Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Song: ‘We love you بِنْحِبِّكْ’ *Egypt مَصْرْ* Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 4, 2021
Today, I would like to share with you a patriotic song. أغنية وطنية, by the iconic Syrian singer – Assala Nasri أصالة نصري. The song is in Egyptian Arabic and was released last summer. Apart from the fact that most Arabs love Egypt, Assala has a special bond with Egypt as she has settled in…
The Old Damascene House البيت الدمشقي القديم Posted by yasmine on Sep 29, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d look into the old Damascene house البيت الدمشقي القديم which is famous for its unique architecture الهندسة المعمارية المميزة and style. Today, many have been converted into hotels and restaurants due to their beautiful surrounding atmosphere overlooking mountains الجبال and farms المزارع, but there are still old Damascus houses…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 27, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post مرحبًا بكم في الجزء الثاني من هذه المدونة. Last week, we started talking about domestic/ local tourism السِّيَاحَة الدَّاخِلِيَّة that has been quite popular lately because of the pandemic. We started focusing on article from BBC Arabic that focuses on the tourism situation within the UK…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 20, 2021
Welcome to a new blog post مرحبًا بكم في مدونة جديدة. Since the beginning of the pandemic, most people were prevented from traveling مٌنِعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنَ السَّفَرْ. Many, as a result, started to travel within their countries بدأ الكَثِيرُونَ فِي السَّفَرِ فِي الدَّاخِل and explore the parts واكْتِشَافِ الأَجْزَاءِ they have not been…
Song: Thursday is lovely الخميس حَبُّوب Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 13, 2021
Thursdays are very special in the Arab world (or they were until recently). Today’s post is dedicated to a song about Thursdays. The song is about the great musician الموسيقي and composer الملحّن Mohamed Rahim محمد رحيم. The song is in Egyptian Arabic and it’s so much fun! Before we study the lyrics, I’ll start…
أنواع المَكْتبات في الأردن Types of Libraries in Jordan Posted by yasmine on Sep 8, 2021
In this post, we’ll take a look at what libraries are like in Jordan. But first, let’s look at familiar words that are similar to the word مَكْتَبة library and what they mean since they are all derived from the same root word كَتَبَ. 📚 كَتـَبَ : to write كِتـَابٌ : book كُتُبْ : books…
Keywords around libraries المكتبات Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 6, 2021
Welcome to this new blog post مرحبا بكم في هذه المدوّنة جديدة 🙂 Today, we’re going to learn about the theme of libraries المكتبات and some of the keywords المفردات الرئيسية around them – in Standard Arabic العربية الفصحى. The post will be vocabulary focused. A library مَكْتَبَة As may of you…