Archive for 'Grammar'
Find and correct agreement errors Posted by aziza on Dec 8, 2012
In this post, I want you to find and correct agreement errors in the following phrases. You need to make sure that nouns and adjectives agree with each other. After you correct the phrases, scroll down to the bottom of the page to check the correct answers. 1- الشعوب الأوروبيون 2- الأرض الزراعي 3- طالبان ممتازات 4- …
Places and Buildings in Arabic Posted by jesa on Nov 30, 2012
In this post and as I previously promised, every now and then I will provide you with some lessons that can be beneficial to beginners, intermediate and advanced Arabic learners and lovers! Today, my lesson focuses on a list of different places and buildings in Arabic. All these words are the most common organizations and…
Dual and masculine plural in idaafa Posted by aziza on Nov 28, 2012
Dual nouns in Arabic end in one of two suffixes (ان or ين), e.g. the dual of صديق is صديقان in the nominative case, and صديقين in the accusative and genitive cases. Masculine plural nouns in Arabic end in one of two suffixes (ون or ين), e.g. the masculine plural of مهندس is مهندسون in…
Making requests in MSA and ECA Posted by aziza on Nov 24, 2012
To learn a diaglossic language like Arabic, you need to know both the formal variety (Modern Standard Arabic) and a colloquial variety. In Arabic, there are many colloquial dialects that differ geographically! In this post, I will give you some expressions which you can use to make requests in both Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2012
Money and Happiness Here are the answers to the Reading Comprehension Exercise about Money and Happiness. To view the questions again, click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise-4/ تتحدث القطعة عن علاقة المال بالسعادة 1) The passage is about the relationship between money and happiness. تتحسن الصحة النفسية لأى شخص بمجرد أن يربح القليل…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2012
Money and Happiness اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage then answer the questions أثــبــتَ الــبـــاحــثـــون خــطـــأ الــقـــولَ : بــأن الــســعـــادةَ لا تـــُــشــتــرى بــالــمـــال ؛ فــقـــد وجــــدوا عــلاقـــة قـــويـــة بــيـــن الــربــــح الــمـــادى وبــيـــن شـــُــعـــُـــور الــمــَـرءِ بــالــســـعـــادة والــصـــحـــة الــنــفـــســـيـــة وتــمــكــنـــوا مــن مــُــلاحـــظـــة تــحــســُّــن الــصــحـــة الــنــفـــســيــة لأى شــخــــص بــمــجـــرد أن يــربـــحَ الــقـــلــيــــلَ…
The Phenomenon of Abu Simbel Posted by Fisal on Nov 10, 2012
The two temples at Abu Simbel أبو سمبل are among the most magnificent monuments آثار in the world. Their removal and reconstruction was a historic event in itself. When the temples (280 km from Aswan) were threatened by submersion الغمر – الغرق in Lake Nasser, due to the construction of the High Dam السد…