Tag Archives: Arabic
Test Your Knowledge-Fun Arabic Exercises Posted by yasmine on Dec 22, 2021
In the coming series of posts, we’ll be doing some fun Arabic language exercises. (Please have with you a ورقة paper and قلم pen/pencil) In this week’s post, we’ll practice our knowledge of Arab countries and their capital cities, describing their locations, nationalities and lastly, basic vocabulary through a short fill in the blank exercise…
Saving the Dead Sea إنقاذ البحر الميت Posted by yasmine on Nov 17, 2021
I just spent a month back home in Amman, Jordan الأردن to visit family and had a wonderful time. It was during October when the weather is moderate معتدل and going to places like the Dead Sea البحر الميت where it gets extremely hot ًحار جدا during the summer, is very enjoyable ممتع جدا. Here…
El-Funoun Dance Troupe فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينية Part 2 Posted by yasmine on Sep 1, 2021
Welcome back to part two of this post about the Palestinian folklore group called فِرْقة الفنون الشَّعبية الفِلَسطينية El-Funoun Dance Troupe. We’ll continue listening to the rest of the short interviews in the clip while following along with the transcription, then answer a few questions. 🎇 فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينية🎇 .عضو من الفرقة: بجوز كانت…
Making Appointments in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jul 28, 2021
In this post, we’re going to practice how to make an appointment تَحْديد مَوْعِد in Arabic. We’ll begin with making formal appointments مواعيد رسمية such as an official meeting اجتماع رسمي and a doctor’s appointment مَوعِد عند الطبيب, then we’ll look at how to make an informal appointment مَوعِد غير رسمي with a friend in…
How to Give your Condolences in Arabic التعزية Posted by yasmine on Jul 21, 2021
If you happen to know someone who is of the Islamic faith and who has lost a loved one, you may want to know how to express your condolences تعزي in Arabic, since such phrases are taken from both the Quran and Hadith. Knowing how to say at least one of these phrases will mean…
The Tourism Sector in Jordan Posted by yasmine on Jun 30, 2021
Have you traveled to Jordan or is Jordan on your list of countries to visit? Are you familiar with any of the famous tourist sites المواقع السياحية in Jordan? In this post, I thought we’d talk about the tourism sector قطاع السياحة in Jordan; its economic importance أهميتها الاقتصادية, how the coronavirus has affected the…
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…