Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Comprehension piece: Mysterious doors (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 3, 2021
We have a mystery to solve this week! لدينا لغزٌ لنحلّه هذا الأسبوع. This 2 part-blog post is comprehension focused, based on a short clip produced by BBC Arabic. The mystery is over two particular doors بابين محدّدين in Leinster Gardens in Central London. So, let’s find out what is mysterious about them لنتعرّف على…
Ramadan in Egypt is special حاجة تانية Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 26, 2021
Welcome to a new blog post 🙂 In this post, we’re going to study a lovely song by the amazing Emirati singer المطرب الإماراتي الرائع: Hussain Al-Jassmi حسين الجسمي. As is the case in each Ramadan, Hussain sings a special song as a way كطريقة لِـ to celebrate للاحتفال بـ the holy month of Ramadan…
TbAhij: Libyan Dish to serve during Ramadan Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 19, 2021
We’re one week into Ramadan. So, Ramadan Kareem رمضان كريم again to those serving this month of fasting 🙂 I would like to introduce to a savoury Libyan dish; it’s called TbAhij طْباهِجْ. It’s a traditional dish طبق تقليدي that is considered an appetiser يعتبر نوع من المقبلات or a side dish أو طبق…
Ramadan came to us رمضان جانا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 12, 2021
Ramadan Kareem رمضان كريم to those serving this month of fasting 🙂 It’s just been announced in – Saudi Arabia – that tomorrow is the first day of Ramadan غدًا هو أول أيام رمضان. So, I would like to share with you an old song that celebrates the start of Ramadan. It’s in Egyptian…
Describing the Ideal Friend الصَّديق المِثالي Posted by yasmine on Apr 7, 2021
In this post, I thought we would learn how to describe what we think is a true friend صَديق حَقيقي or an ideal friend صَديق مِثالي in Arabic. We’ll look at vocabulary that will help us list possible friend qualities and answer questions. We’ll also watch a video showing pedestrians in Jordan being asked about…
Helping homeless cats during the pandemic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 6, 2021
We all probably heard of cat cafes مقاهي القطط before, but not many of us heard of a café for homeless cats مقهى للقطط المشرّدة! Yes, there is one! In Sweden J Unlike in other countries, the café stayed open المقهى ظل مفتوحًا during the pandemic خلال الجائحة and the demand الطلب is higher أعلى…
Mother’s Day: how did it start? (part 2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 26, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. In the previous post, we started learning about Mother’s Day عيد الأم and how it’s differently celebrated around the world. In today’s post, you will have another exercise to work on. Also, you will be able to check your answers to last week’s exercise…