Tag Archives: Arabic Language
New Global “Center of Excellence” for Arabic Language Posted by Hichem on May 2, 2012
A new Arabic Language charter was announced only a week ago to establish the UAE as a global “center of excellence” for the Arabic language, news outlets such as The National and GulfNews reported. The language center will be based at Zayed University, to “revive Arabic as لغة العلـــــــوم والتكنولوجيــــــــــا (the language of sciences and technology)”. The announcement was made at the opening session of the…
Arabic is Among Top Spoken Languages in U.S. After Spanish! Posted by Hichem on Apr 19, 2012
Es-Salamu Aleykum, my friends! Anyone who harbored any doubts as to why one would have to learn or improve their Arabic must read today’s brand new تقريـــــــــر (report): According to today’s MarketWatch, a report from Language Line Services, the world’s largest provider of language services, reveals that between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012, Arabic proved to be among the top spoken languages in الولايـــــــــــات المُتَّحـــــــــــدة الأمريــــــــــــكية (the United…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Mar 26, 2012
اقرأ القطعة التالية من مقال صحفي للكاتب / صلاح منتصر ، ثم أجب عن الأسئلة : Read the passage from an article to the writer Salah Muntasser, then answer the questions: أنت سيد قرارك … فبكلمة منك تستطيع أن تخرج من هذا السجن اللعين ، الذي أصبحت فيه عبداً للسيجارة ، و حقلاً خصباً لكل…
The Legend of Love and Genius; Mai Ziyada (1886 – 1941) Posted by Fisal on Feb 23, 2012
The Legend of Love and Genius أســْــطـــُــورَة الــحــُــبّ و الــنــُــبــُــوغ ; Mai Ziyada (1886 – 1941) Born on the 11th of February, 1886, Mai Ziyada مـَـيّ زيــَــادة was a famous Arab Poet, writer, and translator. She was a key figure of the Nahda نــَــهــْـــضــَـــة (renaissance) of the nineteenth century Arabic literary scene. Her original name is Mary…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Jan 21, 2012
* اقرأ القطعة التالية و أجب عن الأسئلة Read the following passage and answer the questions بدأ العام الدراسى الجديد , و فرح التلاميذُ كثيراً بذهابهم إلى المدرسة و مقابلة زملاءهم . و دخل المُدرسُّ الفصلَ مبتسماً , و كان مسروراً بنظام التلاميذ و حماسهم , و قال لهم : ” اجتهدوا فالعلمُ أساسُ التقدم…
Fisal’s Dictionary: سكن Posted by Fisal on Dec 24, 2011
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb سكن and explore some of its derivatives. * سَـكـَـنَ [V.I.] = 1) to stop moving or be silent. Ex. – سـكـنـت الـريـحُ = The wind stopped. 2) to calm…
The Fronted Predicate Posted by Fisal on Dec 23, 2011
The Fronted Predicate الخبر الـمـُـقــدَّم As we learned before that the general rule is that the Mubtada’ المبتدأ begins the nominal sentence. However, there are certain cases in which the predicate الخبر comes before the Mubtada’ and begins the nominal sentence. Today, we will be introduced to these cases. * Cases of the Fronted Predicate : 1)…