative particle يا being used before nouns. Can you think of any examples? In this post, I thought we’d understand its purpose in Arabic and look at how it is used through reading and listening to examples. Does the vocative case happen to…
Adverbs of Time in MSA and Levantine ظروف الزَّمــان Posted by yasmine on Mar 3, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d learn some of the adverbs of time in Arabic ظروف الزَّمــان. We’ll look at example sentences for context. I have also included an audio recording to help with pronunciation. Before we begin, can you think of any ظَرْفُ زَّمَانِ? Let’s start with some straightforward ones: Note: I have added…