Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Fear Posted by Fisal on Mar 12, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “الــخــوفُ هــُــو مــِــنَ الأمــْــراضِ الــتــى تــُــنــَــغــِّــصُ الــحــَــيــَــاةَ و تــذهــبُ بــالــســَّــعــَــادَةِ . و هــُــو مــَــرضٌ خــَــطــِــيــرٌ قــَـــلَّ أنْ يــَــســْــلــَــمَ مــِــنــهُ إنــْــســَــانٌ ، و هــُــو أشــْــكــَــالٌ و ألــوانٌ ، يــُــشــَــكــِّــلُ أعــْــمــَــالَ الإنــْــســَــانِ و يــُــوَجــِّــهــُــهــَــا طــَــوْعَ إشــَــارتــِــهِ ، و حــَــســْــبَ…
Garlic Sauce Posted by aziza on Feb 28, 2015
In a previous post, I presented the recipe for chicken shawarma. In this post, I present the recipe for garlic sauce, which can be eaten with it or as a side dish with lots other dishes. Ingredienets of garlic sauce: 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons mayonnaise ½ cup yogurt…
Listening comprehension, fire, answers Posted by aziza on Feb 27, 2015
In this post, I present the the transcription of the report and the answers of the questions of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier. Transcription: أحييكم من جديد! نجحت عربات الإطفاء في إمارة دبي ليل أمس في إخماد حريق هائل شب في واحد من أكبر الأبراج السكنية في الإمارة. الحريق الذي ساهمت في تأجيجه الرياح…
Listening comprehension – fire in Dubai Posted by aziza on Feb 26, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on breaking news this week from Dubai! Listen to the report and answer the questions that follow. There are some questions to answer in English and others in Arabic. You only need the first 55 seconds of the report. Answer the following questions in English…
Exclamation in Arabic Posted by aziza on Feb 25, 2015
In this post, I explain how to express exclamation in Arabic (أسلوب التعجب). In Arabic, we start exclamatory sentences with (ما), then it is followed by the (أفعل) form of the adjective, and then object you complain about, e.g. البيت كبير. (The house is big.) ما أكبر البيت! (How big the house is!) البنت…
10 Most Common Expressions About Love in Arabic Posted by jesa on Feb 10, 2015
Marhaba! As you all know, Valentine’s Day (عيد الحب) is just around the corner. Millions around the world celebrate it every year on February 14th. This day of love is usually celebrated with bouquets of red roses, red heart-shaped chocolate boxes and balloons, stuffed bears, heart-shaped jewelry, and various other gifts. Today, I want to celebrate…
Arabic for Life: Part 2 Posted by Fisal on Feb 5, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In my previous blog, I gave you a brief idea about the Arabic for Life العربية لغة حياة report that was issued by the Committee for the Modernization of the Arabic Language Teaching. I also presented the member of the committee that was formed under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammad…