Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Fisal’s Dictionary: “to pull” Posted by Fisal on Aug 29, 2012
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 شــَـــدَّ and explore some of its derivatives. * شـَــدَّ [V. I.T.]: 1- (something) = to become strong and firm. Ex. –…
Listening comprehension exercise, answers and transcription Posted by aziza on Aug 28, 2012
In the previous post, I presneted a listening comprehension exercise. In this post, I present the answsers of the questions and the transcription of the news item. Questions and Answers: 1- What is the purpose of the work that Israeli engineers are undertaking? The purpose of the excavation is to complete the discovery of the…
Listening Comprehension exercise Posted by aziza on Aug 28, 2012
Please watch the video below, and try to answer the questions that follow. To make your task easier, I add the translation of key words below. Questions: 1- What is the purpose of the excavation that Israeli engineers are undertaking? 2- How old are some of the weapons discovered? 3- What is so strange about…
Abo-Bakr Al-Razi Posted by Fisal on Aug 26, 2012
Google celebrated today the birthday of the greatest physician all over the human history. Abo-Bakr Muhammad bin Yahya bin Zakariyah Al-Razi أبــُــو بــَــكــْــر مــُــحــَــمــَّــد بــِــن يــَــحــيــى بــِــن زكــريــا الــرَّازى is a Muslim Persian physician طــبــيــب , scientist عـَــالــِـم and philosopher فــيــلــســوف . He was the most prominent figure in Islamic Golden Age الــعــَــصــْــر الإســلامــى…
Persian words in Egyptian Arabic Posted by aziza on Aug 25, 2012
In the previous post, I presented some words that are of Persian or Farsi origin that are currently used in Arabic. These words are treated like any other Arabic word, and most Arabs use them without even realizing that they are not originally Arabic. In this post, I present some more words that are…
Persian words used in Arabic Posted by aziza on Aug 24, 2012
In the previous post, I wrote that the Arabic language that we use today contains many words that are of foreign origins, especially in spoken dialects. In this post, I present some words that are of Persian or Farsi origin. بخت (bakht) = luck/fortune بيجامة (Bijama) = Pyjamas تنورة (tannoura) = skirt باذنجان (bathinjan) =…
Ancient Egyptian words used today Posted by aziza on Aug 23, 2012
Do you know that all speakers of Arabic use colloquial dialects which have Arabic as the main source, but many other sources exist that are derived from other languages? For example, in colloquial Arabic dialects nowadays, many people use English words like ‘hi’, ‘OK’ and ‘thank you’! Egyptian colloquial Arabic has many sources in addition…