Arabic teams in World Cup 2018 (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 25, 2018
It has been about two weeks since the final match of world cup 2018 and we all now know who the winner is! In terms of the Arabic appearance in the previous world cup, four Arabic teams: السعودية، ومصر، وتونس والمغرب all qualified for تأهلو إلى world cup 2018, which took place in Russia. Unfortunately…
Changing an Active Sentence to Passive in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jul 24, 2018
To a change an Arabic sentence from active مَعْلُوم to passive مَجْهُول, its verb must be transitive مُتَعَدِّي. That is, it must have at least one object مَفْعُول. The sentence that includes an intransitive لَازِم or non-conjugatable جَامِد verbs cannot be changed into passive. This post is about why passive is used in Arabic, and…
The Gender of Arabic Nouns (2): Vocabulary and Examples Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jul 19, 2018
In series one of this post, it was pointed out that the gender الجِنْس of noun in Arabic is not as straightforward as often thought of. You learned about different types of masculine المُذَكَّر and feminine المُؤَنَّث nouns as well as the feminine markers عَلَامَات التَّأْنِيْث. Today, you will learn about some irregularities of masculine…
Arabic teams in World Cup 2018 (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 18, 2018
This year, four Arabic teams أربعة فرق عربية have qualified for world cup 2018 كأس العالم ٢٠١٨ in Russia. The Arabic appearance الظهور العربي in this world cup was described as the ‘first in history’ الأول في التاريخ as the number of Arabic teams that qualified for previous world cups was three only! Now that…
The Gender of Arabic Nouns (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jul 17, 2018
The gender الجِنْس of noun الاِسْم in Arabic is either masculine مُذَكَّر or feminine مُؤَّنَّث. The masculine المُذَكَّر is the basic form; therefore, it does not require a marker عَلاَمَة. The feminine المُؤَنَّث is derived from the masculine; it requires a feminine marker عَلَامَة تَأنِيْث. There are two types of masculine: real masculine and unreal…
Assimilation in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jul 12, 2018
In natural speech, it is always difficult to utter a sound twice in a row, as in عَلْلَم which becomes عَلَّم. It is also relatively difficult to produce two sounds from the same area of articulation consecutively, as in مِنْ رَأْسِكَ which is pronounced as مِرَّأْسِكَ. Therefore, we recourse to assimilation. In Arabic, assimilation الإِدْغَام…
Saudi women can finally drive, where are they going? (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 11, 2018
At the end of last month, women in Saudi Arabic have been given the permission الإذن to drive for the first time ever للمرة الأولى على الإطلاق. This royal decision was made in September last year but it has only come into force a few weeks ago. Different media outlets وسائل الإعلام المختلفة made sure…