Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Reading Comprehension Exercise: “Shop Bahrain” Posted by Fisal on Nov 26, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “تـسـتـعـد مـمـلـكـة الـبـحـريـن لاسـتـضـافـة مـهـرجـان الـبـحـريـن لـلـتـسـوق فـى نـسـخـتـه الـثـانـيـة (الـبـحـريـن .. تـتـسـوّق) فـى اِحـتـفـالـيـةٍ عـائـلـيـةٍ مـمـتـعـةٍ و مـلـيـئـةٍ بـالـمـفـاجـآت ، حـيـثُ سـتـكـون الأكـبـر عـلـى مـسـتـوى الـمـمـلـكـة. و سـوف تـسـتـمـر فـعـالـيـات الـمـهـرجـان لـمـدة ثـلاثـيـن يـومـاً بـدءاً مـن…
Is Syria’s History Beyond Saving? (2) Posted by jesa on Nov 21, 2015
Marhaba! I am certain all of you were as moved as I was after reading this article about the condition of ruins in Syria. It is very unfortunate that Syria’s most important ruins are being either destroyed or smuggled and sold in different black markets. How will our children ever be able to walk around…
“You Are The Boss”; Saad Lamjarred Posted by Fisal on Nov 12, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am sharing a beautiful Arabic song by the Moroccan Saad Lmjarred. The song has achieved unsurpassed Arab World Record as it is approaching the 200 million views on Youtube. The Arabic CNN has written an article about the song. Also, Your Middle East has done the same and even…
Arabic Nouns: Genitives Posted by Fisal on Nov 11, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to continue our study of the Arabic grammar and add some little title to our Index of Arabic Grammar. We have gone a bit deeper so far. However, it is still a long way! In a previous grammar post, we discussed the Arabic Nouns Case. That…
Listening -Rotating Tower – answer Posted by aziza on Oct 19, 2015
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier. Please find the transcription and the questions and answers below. You can also fine the vocab list at the end. Transcription: تخيل أنك تعيش في منزل في ناطحة سحاب كهذه تغير شكلها باستمرار، كل طابق يدور على نفسه فتتغير المناظر في…
Listening Comprehension – Rotating Tower Posted by aziza on Oct 18, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. Listen to the news report, and then answer the questions. You can use the vocabulary list at the end to assist your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English: 1- How do the views change in the skyscraper? 2- How can one control the rotation? 3-…
How did the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar Begin? Posted by Fisal on Oct 14, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today is the first day of the new Hijri year (1437), so Happy New Hijri Year to everyone! In today’s post we are going to know how this calendar was started and who started it. We have learnt in a previous post about the Arabic names of weekdays…