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Arabic Vocabulary: Politics Posted by aziza on Dec 18, 2009
In this post, I give some vocabulary items related to political terms. سِياسَة Politics سِياسيّ Political اِقتِصاد Economics/economy اِقتِصادي Economic دِيموقْراطِيّ Democratic دِكتاتورِي Dictator شِيوعِيّ Communist مَاركِسِيّ Marxist اِشْتِراكِيّ socialist رَأسِماليّ Capitalist مَحَليّ Local إِقلِيميّ Regional دَوْليّ International عَالَميّ Global دَوْلة State جُمهُوريّة Republic مَمْلَكَة Monarchy حُكُومَة Government
Arabic Vocabulary: Fruit Posted by aziza on Nov 17, 2009
In this post, I give a list of words related to fruits. In future posts, I will give more lists related to other types of food, like vegetables, bakery, sweets, etc. I hope you learn them and find them useful. فَاكِهة fruit تُفَّاح apple بُرتُقال orange مَوز banana كُمِّثرى pear بَلَح date مِشمِش apricot خوخ…
Meals Posted by aziza on Oct 29, 2009
The work day in the Arab world is usually shorter than the work day in the West, especially for the bureaucratic class of employees, which represents a major percentage of the work force and of society as a whole. Work starts usually at around 8.30 am, and ends at around 2.30 pm. Therefore, people do…
Vocabulary head and face Posted by aziza on Oct 20, 2009
In this post, I give some more vocabulary items about the body. I give a detailed list of different parts of the head and the face. I made sure full vowelling is included. It may be a good idea after you read the list to look into a mirror or a picture and try to…
Arabic Vocabulary: Parts of the Body Posted by aziza on Oct 4, 2009
In this post, I provide some vocabulary that can be useful when talking about parts of the body. The list is not comprehensive, but it includes the major parts from head to foot. If you would like to learn other parts, please post your question in a comment, I will be happy to provide the…
Telling the Time in Arabic Posted by aziza on Sep 29, 2009
What is the time? كم الساعة؟ It is half past ten الساعة العاشرة والنصف Telling the time in Arabic is very easy. We use ordinal numbers with hours, except one o’clock, as follows: One O’clock الساعة الواحدة Two O’clock الساعة الثانية Three O’clock الساعة الثالثة Four O’clock الساعة الرابعة Five O’clock الساعة الخامسة Six O’clock…
Arabic Vocabulary Around the House: In the Bedroom Posted by aziza on Sep 15, 2009
In this post, I give some vocabulary items and expressions that one can use to talk about one’s room. Words between brackets are the plurals. Some of these words are used in sentences below: Room غرفة (غرف) Bedroom غرفة نوم Window نافذة (نوافذ) Door باب (أبواب) Floor أرضية (أرضيات) Wall حائط (حوائط) Ceiling سقف (أسقف)…