Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Egyptian Famous Women: Hatshepsut Posted by Fisal on Apr 25, 2013
The Egyptian history تـاريــخ is full of stories of amazing women نــســاء ; women who sometimes surpassed men by their powers and effects. These women not only have carved their names in history books, but also in the minds and hearts of all Egyptians. They were and still a source of inspiration إلــهــام for…
Listening comprehension exercise Posted by aziza on Apr 25, 2013
watch the video below and try to answer the questions that follow it, using the information provided. Use the useful vocabulary given at the end of the post Questions: 1- What did Médecins Sans Frontières warn of? 2- How many refugees live in Mibra camp in Mauritania? 3- What do they lack at the camp? 4- …
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…
Fisal’s Dictionary: “to be beautiful” Posted by Fisal on Apr 11, 2013
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb جـَــمـُـــلَ and explore some of its derivatives. * جـَـمـُــلَ /jamu’la/ [V. I.]: (something or someone) = to be beautiful in shape, look or…
Useful cooking vocabulary in Arabic Posted by aziza on Apr 7, 2013
Do you like cooking? Do you spend time in the kitchen to prepare Arabic foods? Do you know the names of some of the tools and equipment you use while cooking in Arabic? In this post, I present some vocabulary related to utensils and kitchen equipment. Sauce pan = قِدر Frying pan = مقلاة Tray…
Do you know your cutlery in Arabic? Posted by aziza on Apr 6, 2013
One of the basic issues that face learners of Arabic as a foreign language is that it largely deals with formal topics. I know many students who can talk about freedoms and rights, yet who do not know how to say fork or knife! I think that it is very important to learn this basic…
word search game in Arabic with answers Posted by aziza on Mar 31, 2013
In this post, I present the answer of the word search game presented in my previous post which is related to drinks. شاي قهوة كراوية ينسون كاكاو عصير كولا ماء لبن شوربة The translation of the words is below: 1. Tea 2. Coffee 3. Caraway 4. Anise 5. Cocoa 6. Juice 7. Cola 8. Water 9…