Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Children’s Song in Lebanese Arabic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 15, 2021
Today’s post is dedicated to an old children’s song that I used to listen to and enjoy as a kid! The song titled: جدّي عندو جنينة My grandpa has a small farm and it’s in Lebanese Arabic. The song used to be streamed as part of the Lebanese children’s programme برنامج الأطفال اللبناني called: “How…
Libyan Porridge: ʕASSeedah عَصيدَه Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 8, 2021
In this post, you will be introduced to the Libyan version النسخة الليبية of porridge من العصيدة. I decided to dedicate this post to this dessert as the Islamic world celebrated بما أن العالم الإسلامي قد احتفل the birth of the Prophet Muhammad مولد الرسول محمد (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) (Peace be upon him) a…
World Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية العالمي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 1, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd. part of this blog post. Last week, we started learning about the topic of mental health الصحة النفسية as it’s celebrated internationally يُحتَفَل بها حول العالم in the month of October في شهر أكتوبر. In the previous post, we focused on the main vocabulary around the topic, through watching a short…
World Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية العالمي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 25, 2021
In this month, the world celebrates يَحْتَفِل العَالَمُ بِـ the Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية. It is celebrated on the 10th. October of each year. This post (made up of 2 parts) studies a short video clip, produced by BBC Arabic, which discusses (in Standard Arabic) five ways in which خمس طرق التي يستطيع…
Discussing opinions in Levantine Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 18, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في الجزء الثاني من هذه المدوّنة. Last week, we started studying ways that one can use to discuss their opinion مناقشة آرائهم in Arabic, particularly Syrian Arabic اللهجة السوريّة. We particularly looked at expressions that can be used to express/state an opinion التعبير عن…
Discussing opinions in Levantine Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 11, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. Our topic today is opinions وجهات النظر/ الآراء . We will be learning how one can express/state their opinion يعبّر عن رأيه as well as asking others for their opinion يسأل الآخرين عن آرائهم in Arabic, particularly Syrian Arabic اللهجة السوريّة. This post will focus…
The Old Damascene House البيت الدمشقي القديم Part Two Posted by yasmine on Oct 6, 2021
In this part two post, we’ll continue listening to a clip about the old Damascus style houses and answer some questions. I have provided the Arabic transcription to help you follow along as you listen to the speakers and an English translation below. Again, you’ll hear the reporter speaking in Modern Standard Arabic when describing…