Welcome to a new post. Yesterday, the Arab world celebrated Mother’s Day عيد الأم. As you probably know, countries around the world celebrate this occasion on different dates في تواريخ مختلفة and in different ways بطرق مختلفة . Below is a video clip, by Cairo Time, which briefly talks about this difference. In today’s post and next week’s, we will learn about these differences and look at some of the key words around this topic.

 

 

The video clip – see below – is just under 2-minute long and is titled:

 

كيف بدأ عيد الأم؟

How did Mother’s Day start?

 

*The clip is slightly fast paced, but you can slow it down and follow the subtitles provided.

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*In addition to the Arabic word of “Umm” أم  to refer to a mother, you will hear in the clip two nicknames or terms of endearment that people use instead of mom/mother, and these are:

 

ست الحبايب Sitt  El-habayeb

 It means: the great mother or the of the queen/best of beloved ones

ستّ الكُلّ Sitt  El-kull

It means: the one and only – the lady of all

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Let’s now move on to the video>>

 

 

Keywords الكلمات الرئيسية:

 

Below is a list of the main words (in Arabic & English) that are used in the clip to talk about this day and the meaning behind it.

 

English	Arabic
Lady	ست
Her children	ولادها
She raised them	ربّتهم
She brought them up (made them grow)	كبّرتهم
They grew up	كبروا
We express	نعبّر
Our appreciation	تقديرنا
to our mothers	لأمهاتنا
And to their role	ولدورهم
It celebrates	تحتفل
She cared of her	اهتمّت بيها
She took care of her	رعِتها
The most compassionate creature	أحنّ مخلوق
Honouring ceremony	حفلة تكريم
She honoured her	كرّمتها
Official holiday	إجازة رسمية
National Day	مناسبة قومية
Motherhood	الأمومة
Love you unconditionally	يحبك بدون مقابل
Will never forsake you	عمره ما يستغنى عنك
Your respect of her	احترامك ليها
gift	هدية
You give to her	تقدّمهالها

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Matching Exercise تمرين توصيل:

 

Part (A)

 

On the right below, there is a list of some of the countries mentioned in the clip. On the left, a brief statement on how each celebrates Mother’s Day – in Arabic and English.

*Match each country with the way it celebrates Mother’s Day.

 

The way of celebration	طريقة الاحتفال	Country الدولة
Red Tulip meal	شعائر دينية ورقص في الشوارع	اليابان
The mother stays relaxed in bed and eats breakfast there	كيك (كعكة) على شكل وردة	فرنسا
A rose-shape cake	تبقى الأم في مرتاحة في السرير، وتتناول الفطور هناك	السويد
Religious rites & dancing in the streets	أكلة وردة القرنفل الحمراء	تايوان

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Part (B)

 

On the right below, there is a list of some of the countries mentioned in the clip. On the left, the date on which Mother’s Day is celebrated in that country.

*Match each country with the day on which it celebrates Mother’s Day.

 

يوم الاحتفال  The celebration day	Country الدولة
آخر أحد من مايو The last Sunday of May	مصر
ثاني أحد من مايو The second Sunday of May	أمريكا
٢١ مارس	اليابان
آخر أحد من مايو The last Sunday of May	فرنسا
ثاني أحد من مايو The second Sunday of May	السويد

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Stay tuned for next week’s post to learn more and check your answers 🙂