Tag Archives: Learn Arabic
وَقْت الصَّيف Summer Time Posted by yasmine on Jul 14, 2021
It’s very hot! !إنه حار جداً 🌞 In this post, we’re going to talk about summer الصَّيف and everything that gets mentioned when we talk about summer time وقت الصَّيف such as weather الطَّقْس, activities نشاطات, and types of food and drink أكلات ومشروبات. We’ll also watch a weather forecast نشرة جوية in Arabic and…
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…
صَح أم خَطأ True or False Part One Posted by yasmine on Jun 9, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d read two texts in Arabic and answer some true صَح or false خَطأ questions to help practice your Arabic reading comprehension skills. In part one of this post, we’ll begin with two simple texts for beginners to intermediate learners and then read a more advanced text in next week’s…
Giving Your Opinion in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Jun 2, 2021
In this post, we’ll be learning how to politely give your opinion رأي and ask for others opinions in Arabic. Let’s first look at some topic categories. السياسة politics الأدَب literature التعليم education الفن art الطَعام food الطَبيعة nature الصِحّة health Can you match the following topics to the categories above? تغير المناخ climate change منسف …
Giving and Receiving Advice in Arabic Posted by yasmine on May 26, 2021
In this post, we’ll be learning how to politely give advice النَّصيحَة in Arabic. We’ll look at hypothetical problems with examples of possible pieces of advice. We’ll also talk about polite ways in receiving and refusing advice from others. ✨Let’s first look at some kinds of problems أنواع المَشاكِل in Arabic. family عائِلة relationships العَلاقات …
Nothing Pleases Me لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish Part One Posted by yasmine on May 12, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d read and listen to one of محمود درويش Mahmoud Darwish’s beloved poems لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني. I chose this poem قَصيدة in particular because I found it had enough familiar vocabulary for the intermediate Arabic language learner. We are going to learn how to analyze this قَصيدة in Arabic in…
Dealing with Arabic Numbers الأرْقام العَرَبيّة Part One Posted by yasmine on May 5, 2021
Have you come across Arabic numbers الأرْقام العَرَبيّة and wondered why they are written in the masculine or feminine form or why some numbers don’t fall into a certain pattern? Yes, there are rules قَواعِد to follow and I myself have sometimes gotten these number rules confused. Of course, in many cases, even if the…