الأكِل الصِحّي Healthy Food Part One Posted by yasmine on Feb 17, 2021
In this post, we’ll be watching the first 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. Let’s begin with a definition of الأكل الصحي in الفُصحى MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) and…
Hepta: the seven stages of love Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 15, 2021
Salaam Arabic learners السلام عليكم يا متعلّمي اللغة العربية 🙂 Yesterday – the 14th. Feb – was Valentines Day عيد الحب. This reminded me of a romantic Egyptian movie فيلم مصري رومانسي titled بعنوان: Hebta: the final lecture هيبتا: المحاضرة الأخيرة. In this post, we’re going to learn the lyrics of the theme song of…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (3) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 12, 2021
Welcome to the third and final part of this post – a listening/comprehension piece on the topic of minimalism التبسيط. In the last two parts of this post: here (1) & here (2), we had two audio clips to listen to and two exercises to work on. In this post, we will continue learning about…
Mai Ziadeh مي زيادة: Arab Poet, Novelist and Feminist Posted by yasmine on Feb 10, 2021
In this post, I thought we could learn about a well-known شَخْصية عَرَبية Arab female figure other than أم كلثوم and فيروز. Have you heard of مَي زيادة Mai Ziadeh? Born in 1886, she was an Arab poet of Palestinian-Lebanese origin who was one of the leading female figures of النَهضة العَرَبية Al-Nahda (the Arab…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 8, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this post: an advanced listening piece on the topic of Minimalism موضوع التبسيط. Last week, we started studying a short audio clip, in Standard Arabic, and listed some of the keywords related to the topic. There was one matching exercise to work on. In this post, there is another…
Learn about Minimalism – in Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 5, 2021
This is a three-part post, an advanced listening piece, based on a short audio clip I recorded about the concept of Minimalism مفهوم التبسيط أو التخفّف. The audio clip (two parts) is in Standard Arabic العربية الفصحى. Today’s post is focused on the key words appearing in the audio clip, in addition to one exercise…
Let’s Talk About Sports in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Feb 3, 2021
Some of us enjoy playing sports الرِياضة and some of us love to cheer on يُشَجِّع our favorite sports team فريق رياضي. I thought in this post, we’ll look at different types of رِياضة in Arabic and vocabulary to help us talk about الرِياضة. We’ll also talk about football culture ثَقافة كُرة القَدَم in the…