Archive for 'Grammar'
An Introduction مُقَدِّمَة Posted by jesa on Oct 13, 2012
“Record it, I am an Arab and my identity card number is 50,000”, (سَجِّل أنا عَربي ورَقِم بطاقَتي خَمسون أَلف) says the great Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish (محمود دَرويش) in his famous poem Record it, I am an Arab. And I say to you too: record this, I am an Arab. In my blog posts…
World Teacher’s Day Posted by Fisal on Oct 12, 2012
World Teacher’s Day الـيــوم الـعــالــمـــى لـلـمـُــعـَــلــِّــم is celebrated all across the globe on 5th October, every year. The day came to be celebrated for the first time in the year 1994 and since then, it has been observed by 100 countries in the world. On this day, teachers are honored for their immense contribution…
Arabic Nouns to Denote Time Posted by aziza on Oct 11, 2012
ظرف الزمان is a special category of nouns in Arabic used in a sentence to denote time. It is a special type of noun in Arabic, but it can be understood as an adverbial of time, as it gives the time a certain action takes place. It is the word that answers the question: “when…
Exercises on relative pronouns, answers Posted by aziza on Sep 24, 2012
In the previous post, I presented exercises on the relative pronouns (الأسماء الموصولة) in Arabic. الذي = this (sing. masc.) التي = this (sing. fem.) اللذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) اللذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) اللتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) اللتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) الذين = these (plur. masc.) اللاتي = these…
Some exercises on relative pronouns Posted by aziza on Sep 23, 2012
Do you remember the relative pronouns (الأسماء الموصولة) in Arabic? الذي = this (sing. masc.) التي = this (sing. fem.) اللذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) اللذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) اللتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) اللتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) الذين = these (plur. masc.) اللاتي = these (plur. fem.) Now, try…
Reading Comprehension Answers – Love Posted by Fisal on Sep 22, 2012
Here are the answers to the reading comprehension exercise that I posted yesterday. To see the passage and questions again, click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise-love/ تتحدث القطعة عن الحب و المال 1) The passage speaks about love and money. لا يستطيع الإنسانأن يشترى الحب و القلوب و المشاعر . 2) Man can not…
Reading Comprehension Exercise – Love Posted by Fisal on Sep 21, 2012
اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage then answer the questions: قــد يـمــلــك الإنــســانُ كـل أمــوال الــدنـيــا و لــكــنــه لا يــســتــطــيـــع أن يــشــتـــرى إحــســاســـاً صــادقــاً .. قــد يــتــصـــور الإنــســانُ أنــه بــدفــــتــر شــيــكـــاتـــه يــســتـــطـــيـــع أن يـــحــــول مــقـــدرات الــدنــيــــا و يــتــحــكـــم فــيــهـــا .. يــحـــب مــن يــحـــب .. و يــجـــرح مــن يـــجــــرح…