Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Expressing spatial relationships in Arabic Posted by aziza on Feb 26, 2013
In my previous post, I discussed temporal relationships (العلاقات الزمنية) which relate events in terms of time of their occurrence. In this post, I discuss spatial relationships (العلاقات المكانية), which relate objects according to their place. I am going to present some expressions which we can use to express spatial relationships in Arabic, and…
Expressing temporal relationships in Arabic Posted by aziza on Feb 24, 2013
Temporal relationships (العلاقات الزمنية) are the relationships of events in relation to each other according to the time of their occurrence. They are very important in adding coherence to our discourse and making our writing and speech more meaningful. Often when we tell stories or describe steps to do something, e.g. giving instructions, we have…
Listening comprehension with answer Posted by aziza on Feb 23, 2013
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise presented in my previous post. I also present the transcription of the news story. Useful vocabulary: حذر = warned منظمة العمل الدولية = International Labor Organization ارتفاع = increase معدل = rate البطالة = unemployment الفئات العمرية = age groups عبء – burden…
Listening comprehension exercise in Arabic Posted by aziza on Feb 23, 2013
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise in Arabic. Listen to the news item and then answer the questions that follow using the given vocabulary. Useful vocabulary: حذر = warned منظمة العمل الدولية = International Labor Organization ارتفاع = increase معدل = rate البطالة = unemployment الفئات العمرية = age groups عبء –…
Gozoor – The Egyptian Identity Posted by Fisal on Feb 19, 2013
Today, I am going to tell you about the first fashion school مدرسة للموضة in Egypt. One of our Arabic page fans asked to share its Facebook page and website. The school has a unique project مشروع that was initiated by some Egyptian young women and which I find very interesting. The school’s project is…
Egyptian Proverbs (7) Posted by Fisal on Feb 10, 2013
Arabic proverbs الأمــثـــال الــعــربــيــــة reflect the beauty جــمـــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــكــمــة of the Arabs الــعــرب and their culture الــثــقـــافـــة . In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــوقــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for…
Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad (1889 – 1969) Posted by Fisal on Feb 7, 2013
In today’s post, I am going to tell you about a famous Egyptian figure; Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad عــبــاس مـحــمـــود الـعــقـــاد . Al-Aqqad was a famous writer كــاتــب , novelist روائــي , poet شــاعـــر , journalist صــحــفــي and critic نــاقــد . He was also a member of the Arab Academy الأكــاديــمــيـــة الــعـــربــيـــة . Al-Aqqad…