Tag Archives: Arabic Language
The Many Meanings of طيب Tayib in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jul 10, 2019
Tayib طيب is an Arabic word which can have many different meanings in both standard Arabic and Arabic dialects. طيب can be written using different short vowels making it either a noun or a verb. It can also be interpreted differently based on context and even gestures used when saying the word. As an Arabic…
Case marking of nominal sentences Posted by aziza on Jun 29, 2019
Case marking (الإعراب) is a very important grammatical concept in Arabic. In this post, we learn how to case mark nominal sentences. The nominal sentence (الجملة الإسمية) is a sentence that begins by a noun or a pronoun. The nominal sentence has two main components: the subject (المبتدأ) and the predicate (الخبر). Both parts of…
Celebrations in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jun 26, 2019
What kind of celebrations احْتِفالات could you be invited to in an Arab country? In this post, we’ll look at four celebrations also common in English speaking countries and the useful phrases to say at these celebrations. Wedding reception عُرْس / زَفاف When invited to an Arabic wedding, expect it to be at a wedding…
Famous Arab Singers Who Sing in Standard Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jun 19, 2019
When learning a new language, some learners like to begin listening to songs أغاني in that language. In the case of Arabic, you can find many Arabic songs of course, but most songs are in different dialects such as Egyptian, Lebanese, and gulf. So, if you’re learning standard Arabic, you’ll want to listen to تَسْتَمِع…
Describe Your House in Arabic Part II Posted by yasmine on Jun 12, 2019
In last week’s post we learned how to describe our house; how many rooms, size, etc. In this post, we’ll be looking at things you find in these rooms (furniture, fixtures, objects, etc.) Side note: I’ve been trying to learn French and have been using sticky notes and sticking vocabulary such as these on the…
Describe Your House in Arabic Part I Posted by yasmine on Jun 5, 2019
In this post, we’ll be looking at Arabic vocabulary for different rooms in a house/apartment and practice how we can describe the basic characteristics صِفات of a house. 🏡 In the picture below I have drawn a house with the names of the rooms in Arabic to help you remember. Of course, you can add…
Things You Wear in Arabic Besides Clothes Posted by yasmine on May 22, 2019
In this post we’ll look at things we wear besides clothes such as accessories, headphones, makeup, etc, in both MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) and Levantine Arabic (dialect of the Levantine countries; Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan). Let’s look at accessories in Arabic with example sentences. 😊 watch:ساعة .هذهِ السَّاعة كانَت هَدية مِن أَخي This…