Relational Adjectives and Nationalities in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 26, 2018
A relational adjective is the adjective that is used to relate one thing to another. In Arabic, this is called نِسْبَة ‘relation.’ This type of adjectives is common in Arabic. To form adjectives of this type, we simply add a suffix the end of nouns, that is يّ (ي with shaddah). This suffix/ي is called…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 3 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 23, 2018
This three part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. The blog posts of the last two weeks provided a transcript of the clip in both regional and standard Arabic. There were also some questions for you to answer and check…
Forms of Nominal and Verbal Duals in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 22, 2018
As for number, nouns الأَسْمَاء and verbs الأَفْعَال in Arabic have three forms: singular مُفْرَد, dual مُثَنَّى, and plural جَمْع. The singular refers to a single entity, the dual refers to two entities, and the plural refers to three or more. Forming the dual and plural forms from the singular is usually straightforward. This is…
Palestinian Folkloric Song Posted by aziza on May 18, 2018
This is a famous Palestinian folkloric song which tells a story of a tall polite young man who helps defend his village from gang attacks at the time of the British mandate. Below is the song with the translation of the beginning and the end. يا زريف الطول وقّف تاقلك … رايح عالغربة و…
Common Mistakes Among Learners of Arabic (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 17, 2018
Our native language has a strong influence on our learning of another language. This influence is mainly due to the dissimilarities or similarities between the two languages. When similar, we learn the language faster. If dissimilar, we face difficulties and our learning is slowed down. This post is about the common mispronunciations of Arabic sounds…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 16, 2018
This two part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. In last week’s post, you had the opportunity to listen to the clip and follow the transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect). There were also a…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 9, 2018
This three part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. The first part provides some questions for you to answer. In addition, a transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect) will provided here. The second part of…