Tag Archives: Arabic Language
Everything You Need to Know about the Panama Papers in Arabic Posted by jesa on Apr 16, 2016
Marhaba! A few days ago, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists leaked a set of 11.5 million confidential documents about 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca. I am sharing a very interesting and concise overview of the Panama Papers in the form of a listening comprehension exercise from the…
Learn All African Countries and Territories in Arabic – Part 1 Posted by jesa on Apr 12, 2016
Marhaba! Building on previous posts that discussed all 50 U.S. states, 17 Middle East countries, and 15 South American countries and territories in Arabic, today I want to teach you how to pronounce the name of every African country and dependent territory in Arabic. I have translated and transliterated the country names so that you…
Let It Go, Arabized and Localized Posted by aziza on Apr 10, 2016
In this post, I present the Disney song “Let it go” in it original, Arabized and Egyptianized versions. I read an article today about localization, and it said that the localized versions are usually produced in the specific countries they are intended for, and they often adapt to the local culture by using values and imagery pertinent to…
Inna and its sisters, Answers Posted by aziza on Mar 28, 2016
Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) are إنَّ وأنَّ ، ولكنَّ ، وكأنَّ وليتَ ولعلَّ After Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها), the subject of the nominal sentence (اسم إن) become accusative (منصوب), and the predicate (خبر إن) remains nominative (مرفوع). In this post, I present the answers of the exercises presented earlier to practice…
Practice Inna and its sisters Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2016
Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) is a group of particles in Arabic that are usually followed by a nominal sentence. The nominal sentence takes special vowelling after Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها). Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) are إنَّ وأنَّ ، ولكنَّ ، وكأنَّ وليتَ ولعلَّ By default, a nominal sentence has…
Learn All 15 South American Countries & Territories in Arabic Posted by jesa on Mar 26, 2016
Marhaba! Building on previous posts that discussed all 50 U.S. states and 17 Middle East countries in Arabic, today I want to teach you how to pronounce the name of every South American country and dependent territory in Arabic. I have translated and transliterated the country names so that you can use them when writing…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Arabic and Technology Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How did you do in the last listening comprehension exercise about Arabic and Technology? Some considerable number of academic and educated Arabs do really think that there is a threat to the Arabic language because of the impact of globalization and the domination of the English language from one side…