Archive for 'Vocabulary'
وَقْت الصَّيف Summer Time Posted by yasmine on Jul 14, 2021
It’s very hot! !إنه حار جداً 🌞 In this post, we’re going to talk about summer الصَّيف and everything that gets mentioned when we talk about summer time وقت الصَّيف such as weather الطَّقْس, activities نشاطات, and types of food and drink أكلات ومشروبات. We’ll also watch a weather forecast نشرة جوية in Arabic and…
Motivational song: “Stay steel” by Tamer Hosny Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 12, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. Today, I would like to share with you a song that has been released by the iconic Egyptian singer المغنّي المصري المعروف: Tamer Hosny تامر حسني at the beginning of this year في بداية هذا العام. I came across this song quite recently and thought…
What Does it Mean to Have a Good Reputation? Posted by yasmine on Jul 7, 2021
What comes to mind when you hear the word reputation السُّمْعة? Where you live, in your culture, how important is it to have a good reputation سمعة كويسة? In this post, I thought to talk about the importance of one’s reputation in the Arab world, specifically in Jordan since I’m Jordanian and what it means…
How to make requests correctly? Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 5, 2021
This post focuses on an issue with a particular vocabulary word that many Arabic learners might face. It’s to do with the Arabic equivalent of “please” when making requests. A literal translation of “please” is أرجوك but that’s not what you should use when making requests! Find out more in this post. The first…
The Tourism Sector in Jordan Posted by yasmine on Jun 30, 2021
Have you traveled to Jordan or is Jordan on your list of countries to visit? Are you familiar with any of the famous tourist sites المواقع السياحية in Jordan? In this post, I thought we’d talk about the tourism sector قطاع السياحة in Jordan; its economic importance أهميتها الاقتصادية, how the coronavirus has affected the…
Asking for / giving directions in Levantine Arabic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 28, 2021
We’re still learning about directions الاتجاهات for the second week. The post focuses on the main phrases and adverbs of place that one needs to know to be able to ask for directions as well as how to give them. While the previous post addressed the topic of directions in MSA, the current one will…
Asking for / giving directions in MSA Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 21, 2021
Today, we’re going to learn about directions الاتجاهات, how to ask for them as well as how to give them. The post focuses on the main phrases and adverbs of place that one needs to know to be able to talk about and understand directions. As this post addresses the topic of directions in MSA…