Arabic Translation Exam Posted by jesa on Mar 18, 2017
Marhaba! Today’s post is neither about an interesting news article nor a lesson in Arabic vocabulary or grammar. Besides the importance of comprehension exercises and lessons in Arabic, it is always good to take some time to test our writing and reading skills. One of the most useful ways is through an Arabic translation exam…
Arabic Diacritics: Important But Neglected Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Mar 15, 2017
Generally, diacritics are marks that are added to letters and have pronunciation- and/or meaning-related values as well as grammatical values. In Arabic, diacritical marks are: the fatHah َ , a semi-flat hyphen-like added on top of the letter, the kasrah ِ , similar to fatHah, but put below the letter, the Dhammah ُ, a mark…
The 10 Most Common Arabic Words about Spies (2) Posted by jesa on Mar 14, 2017
Marhaba! I hope you all learned something new and/or refreshed your memory from the previous post about the 10 most common words about spies in Arabic. I am confident you enjoyed solving the crossword puzzle! In this post, I am sharing the answers and some examples of how you can use these words in a…
Archaeological Discovery_reading1 Posted by aziza on Mar 12, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise based on a story adapted from bbcarabic: أعلنت وزارة الآثار المصرية اكتشاف تمثالين فرعونيين، أحدهما يرجح أنه للملك رمسيس الثاني، والآخر للملك سيتي الثاني، في منطقة المطرية، شرق القاهرة. ويعود التمثالان لعصر الأسرة التاسعة عشر، وعثر عليهما في محيط بقايا معبد الملك رمسيس…
The 10 Most Common Arabic Words about Spies Posted by jesa on Mar 11, 2017
Marhaba! It is hard not to come across a spy or an intelligence related story in the news. Be it from stories of Russian hacking in the American Presidential Elections to the thousands of documents released by WikiLeaks on U.S. intelligence programs. Given the saliency and recurrent theme of spy and intelligence related stories in…
Archaeological Discovery_reading Posted by aziza on Mar 10, 2017
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise based on a story adapted from bbcarabic. You can use the vocabulary provided to assist your comprehension. أعلنت وزارة الآثار المصرية اكتشاف تمثالين فرعونيين، أحدهما يرجح أنه للملك رمسيس الثاني، والآخر للملك سيتي الثاني، في منطقة المطرية، شرق القاهرة. ويعود التمثالان لعصر الأسرة التاسعة عشر، وعثر…
Did you See Banksy’s New Hotel? (2) Posted by jesa on Mar 7, 2017
Marhaba! I am sure you found the recent listening comprehension exercise about Banksy’s hotel in the West Bank interesting and fun. Today, I am sharing the answers to the previous questions in the listening comprehension post. I am also sharing the news story to refresh your memory. The most important learning goal from these listening…