World Mental Health Day 2020 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 13, 2020
Last Saturday, the 10th. October, was the world’s Mental Health day اليوم العالمي للصحة النفسية. Today’s post is based on a short clip that BBC Arabic produced to acknowledge this day. In the clip, five Arab young people خمسة شباب عرب talk about how people around them deal with their mental health issues. The World’s…
Common Greetings in Spoken Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 9, 2020
Today, I have a short video clip from “Arab Idol”, an adapted version from the original show – American Idol. The clip comprises of short four conversation where each contestant كل متسابق introduces him/herself before the audition تجربة الأداء. You can use this clip to practice and brush up on your spoken Arabic skills regarding…
The Arabic Folk Tale “الطِّيرْ الأخْضَر” Part One Posted by yasmine on Oct 7, 2020
In this post, I thought we’d read the first part of a short Arabic folk tale of Palestinian origin called “الطِّيرْ الأخْضَر” meaning “The Green Bird”. It is about an زَوجة أب شَرّيرة evil stepmother and a boy who becomes a green bird. It is a tale of وَحْشِيّة cruelty, حُبّ love, and سِحْر magic…
The five sense: exercises Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 2, 2020
Hello there مرحبا! Welcome to this post where we will practice our knowledge of the five senses الحواس الخمس in Arabic. We learnt about them in detail in the last post (click here to read the post). ?To refresh your memory, here are the five senses: The sense of sight حاسة البصر The…
Arabic Poem “أَنَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ” by Mahmoud Darwish Posted by yasmine on Sep 30, 2020
I thought this week, we could look at some شِعْر عَرَبي Arabic poetry by the well- known Palestinian national poet محمود درويش Mahmoud Darwish. When learning a foreign language, it can seem overwhelming to dive into poetry or literature in that language. Yet, even if we do not understand each and every word of let’s…
The five senses الحواس الخمس Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 28, 2020
Welcome to a new blog – مرحبًا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة ?. Today, we’re going to learn about the five senses الحواس الخمس in Arabic. We’re first going to list the senses and then move to the sensing organs or body part(s) أجزاء الجسم through which each sense functions تعمل. Finally, we’re going to look…
MSA – Levantine Conversation Comparison Posted by yasmine on Sep 23, 2020
Many students who are interested in Levantine Arabic have most likely began learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) first. When learning a dialect, it sometimes helps to compare with what you already know in MSA. Yet, not very often do we come across texts about the same subject in both standard Arabic and dialect to allow…