Modern Religious Ideologies in the Arab World Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Nov 23, 2017
Most Arabs define being an Arab as one who speaks Arabic and views the history of Arabs as an integral part of his/her cultural identity. Arabs are predominantly Muslims, but they have different religious ideologies. This difference is primarily due to power struggle which led during the early days of Islam to rebellious movements. This…
Dates: Different names and uses across the Arab world Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 22, 2017
Today, we’re going to learn about some aspects of dates التمر , a very important part of the Arabic culture and something that can be found in very much every Arabic house. Datesالتّمور are a very popular type of fruit as date palms أشجار النحيل – النخيل are cultivated يُزرع across the Arab region, both…
Arabic Parsing vs. Diacritics Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Nov 16, 2017
In acquiring Arabic, it is exceedingly essential that articulation rules, namely diacritics الحَرَكَات, be known from the outset. Knowing how to pronounce sounds and words intelligibly leads to better learning and communication. The ability to pronounce words effortlessly speeds up vocabulary acquisition and retention. Likewise, proper pronunciation leads to more comprehensible speech. This post is…
Murder on the Orient Express (2) جريمة في قطار الشرق Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 15, 2017
Welcome to the second part of this post about the Orient Express. Last week, we listened to a report (see video clip below) about the history تاريخ of the actual Orient Express where Christie got her inspiration from in Arabic with a set of questions. This week, we’re looking at the same report again to try…
Basic Sentence Structure in Arabic (II) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Nov 9, 2017
In an earlier post, I focused on one type of Arabic sentences, the verbal sentence الجُمْلَة الفِعْلِيَّة. As its name suggests, it is the sentence that starts with a verb فِعْل. In like manner, the nominal sentence الجُمْلَة الإِسْمِيَّة, our focus in this post, is the sentence that starts with a noun اِسْم. This type…
Murder on the Orient Express (1) جريمة في قطار الشرق Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 8, 2017
Last Friday was the release date of the movie Murder on the Orient Express in UK cinemas. You can find a photo I took when I went to watch the movie on the first day of its release – the 3rd of November. This film adaptation التبنّي السينمائي is based on مقتبس عن Murder on the…
5 Common Prepositions in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Nov 3, 2017
In learning another language, one good thing about prepositions is that they are limited, i.e. belong to a closed class of words, just like pronouns. Besides, in the case of Arabic, they are simple when conjugating them with pronouns (i.e. appending pronouns to them). There are seventeen prepositions in Arabic. Here, we look at the…