Tag Archives: Arabic Language
Learn Arabic vocabulary for 30 mins Posted by aziza on Mar 31, 2017
Today, I present a nice video I found on YouTube which I will use with my daughter over the weekend. I like the video so much because it is very useful and easy at the same time. It is a list of words in Modern Standard Arabic which are related to everyday life and which…
Arabic Translation Exam-Answers Posted by jesa on Mar 25, 2017
Marhaba! I hope you all enjoyed translating the 10 sentences in English to Arabic! I will plan to share more similar exercises that help you perfect your writing and reading skills. An important step in your learning journey is to be able to think, to the extent possible, in two languages interchangeably. This will be…
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…
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…
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…
Prepositions and Circumstants Posted by aziza on Feb 20, 2017
In Arabic, prepositions (حروف الجر) comprise a limited set of words that serve to explain relationships between other words, e.g. من، إلى، في، عن، على، مذ، منذ، رُبَّ، حتى، خلا، حاشا، عدا، اللام، كي، واو، التاء، الكاف، الباء، لعل، متى There is another set of words called circumstants (الظروف). These words have a similar function…