Tag Archives: Arabic Language
Describing the Ideal Friend الصَّديق المِثالي Posted by yasmine on Apr 7, 2021
In this post, I thought we would learn how to describe what we think is a true friend صَديق حَقيقي or an ideal friend صَديق مِثالي in Arabic. We’ll look at vocabulary that will help us list possible friend qualities and answer questions. We’ll also watch a video showing pedestrians in Jordan being asked about…
الأكِل الصِحّي Healthy Food Part Two Posted by yasmine on Feb 24, 2021
In this post, we’ll be watching the second part of a video (in Jordanian Levantine) that talks about الأكِل الصِحّي healthy food that keeps us full longer. I have included a transcription and English translation to help you follow along. Last week we began by first reading a definition of الأكل الصحي in الفُصحى MSA…
Personality Types in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jan 27, 2021
In this post, I thought we would learn vocabulary to help us describe وَصف different personality types أنواع شَخْصية مُخْتَلِفة such as مَرح cheerful, مُتَوَتِّر tense, حَسّاس sensitive, etc. We can first get familiar with the list of vocabulary words, answer a few questions, then take a free personality test in Arabic that results in putting…
The Jordan Trail دَرْب الأرْدُن Posted by yasmine on Jan 20, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d learn about دَرْب الأرْدُن “The Jordan Trail”. I haven’t had the opportunity to try this hike since it only officially begun in 2017. Despite the coronavirus still making it difficult to travel and see new places, I thought we could still learn about new destinations one may venture to…
Introduce yourself in Modern Standard Arabic Posted by yasmine on Nov 4, 2020
How well can you introduce yourself in Arabic? If I were to ask you to tell me a bit about yourself in Arabic, what would you include in your introduction? How would you phrase your sentences? In this post, I thought we’d look at a couple of example introductions with audio of hypothetical people to…
MSA – Levantine Conversation Comparison Posted by yasmine on Sep 23, 2020
Many students who are interested in Levantine Arabic have most likely began learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) first. When learning a dialect, it sometimes helps to compare with what you already know in MSA. Yet, not very often do we come across texts about the same subject in both standard Arabic and dialect to allow…
Special Fruits in the Middle East Posted by yasmine on Oct 9, 2019
In this post, we’ll be learning a little about five of the common fruits فاكِهة grown in the Middle East, how to say them in Arabic, their significance أهَمية, and what they symbolize يَرمُز . Figs تِّين teen Figs have been growing in the Middle East since pre-historic times. According to the Quran, fruits like figs…