Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Arabic! Which Arabic? Posted by Fisal on Dec 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to continue my previous discussion about the Arabic language phenomenon that may have given a lot of people a headache (check my previous post The Arabic Headache; Dialect!). I will try to be brief and accurate as far as I can especially when there is no such…
Christmas tree, answer Posted by aziza on Dec 28, 2015
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise and the transcription of the report on the most expensive Christmas tree in the world. Transcription: كشف فندق قصر الإمارات في العاصمة أبو ظبي عن أغلى شجرة ميلاد في العالم. الشجرة التي يبلغ ارتفاعها ثلاثة عشر متراً وضعت في بهو الفندق. احتفال بالغ…
The most expensive Christmas tree Posted by aziza on Dec 28, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on the most expensive Christmas tree in the world. Listen to the report and answer the questions that follow. If you need help with vocabulary, check the end of the post. Answer the following questions in English: 1- Where is the most expensive Christmas tree displayed?…
The Arabic Headache; Dialect! Posted by Fisal on Dec 23, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss a very common problem for non-Arabic natives. Yes, it is that dialect headache! Which Arabic variety should foreigners learn; Classical Arabic (CA), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) (Al-Fus’ha) or Colloquial Arabic with its various dialects (Al-Am’iyah)? Unfortunately, there is no one correct answer. Deciding on one…
Fisal’s Dictionary: sa.li.ma Posted by Fisal on Dec 17, 2015
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 سـَــلـِــمَ /sa.’li.ma/ and explore some of its derivatives. Yes, this is the root verb for so many Arabic words…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by aziza on Dec 14, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on the Climate Summit Agreement. The news story is taken from bbcarabic.com: http://www.bbc.com/arabic/worldnews/2015/12/151212_climate_change_deal دول العالم تتوصل إلى اتفاق تاريخي لمواجهة تغير المناخ توصل مؤتمر قمة التغير المناخي المنعقد في باريس إلى اتفاقية بخصوص الحد من ارتفاع درجات الحرارة بحلول عام 2050 إلى أقل من…
Reading Comprehension – Climate Summit Posted by aziza on Dec 13, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on the Climate Summit Agreement. The news story is taken from bbcarabic.com: http://www.bbc.com/arabic/worldnews/2015/12/151212_climate_change_deal دول العالم تتوصل إلى اتفاق تاريخي لمواجهة تغير المناخ توصل مؤتمر قمة التغير المناخي المنعقد في باريس إلى اتفاقية بخصوص الحد من ارتفاع درجات الحرارة بحلول عام 2050 إلى أقل من درجتين مئويتين…