Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Listening Comprehension Answers: Boutros Ghali Posted by Fisal on Feb 25, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last listening comprehension exercise about the famous Egyptian diplomat and politician Boutros Ghali who passed away last week. To view the questions or to listen to the news report again, kindly click here. الإجــابــات Answers الـمـُـدة الـتـي قـضـاهـا بـطـرس غـالـي فـي الـعـمـل الـدبـلـومـاسـي هـى سـتــة…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Boutros Ghali Posted by Fisal on Feb 25, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Last week and exactly on February, 16th and at the age of 94, a very famous Egyptian character left our world. We are going to listen to a short report about his life journey and try to answer some comprehension questions. اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة…
How To Learn Egyptian Arabic Posted by Fisal on Feb 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In some previous posts, we discussed the dialect phenomenon that distinguishes the Arabic language and that may be a source of a continuous pain to most foreigners studying Arabic. Today, we are going to share some advice on how to learn the Egyptian dialect; how to talk like an Egyptian!…
Noun Determiners in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Feb 17, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! We have gone quite far up till now in studying Arabic grammar and especially the Arabic nouns. Today, we are going to have a quick short lesson on Arabic nouns. We already know that all Arabic words fall into three main categories; Nouns, Verbs and Particles. The question of this…
Banksy in Gaza, Answers Posted by aziza on Feb 17, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on Banksy in Gaza. A. Write the first sentence of the report from the beginning to 17: فنان الجرافيتي الشهير بانكسي لم يعلن عن زيارته إلى قطاع غزة ولكنه وثقها عبر جداريات رسمها على بقايا المنازل التي دمرتها الحرب الإسرائيلية الأخيرة على القطاع واختزل فيها…
Banksy in Gaza, Listening Posted by aziza on Feb 15, 2016
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on Banksy in Gaza. Listen to the story, and answer the questions that follow. You can use the vocab presented at the end of the post to assist your comprehension. A. Write the first sentence of the report from the beginning to 17: B. Answer the…
“I Am All Yours”; Sherine Posted by Fisal on Feb 13, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Tomorrow is the 14th. Of February so Happy Valentine’s Day! On this occasion, I am presenting a beautiful love song by the Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahhab شــيــريــن عــبــد الــوهــاب. The song is entitled “أنــا كــُــلــِّــي مــِــلــكــَــك /Ana Kolli Melkak/” which translates literally as “I Am All Yours”. Nearly all Sherine’s…