Eid Al-fitr song: ‘We will sing’ – سنُغنِّي Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 20, 2018
The Eid spirit is still around us! I hope that those who celebrated Eid had a wonderful time with family and friends. In keeping with last week’s post, this week’s post will provide even more words and vocabulary related to Eid Al-fitr, through listening a song by Zain, about Eid. So we can learn more…
The Arabic Morphological Measure Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jun 14, 2018
The Arabic morphological measure المِيْزَان الصَّرْفِي is a measure that is proposed by Arabic grammarians to know and weigh the structure of words. It helps in understanding the internal structure of words, namely knowing whether the constituent letters of a word are essential or additional, and in deriving new words from the same root. The…
Vocabulary Treasure Hunt: Eid Al-fitr عيد الفطر Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 13, 2018
We’re only a day or two away from Eid Al-Fitr عيد الفطر . So, the post today is dedicated to مُخَصَّصْ لِ this occasion by providing you with some words and vocabulary that you can be often used and heard in relation to this occasion. The post consists of two parts: in the first one…
Boost your listening skills: Vernacular Arabic Practice (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 6, 2018
This blog post is a chance to harness your Arabic listening skills, particularly the vernacular Arabic: Lebanese and Egyptian in this case. In the first part of this post, you had the chance to watch the clip and follow what is being said by looking at the transcript provided, with a translation of each line…
20 Common Opposite Verbs in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 31, 2018
A good strategy to augment our vocabulary when learning a new language is through opposites. Conjugating them by deriving different forms from the root further enhance our acquisition, and lead to more spontaneous usage. This post provides a list of 20 common opposite verbs with example sentence. الفِعْل verb مَاضٍ ، مُضَارِع ، مُسْتَقْبَل…
Boost your listening skills: Vernacular Arabic Practice (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 30, 2018
This blog post is a chance to harness your Arabic listening skills, particularly the vernacular Arabic: Lebanese and Egyptian in this case. In the first part of this post, you will have the chance to watch the clip and follow what is being said by looking at the transcript provided, with a translation of each…
Forms of Nominal and Verbal Plurals in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 29, 2018
As explained in an earlier post, nouns الأَسْمَاء and verbs الأَفْعَال have three forms: singular مُفْرَد, dual مُثَنَّى, or plural جَمْع. Unlike the formation of dual noun forms, plural noun forms are a bit more complex because they constitute three types: sound masculine plural جَمْع مُذَكَّر سَالِم, sound feminine plural جَمْع مُؤَنَّث سَالِم, and broken…