Archive for 'Grammar'
Sinai Liberation Day Posted by Fisal on Apr 26, 2013
Yesterday, Egypt celebrated the 31st. Sinai Liberation Day عـــيــد تــحــــريـــر ســـيــنــــاءcommemorating the withdrawal إنـــســـحـــــاب of the Israeli troops from Taba طــابـــا ; the last occupied part of the Sinai Peninsula شـــبـه جــزيـــرة ســـيــنــــاء. The day is a national holiday أجـــازة قـــومـــيــة in Egypt and is celebrated by all people and the government الـــحـــكــومـــة in different…
Go Out and Try One of these 8 Fun Things during Spring Posted by jesa on Apr 22, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! In spring (الربيع), across different places in the world, one could see blossoming flowers (أزهار تَتَفتَّح), listen to chirping and singing birds (عصافير تُزَقزِق), and feel the beaming sun (الشّمس تشرق)! The end of the winter season marks the beginning of the spring season that calls for outdoor activities (نشاطات خارجية) that can…
Hobbies: Do you have one and how can you talk about it in Arabic? Posted by jesa on Apr 16, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! Today I would like to talk about hobbies (الهواية/الهوايات). I will tell you all about my own hobbies and then consider some common hobbies from my personal experiences with family and friends. I will also teach you how to express (للتعبير عن) and talk about some common hobbies in Arabic. A basic…
The MWF Initiative: A New and Fun Way to Learn Arabic Posted by jesa on Apr 12, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! Starting tomorrow, the Arabic Team at Transparent Language launches the MWF Initiative, a new (جديد) and fun (مرح) method to learn (تعلّم) Arabic (العربية) through our various social media outlets (وسائل الاعلام الاجتماعية). The MWF Initiative (مبادرة) is part of our continued commitment (التزام) and determination to reaching out to the Arabic Community…
Expressing possibility in Arabic Posted by aziza on Mar 29, 2013
In Arabic, there is a very useful expression that can be used to express possibility or necessity, etc. of a certain action. This expression is made up of the preposition (من), followed by a definite adjective, and then (أن) and a present tense verb in the subjunctive. من اللازم أن من اللازم أن نسافر…
Reading Comprehension Answers – From Jubran to Mai Posted by Fisal on Mar 18, 2013
Did you like Jubran’s message to his beloved; Mai? Did you answer all the questions correctly? Ok, let’s check together. Here are the answers to the reading comprehension exercise based on Jubran’s message: كـــَـــاتـــِــــب الــرســالـــة هــو جــُـــبــران خــلــيـــل جـُــبــران ، و كــتــبــهــا لـِ مــَـــىّ زيـــادة 1) The writer of the message is Jubran…
Reading Comprehension Exercise – From Jubran to Mai Posted by Fisal on Mar 17, 2013
اِقــرأ الـــرســـالـــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following message then answer the questions: مــِـــن جــــُــــــبــْـــران إلــى مــــَـــــيّ : أنـــا أعــْـــلـــَــــمُ أنَّ الــقـــلـــيــــــلَ مــِـــنَ الــحـــُّـــــبِّ لا يــُـــرضــِـــيـــــكِ ، كــَــمـــَـــا أعــْــــلـــَــــمُ أنَّ الــقـــَــــلــيـــــلَ مـــِـــنَ الــحـــُّـــبِّ لا يـــُـــرضـــِــــيـــنـــي ، أنــْـــتِ وأنـــَــــا لا ولـــَـــنْ نــَـــرْضـــَـــى بــالـــْـــقـــَـــلـــِــــيــــل . نــَــحــْـــنُ نــُــــريـــــدُ الــكــــثـــيــــر . نــحـــــنُ نـــُــــريــــــدُ كـــُــــلَّ شـــَـــيءٍ…