Arabic Diptotes: Names Posted by aziza on Feb 17, 2011
In this post, I explain more about diptotes (الممنوع من الصرف), i.e. words that do not take nunation (التنوين) when indefinite, and that are marked by (ـُ) for the nominative case and with (ـَ) for both accusative and genitive cases. There are lots of names that are diptotes. All feminine names are diptotes, i.e. – …
Arabic Grammar: Diptotes Posted by aziza on Feb 15, 2011
In this post, I explain the case marking system with special reference to diptotes or (الممنوع من الصرف). Diptotes refers to a category of nouns and adjectives that do not take tanween when they are indefinite and have special markings for cases. It should be remembered that when these words are definite, they take regular…
The Will of Life Posted by aziza on Feb 7, 2011
Living the situation in Egypt, I have been unable to think about anything except what is going on in my home country, the change, the chaos, the struggle for power, the crisis, etc. It is a very hard time! A poem that I studied at school keeps echoing in my mind. It is written by…
The crisis of change Posted by aziza on Feb 5, 2011
The winds of change have been blowing in Egypt for 12 days since January the 25th, but since then the situation has been escalating, and it has dominated media all over the world. Demonstrations have continued all over the country, and supporters of the Egyptian president formed their own demonstrations and clashed with callers for…
Word search answer Posted by aziza on Jan 31, 2011
As the Egyptian president and his regime insist on turning a deaf ear to the calls of the Egyptian people, the Egyptians organize a demonstration of a million people tomorrow (Tuesday) in Cairo and other cities. The hours of the curfew are extended and train trips are canceled in a desperate attempt to stop the…
Word search Posted by aziza on Jan 30, 2011
It is the end of the month, and I usually present the word search game at this time. As protests in Egypt continue, and young people remain in the streets of all Egyptian cities, the whole world watches with great anxiety. Today, the Egyptian government closed down Al-Jazeera offices and suspended all Al-Jazeera correspondences. Security…
Stronger winds of change Posted by aziza on Jan 29, 2011
Egypt is in a state of revolution, led by young people and old, by women and men. Everyone came out after Friday prayers to ask for a change in the political system in Egypt. Security forces failed to control the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets. Numbers of demonstrators reached 500,000 in…