Useful case marking rules with examples Posted by aziza on Apr 27, 2015
In this post, I present some useful rules for case marking (إعراب). A definite noun with (ال) following a demonstrative has the same case, as they are substitutes (بدل), e.g. هذا الطالبُ جديد. (This student is new.) تكلمت مع هذه البنتِ. (I spoke with this girl.) قرأت هذه الكتبَ. (I read these books.)…
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…
Listening Comprehension, Qatar economy, answers Posted by aziza on Apr 24, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on the Qatari economy presented earlier. The questions cover the first 1 minute and 33 seconds of the news report. You can use the useful vocabulary to facilitate your comprehension! A- Questions and answers: 1- What has the Qatari economy achieved over the…
Listening Comprehension Qatar economy Posted by aziza on Apr 24, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise in Arabic. Listen to the beginning of the news report and answer the questions that follow. You only need the first 1 minute and 33 seconds. You can use the useful vocabulary to facilitate your comprehension! A- Answer the following questions: 1- What has the Qatari…
Reading Exercise: Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnudi Posted by Fisal on Apr 23, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “عــبــد الرحــمــن الأبــنــودى هــو شــاعــر و مــؤلــف أغــانــى مصــرى مــشــهور . كــتــب الأبــنــودى قــصــائــده و أغــانــيــه بــالــلــهــجــة الــمــصــريــة الــعــامــيــة . ولــِــدَ الــشــاعــر فــى قــريــة أبــنــود فــى صــعــيــد مــصــر ، مــحــافــظــة قــنــا ، فى 11 أبــريــل 1938 . كــان…
Practice agreement Posted by aziza on Apr 20, 2015
In Arabic, noun adjective agreement is a very important concept. You need to make sure that nouns and adjectives agree with each other in number, gender and definiteness for your sentences to be grammatical and meaningful. In this post, I present you with 10 sentences that you need to complete with the adjectives provided. You…