Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Listening Comprehension Exercise: The Yemeni War Posted by Fisal on May 7, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــى الــدولــة الــتــى يــزورهــا جــون كــيــرى؟ 1) What country is John Kerry visiting? بــمــَــنْ اِلــتــقــى كــيــرى هــنــاك ؟ 2) Who did Kerry meet there? إلــى مــَــاذا دعــا كــيــرى الــحــوثــيــيــن ؟ 3)…
Damanhour Opera House Posted by Fisal on May 6, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Our post today is an artistic one. It is about an artistic landmark that is located in my area in Egypt. Al-Beheira Governorate مــحــافــظــة الــبــحــيــرة lies in the Delta of Egypt. The name Al-Beheira in Arabic means “Lake بــحــيــرة“. The whole governorate was given that name because of…
Arabic Nouns: Nominatives Posted by Fisal on Apr 29, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss the question raised in the previous post about Arabic Noun Cases. We have said that there are three cases for the Arabic nouns; the nominative case, the accusative case and the genitive case. The question was: what exactly are the nouns that belong…
Learn the 10 Most Common Systems of Government in Arabic (2) Posted by jesa on Apr 28, 2015
Marhaba! I am sure most of you refreshed your memory and others just enjoyed learning the 10 most common systems of government in Arabic. Similar to the list of 100 most common words in Arabic, you will most certainly come across most if not all these words in any daily Arabic newspaper or TV show…
Reading Exercise Answers: Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnudi Posted by Fisal on Apr 27, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading exercise about the life and works of the famous Egyptian poet Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnudi عــبد الــرحــمــن الأبــنــودى who passed away last week. To view the exercise and questions again, click here. Now, check your answers and learn about the poet while learning Arabic. الإجــابــات…
Turkish baklava Posted by aziza on Apr 26, 2015
Today, I am preparing some Turkish baklava (بقلاوة تركية) at home! I found a very useful video and a very simple recipe which I wanted to share with you! Ingredients: Half a kilogram of filo pastry Ground Mixed nuts Syrup Sugar Rose water Butter and oil Method: Roast the ground nuts and add sugar and rose water, mix…
Learn the 10 Most Common Systems of Government in Arabic Posted by jesa on Apr 25, 2015
Marhaba! I know many of you enjoyed learning the 10 most common words about government and politics in Arabic. Today, I have created an Arabic crossword puzzle to refresh your memory and/or teach you the 10 most common systems of government in Arabic! I am certain you will all enjoy solving this Arabic crossword puzzle…