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Fisal’s Dictionary: “to make” Posted by Fisal on May 26, 2012
Fisal’s Dictionary: ” to make صـنـع “ 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 صـَــنـــَـعَ and explore some of its derivatives. * صـَــنــَـعَ [V. T. ] = to make / to manufacture / to…
Egyptian Proverbs (5) Posted by Fisal on May 19, 2012
Arabic proverbs reflect the beauty of the Arabic Language and the wisdom of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun, I am going to…
Arabic Immersion Day Posted by Fisal on Apr 12, 2012
Language immersion is a second language learning method in which language learners immerse themselves in the target (second) language. The goal of language immersion is to create a linguistic environment that mimics the environment of first language acquisition. The idea behind language immersion is that, if all incoming communication is in the target language…
Science and Manners Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2012
Our blog today is about a masterpiece poem of the famous Egyptian Poet of the Nile شاعر النيل ; Hafez Ibrahim. The poem is called “Science and Manners العلم و الأخلاق“. Hafez chanted this wonderful poem in an opening ceremony حفل افتتاح of a new girls’ school in the city of Port Said in 1910…
The Nominal Sentence: The Subject (Al-Mubtada) Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2011
As we said before that the first item of the nominal sentence is the Subject or Al-Mubtada المبتدأ which is the noun that we talk about. This noun is always in the Nominative (Marfoo’) Case. Now what are the types of the Subject (Mubtada) ? Types of the Mubtada أنواع المبتدأ The…
Interrogative Particles (Part 1) أدوات الاستفهام Posted by Fisal on Oct 17, 2011
Today we are going to learn about the question particles in Arabic. The particles of today are equivalent to the Wh-question particles; (Interrogative Adverbs) in English. These particles are considered Mabni words (or Mabni Nouns) as they don’t change pronunciation. Question particles should always start the question sentence and can only be preceded by…