Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Some Insights into Arabic Verb Usage (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Sep 11, 2018
Certain rules of Arabic verb conjunction, formation, meaning, and pronunciation are oftentimes overlooked because they are minute and needs a meticulous learner or instructor to discover and/or pay attention to. Knowing these niceties lead to more accurate language use and speedier language learning overall. This post gives a list of rules and illustrations that concern…
Where in the Arab world abortion is legal? (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 5, 2018
We’re still looking at a report that addresses the issue of Abortion الإجهاض . In last week’s post, we started listening to an audio clip talking about abortion through telling the story of a Tunisian lady who went through abortion many times. In today’s post, I’m going to provide answers to last week’s questions. You will…
Some Common Particles in Arabic (3) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Aug 30, 2018
In the previous two posts, you learned how some Arabic particles are used and what they mean. Given their functions in style, sentence transition, conciseness in speech and written language, and idiomatic usage, another post is yet again dedicated to these important words. Some of these words are called حَرُوف ‘particles’, and others are called…
Where in the Arab world abortion is legal? (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 29, 2018
Abortion الإجهاض is often a hot topic and is quite controversial جدلي , particularly in Islamic countries and reserved societies المجتمعات المحافظة . Abortion is not a straightforward procedure إجراء in most countries of the world particularly in the Arab world. Arabic countries different in the extent to which they allow abortion to take place…
Some Common Particles in Arabic (2) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Aug 28, 2018
In the previous post, you learned how some Arabic particles are used. This post continues with another set of particles explaining their possible meanings and how they are used. As seen with the first set, the meaning may be determined by the context in which they occur. They are mostly functional words that are not…
Some Common Particles in Arabic (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Aug 26, 2018
Words in Arabic are classified into three parts of speech: a noun اِسْم, a verb فِعْل, and a particle حَرْف. Essentially, particles have no meaning by themselves, that is, they must be added to another word or be part of a context. They modify the meaning of other words, help with sentence transition (i.e. style)…
Arabic Number-gender Agreement and More Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Aug 16, 2018
As stated in the previous post, the agreement between the gender of the noun and the number that qualifies it is confusingly difficult for native speakers and learners of Arabic alike. This is especially true with cardinal numbers الأَعْدَاد الأَصْلِيَّة. With other number types, the agreement is straightforward and always requires the addition of the…