Reading Comprehension – Seasons Posted by Fisal on Oct 25, 2011
* اقرأ القطعة ثم أجب عن الأسئلة : وليد و الشجرة Waleed and the Tree في الشَّتَاءِ رَأَى وَلِيدٌ شَجَرَةً عَارِيَةَ الأَغْصَانِ ، فَأَحْضَرَ فَأْساً ، وَهَمَّ بِقَطْعِ جِذْعِهَا . رِآهُ البُستَانِيُّ فَقَالَ لَهُ : (( لاَ تَقْطَعْ هّذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ )). فقال وليد : هّذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ يَابِسَةٌ لاَ وَرَقٌ عَلَيْهَا ولاَ ثَمَرٌ . فردَّ البستانيُّ…
Listening comprehension in Arabic Posted by aziza on Oct 22, 2011
listen to the clip and use the information to anwe the questions that follow. Use thhe vocabulary list at the end to learn new words and to facilitate your understanding. The answers are presented at the end of the post Questions: 1- How much were the investments in Iraqi Kurdistan? 2- What was the source…
Anis Mansour أنيس منصور Posted by Fisal on Oct 21, 2011
Anis Mansour أنيس منصور (August 18, 1925 – October 21, 2011) This morning, Anis Mansour, aged 87 years old, left our world. Anis was a philosopher فيلسوف , author مؤلف and media figure. The Egyptian writer كاتب is known for the breadth of his interests as well as for his penetrating intelligence ذكاء . …
Interrogative Particles (Part 2) أدوات الاستفهام Posted by Fisal on Oct 19, 2011
Last time, we were introduced to the Wh-question particles; (Interrogative Adverbs). Today we will be introduced to the second type; the Yes/No-question particles. In Arabic, there are two ways of asking a question that needs a yes/no-answer. These two particles are هَلْ /hal/ and the Hamza أ /aa/ which are both equal to all the…
Interrogative Particles (Part 1) أدوات الاستفهام Posted by Fisal on Oct 17, 2011
Today we are going to learn about the question particles in Arabic. The particles of today are equivalent to the Wh-question particles; (Interrogative Adverbs) in English. These particles are considered Mabni words (or Mabni Nouns) as they don’t change pronunciation. Question particles should always start the question sentence and can only be preceded by…
Love in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Oct 15, 2011
Love الحُبُّ is a universal feeling. It is one of the most common themes of the creative arts. It has been a fertile topic for poets الشعراء , novelists الروائيين , cinema makers and even philosophers الفلاسفة . They all tried hard to discuss and analyze it from different angles. Love is an emotion…
The 1973 War حرب السادس من أكتوبر Posted by Fisal on Oct 7, 2011
Yesterday was, and is still, a very remarkable day in the modern حديث history of Egypt. On Saturday the 6th of October, 1973 Egypt and Syria launched a massive surprise attack هجوم on the Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. The war is also known as the Ramadan War as…