Persian words used in Arabic Posted by aziza on Aug 24, 2012
In the previous post, I wrote that the Arabic language that we use today contains many words that are of foreign origins, especially in spoken dialects. In this post, I present some words that are of Persian or Farsi origin. بخت (bakht) = luck/fortune بيجامة (Bijama) = Pyjamas تنورة (tannoura) = skirt باذنجان (bathinjan) =…
Ancient Egyptian words used today Posted by aziza on Aug 23, 2012
Do you know that all speakers of Arabic use colloquial dialects which have Arabic as the main source, but many other sources exist that are derived from other languages? For example, in colloquial Arabic dialects nowadays, many people use English words like ‘hi’, ‘OK’ and ‘thank you’! Egyptian colloquial Arabic has many sources in addition…
Lutfiyah Al-Nadi; (1906 – 2002) Posted by Fisal on Aug 22, 2012
Lutfiyah Al-Nadi; (1906 – 2002) Lutfiyah Al-Nadi لــُــطــفــيــة الــنــادى was the first Egyptian and African female pilot كابتن طيار . At the age of 26, she became the first Egyptian woman to fly her plane from Cairo to Alexandria. Lutfiyah was born in 1906. When she finished her school, she decided to join…
Eid Al-Fitr Reading Comprehension Quiz Answers Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2012
Here are the answers to the Reading Comprehension Quiz about Eid Al-Fitr. To view the passage and questions again, please click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/eid-al-fitr-reading-comprehension-quiz/ بدأ عيد الفطر يوم الأحد الماضى 1) Eid Al-Fitr began last Monday. ذهب الكاتبُ إلى المسجد مع أصدقاءه 2) The writer went to the mosque with his…
Eid Al-Fitr Reading Comprehension Quiz Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2012
اقـــرأ الــقــطـــعــــة الــتـــالــيـــة ثــم أجــــب عــن الأســئـــلــة Read the following passage, then answer the questions: بـَــدأ عـــيــدُ الـفــِــطـــر يــَــوم الأحــَـــدِ الــمـَـــاضـِــى . اِســتــيــقــظـــتُ فـِــى الــســَّـــاعــَـــة الــثـــالــِــثـــة صــَــبــَــاحــَـــاً ثــُـــمَّ ذهــَــبــْـــتُ مـَــعَ أصــْــدِقـــَـــائــِــى إلـى الــمــَـــســْـــجــِـــد . أدَّيـــْـــنــَـــا صــَــلاة الــفــَــجــْــــرِ فــى جــَــمــَـــاعــَـــــةٍ , ثـــُــمَّ جــَــلــَــســـْـــنـــَــــا نـــُـــكــَـــبـــِّـــرُ و نــُــهــَــلــِّــلُ حـَــتــَّــى مــَــوعــِــد صــَــلاةِ الــعــِــيــدِ . صــَـــلـــَّـــيــْــنـــَـــا صــَـــلاةَ الــعــِـــيـــد , و…
A free online English-Arabic dictionary Posted by aziza on Aug 20, 2012
I have just come across a very interesting English-Arabic online dictionary, and I would like to tell you about it. It is a free online tool which I found to be very useful. Here is the website: http://www.arabdict.com/en/ I have tried it myself, and it is great! It enjoys many interesting features! It suggests ways to complete the…
Eid Al-Fitr Posted by aziza on Aug 19, 2012
Yesterday was the last day of the month of Ramadan! It went by very quickly as usual, and today we celebrate the feast for three days after the end of the holy month! Before the feast, everyone who fasted the month has to give money or food to the poor, to help them enjoy the feast…