Archive for 'Grammar'
Basics of Arabic Grammar Posted by Fisal on Jan 20, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we will go back to the basics for some refreshment. Arabic العربية is like any other language. It is a means وسيلة of expressionتعبير and communication تواصُل. It consists of letters حروف that make up words كلمات, phrases عبارات and sentences جُمل. Any speech كلام that consist of two, three or…
Arabic! Which Arabic? Posted by Fisal on Dec 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to continue my previous discussion about the Arabic language phenomenon that may have given a lot of people a headache (check my previous post The Arabic Headache; Dialect!). I will try to be brief and accurate as far as I can especially when there is no such…
The Arabic Headache; Dialect! Posted by Fisal on Dec 23, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss a very common problem for non-Arabic natives. Yes, it is that dialect headache! Which Arabic variety should foreigners learn; Classical Arabic (CA), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) (Al-Fus’ha) or Colloquial Arabic with its various dialects (Al-Am’iyah)? Unfortunately, there is no one correct answer. Deciding on one…
Fisal’s Dictionary: sa.li.ma Posted by Fisal on Dec 17, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will dig deep into the root verb سـَــلـِــمَ /sa.’li.ma/ and explore some of its derivatives. Yes, this is the root verb for so many Arabic words…
Grammar Lesson: Learn and Use Modal Verbs in Arabic Posted by jesa on Nov 29, 2015
Marhaba! As you all know by now, I (and the Arabic team at Transparent Language of course!) am always looking for ways to help you succeed in your Arabic learning journey. Whether it is through interesting news articles, crossword puzzles, or lyrics of songs, our collective purpose is to invite you all to stay positive…
Case marking exercise, answer Posted by aziza on Nov 20, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the case marking exercise presented earlier. The words are presented below with justification for the case marking. The description is presented in Arabic terminology. تُعْتَبَرُ دمشق من أقدم المُدُنِ المَأْهُولَةِ في العالم. ويعود تَارِيخُ بِنَاءِ هذه المدينة إلى ما بين الألف السادس والخامس قبل الميلاد، وتَمْتَازُ بعمارتها…
Case marking exercise Posted by aziza on Nov 20, 2015
Hi everyone! In this post, I present an exercise that aims to revise your information about the case marking system (الإعراب). Case marking is the system by which special endings are added to words to mark their function or position in the sentence. Now, read the text below and add the appropriate ending to the…