Two interesting Arabic proverbs about marriage Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 13, 2017
Proverb is one of the fun ways you can learn about more a language and the culture of its users. Today, we’re going to look at two interesting proverbs أمثال (شعبيه) – حِكَم from the Arabic heritage. Both of them are linked to marriage but in two very interesting ways! Proverbs have an important role…
Traditional Drinks from different parts of the Arab world (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 6, 2017
In the previous (first) part of the post, we looked at four different hot drinks often consumed in the Arab world. In this post, we’re going to focus on four other drinks, but it is cold drinks المشروبات البارده (Al-mashroobaat al-baared-ah) rather than hot drinks this time. These are: apricot juice, almond drink, Roselle drink…
Basic Sentence Structure in Arabic (III) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Dec 1, 2017
Previously, you were acquainted with the types of sentences in Arabic. Based on the part of speech of the word with which it starts, the sentence is verbal فِعْلِيَّة or nominal اِسْمِيَّة. The verbal must at least have a verb فِعْل and a subject فَاعِل to be meaningful. In this post, you learn the common…
Traditional Drinks from different parts of the Arab world (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 29, 2017
Traditional is always considered good and special in the Arab world, whether it was food, clothes, etc. In this week’s post, we’re going to learn about a number of traditional drinks that are made and consumed in different parts of the Arab world, from Morocco to Syria. What is special about these drinks is that…
Listening, 1 minute News, answers Posted by aziza on Nov 27, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise with the 1- minute news report posted earlier. Please find the questions and answers and transcript of the news report below: Arabic Questions and Answers: أين يطلق العراق آخر عملياته العسكرية، ولماذا؟ العراق يطلق آخر عملياته العسكرية عبر الصحراء الغربية الممتدة على…
Listening, 1 minute News Posted by aziza on Nov 26, 2017
In this post, I present a very brief and interesting listening comprehension exercise. The news report below summarizes the day news in just one minute. Listen to the news headlines and answer the questions that follow. Use the vocabulary list at the end to help with your comprehension. Answer the following questions in…
Plural or singular? Posted by aziza on Nov 24, 2017
Some English words are always plural, e.g. trousers, jeans, socks, scissors, tweezers, glasses, spectacles, among others. When translating these words into Arabic, we have singular nouns, e.g. trousers = سروال / بنطال هذا السروال قصير جداً. These trousers are very short. jeans = جينز هل هذا الجينز جديد؟ Are these jeans new? socks = جورب…