Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Listening Comprehension Answers: Arabic and Technology Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How did you do in the last listening comprehension exercise about Arabic and Technology? Some considerable number of academic and educated Arabs do really think that there is a threat to the Arabic language because of the impact of globalization and the domination of the English language from one side…
Egyptian Arabic; Interrogative Particles Posted by Fisal on Mar 23, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In today’s post, we are going to learn some Egyptian Arabic. After I gave it some thought, I guessed it would be nice to start with the interrogative (question) particles. I have already presented two posts about Interrogative Particles (Part 1) and (Part 2) in Modern Standard Arabic. These standard…
Reading – Best Teacher, answers Posted by aziza on Mar 17, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise presented earlier. The vocabulary list at the end of the post can be used to aid comprehension. فلسطينية تفوز بلقب المعلم الأفضل في العالم فازت المعلمة الفلسطينية حنان الحروب بلقب “المعلم الأفضل” على مستوى العالم في التعليم، وذلك لتميزها بمبادرة تعليمية حملت شعار…
Reading Comprehension – Best Teacher Posted by aziza on Mar 14, 2016
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise in Arabic. Read the story and answer the questions that follow. You can use the vocabulary list at the end of the post to facilitate your comprehension. فلسطينية تفوز بلقب المعلم الأفضل في العالم فازت المعلمة الفلسطينية حنان الحروب بلقب “المعلم الأفضل” على مستوى العالم في…
Fisal’s Dictionary: /da.ra.ba/ Posted by Fisal on Mar 10, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will dig deep into the root verb ضــَــرَبَ /da.ra.ba/ and explore some of its derivatives and idiomatic expressions. Get a deep breath and let’s dive!…
Remember – Kazim Al-Sahir Posted by Fisal on Mar 6, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a beautiful but sad song by the Iraqi famous singer Kazim Al-Sahir كــاظــم الــســَّــاهــِــر. The song is entitled “Remember تــذكــَّــر” which is a scream that aims to awaken humanity and its conscience against all the tragedies happening to all the oppressed and the prejudiced especially the innocent…
Verb Determiners in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Mar 2, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! In the post Basics of Arabic Grammar, we learnt that Arabic parts of speech are mainly; a noun, a verb or a particle. But how can we differentiate between these parts of speech? In a previous post, we learnt about the Noun Determiners and I am sure that all of…