Archive for 'Grammar'
A Revolution of Doubt (Om Kolthoum) Posted by Fisal on Jun 26, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! In my previous post I introduced a short biography of the Saudi prince and poet Abdullah Al-Faisal. Today, we are going to read and listen to one of his masterpiece Fus’ha poems. The poem was published in the prince’s first volume of poetry; وحــى الــحــِــرمــان (revelations of Deprivation) but it…
The present tense verb endings Posted by aziza on Jun 23, 2014
There are three cases of the present tense verb, the default case, the imperfect (المرفوع), the subjunctive (المنصوب), and the jussive (المجزوم). The case of the verb depends on what precedes it. The imperfect (المرفوع) is the default case; we find it when the verb is not preceded by anything specific, or by (لا) for…
Arabic Translation Answer: The Conflict Posted by Fisal on Jun 19, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Here is the English translation of the last article by the Egyptian journalist Ahmad Bahgat. Bahagat أحــْــمــَــد بــَــهــْــجــَــتْwho worked at Al-Ahram Newspaper for a long time. He had a daily column in the newspaper under the heading of “Box of the World صــُـــنــْــدُوق الــدُّنــْـــيــَـــا” in which he dealt with so…
Arabic Translation Exercise: The Conflict Posted by Fisal on Jun 19, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a translation exercise. We are going to read a short article by one of the famous Arab writers. The article will be in Arabic and you are going to test your Arabic reading skill and translate the article into English. Of course I will post the…
Karakashangy: The Role of Songs in learning Arabic Posted by Fisal on Jun 18, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Our post today is about the role دَوْرof songs in learning Arabic as a foreign language. Research has said a lot about the effectiveness فــَــعــَــالــِــيــَــة of songs الأغــَــانــِـى and music الــمــُــوســِــقــَــى on learning a second language. One advantage مــِــيــزَةof using songs in the classroom is its flexibility مــُــرُونــَـــة. Songs…
The Verbal Sentence (Part 6) – The Passive Verb Form Posted by Fisal on Jun 12, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today, we are going to continue our study of the verbal sentence. What we have learnt earlier about this type of sentence is as follows: 1- The Verbal Sentence 2- The Subject of the Verbal Sentence (Part 1) 3- The Subject of the Verbal Sentence (Part 2) 4- Subject-Verb Agreement in…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Moroccan Food Posted by Fisal on Jun 7, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! I hope you have liked the Listening comprehension Exercise about Moroccan Food. How was your score? How much of the Arabic text could you understand? How many questions could you answer? How many Arabic words couldn’t you answer? What did you like most about the video? Now, let’s check…