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Grandparents الأجداد Posted by yasmine on Mar 9, 2022
In this post, I thought I’d talk about grandparents الأجداد in Arabic and everything about them that makes them special مميزين in the lives of their surrounding family members أفراد الأسرة. Do you remember how to say grandfather and grandmother in Arabic? grandfather is جد grandmother is جدة No matter the culture, الأجداد are regarded…
Juha and His Donkey: Another Tale Posted by yasmine on Mar 2, 2022
Last week, we listened and read a tale about the famous Juha character شخصية جحا المشهورة whose funny tales حكايات/قصص مُضحِكة are full of wit الذكاء and wisdom الحِكمة. Do you recall what it was about? This week, we’ll read a very short and funny tale about جحا وحماره. We’ll then do a short exercise…
The Old Damascene House البيت الدمشقي القديم Part Two Posted by yasmine on Oct 6, 2021
In this part two post, we’ll continue listening to a clip about the old Damascus style houses and answer some questions. I have provided the Arabic transcription to help you follow along as you listen to the speakers and an English translation below. Again, you’ll hear the reporter speaking in Modern Standard Arabic when describing…
The Old Damascene House البيت الدمشقي القديم Posted by yasmine on Sep 29, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d look into the old Damascene house البيت الدمشقي القديم which is famous for its unique architecture الهندسة المعمارية المميزة and style. Today, many have been converted into hotels and restaurants due to their beautiful surrounding atmosphere overlooking mountains الجبال and farms المزارع, but there are still old Damascus houses…
أنواع المَكْتبات في الأردن Types of Libraries in Jordan Part Two Posted by yasmine on Sep 15, 2021
In this post we’ll continue the story of غيث بحدوشة and مكتبته المميزة his unique library. But first let’s get to know some book genres in Arabic. 📚 ما أنواع الكتب التي تحب أن تقرأها؟ What types of books do you like to read? 📗📘📙📕Book genres أنواع الكتب قِصص المُغامرات: adventure الفن / العمارة: art/architecture …
أنواع المَكْتبات في الأردن Types of Libraries in Jordan Posted by yasmine on Sep 8, 2021
In this post, we’ll take a look at what libraries are like in Jordan. But first, let’s look at familiar words that are similar to the word مَكْتَبة library and what they mean since they are all derived from the same root word كَتَبَ. 📚 كَتـَبَ : to write كِتـَابٌ : book كُتُبْ : books…
Describing Possession in Arabic الإضافة Posted by yasmine on Aug 4, 2021
In this post, let’s practice the الإضافة structure. This structure, where two or more nouns are put back to back, is known as إضافة which literally means “addition”. Nothing can come between two words in an إضافة so if you want to add an adjective, it must come right at the end and must have the…