Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Preparations for a 2nd lockdown in England (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 9, 2020
Last Thursday يوم الخميس الماضي, England entered دخلت إنجلترا another national lockdown إغلاقًا عامًا آخر. The lockdown is partial جزئي as schools فالمدارس and universities والجامعات are still open لازالت مفتوحة. However, non-essential shops المتاجر التي تبيع سلع غير أساسية are not. Because of this, people made sure that حرص الناس على they went shopping…
Enquiring about Age أسئلة عن العُمْر Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 5, 2020
In this blog post, I’m going to introduce you to another set of basic phrases that are related to age عبارات ذات صلة بالعمر and few lines you can use to enquire about someone’s age للسؤال عن عمر أحد ما . To introduce you to phrases related to age, I’m going to use another short…
Being an Arab vegan (نباتي عربي (2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 30, 2020
Welcome Back to the second part of this blog post. Last time, we started learning the content of an interview about the topic of veganism النباتية الصرفة In the first part of the post, I gave you a list of questions to try to answer after listening to the interview. In this second part of…
Being an Arab vegan (نباتي عربي (1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 23, 2020
Today, I have a video clip for you about an interesting topic, and that is veganism النباتية الصرفة . The clip is an interview مقابلة with a Saudi vlogger – Raoum As-sHebaani – where she answers several questions about her vlog on Youtube. The purpose of the blog is to test your comprehension level درجة…
Common Greetings in Spoken Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 16, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this post where we look at some common greeting phrases بعض عبارات التحية الشائعة in different Arabic dialects. To learn about these greeting phrases, , I’m using a short video clip from “Arab Idol”, an adapted version from the original show – American Idol. Last week, we started looking…
World Mental Health Day 2020 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 13, 2020
Last Saturday, the 10th. October, was the world’s Mental Health day اليوم العالمي للصحة النفسية. Today’s post is based on a short clip that BBC Arabic produced to acknowledge this day. In the clip, five Arab young people خمسة شباب عرب talk about how people around them deal with their mental health issues. The World’s…
Common Greetings in Spoken Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 9, 2020
Today, I have a short video clip from “Arab Idol”, an adapted version from the original show – American Idol. The clip comprises of short four conversation where each contestant كل متسابق introduces him/herself before the audition تجربة الأداء. You can use this clip to practice and brush up on your spoken Arabic skills regarding…