How to make Libyan Shakshooka? Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 15, 2021
Welcome to a new post. In today’s post, I will introduce you to a traditional Arabic meal وجبة عربية تقليدية that is called Shakshooka شكشوكة , which means something that is mixed and put together, referring to the way this meal is cooked. Below, I will show you the Libyan version of it الطريقة الليبية…
At the Pharmacy في الصَيْدلِيّة Posted by yasmine on Mar 10, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d learn some vocabulary that can help us get what we need from a pharmacy صَيْدلِيّة and how to speak with a pharmacist صَيْدَلي / صَيدلاني. Some of the vocabulary could be used to speak with a doctor طَبيْب as well. We’ll then read and listen to some general information…
Couscous: the famous Maghrebi dish Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 8, 2021
Today, we’re learning about Couscous كسكسي/ كسكس. If you’ve not heard of it before, it’s a savoury dish that is made in North Africa, i.e. the countries of Maghreb (click here if you’re interested in learning how you can make couscous the libyan way). The reason why I would like to focus on this dish…
Adverbs of Time in MSA and Levantine ظروف الزَّمــان Posted by yasmine on Mar 3, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d learn some of the adverbs of time in Arabic ظروف الزَّمــان. We’ll look at example sentences for context. I have also included an audio recording to help with pronunciation. Before we begin, can you think of any ظَرْفُ زَّمَانِ? Let’s start with some straightforward ones: Note: I have added…
Hepta: The Movie Trailer – part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 1, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. We’re still looking at the Egyptian movie Hepta هيبتا . In the last post, we studied the language used in the trailer of the movie. The Arabic used in the trailer is Egyptian Arabic. In this post, I’m going to provide the Standard Arabic equivalent to…
الأكِل الصِحّي Healthy Food Part Two Posted by yasmine on Feb 24, 2021
In this post, we’ll be watching the second part of a video (in Jordanian Levantine) that talks about الأكِل الصِحّي healthy food that keeps us full longer. I have included a transcription and English translation to help you follow along. Last week we began by first reading a definition of الأكل الصحي in الفُصحى MSA…
Hepta: The Movie Trailer – part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 22, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 In the last post, we started learning about a romantic movie Hepta هيبتا. We then studied the lyrics of the movie’s theme song. This week, we’re going to look at the 2-minute long trailer of the movie المقطع الترويجي للفيلم and learn what is actually being said (The Arabic variety…