Tag Archives: Vocabulary
Persian words used in Arabic Posted by aziza on Aug 24, 2012
In the previous post, I wrote that the Arabic language that we use today contains many words that are of foreign origins, especially in spoken dialects. In this post, I present some words that are of Persian or Farsi origin. بخت (bakht) = luck/fortune بيجامة (Bijama) = Pyjamas تنورة (tannoura) = skirt باذنجان (bathinjan) =…
Ancient Egyptian words used today Posted by aziza on Aug 23, 2012
Do you know that all speakers of Arabic use colloquial dialects which have Arabic as the main source, but many other sources exist that are derived from other languages? For example, in colloquial Arabic dialects nowadays, many people use English words like ‘hi’, ‘OK’ and ‘thank you’! Egyptian colloquial Arabic has many sources in addition…
Listening comprehension exercise, answers and transcription. Posted by aziza on Aug 17, 2012
In the previous post, I presneted a listening comprehension exercise. In this post, I present the answsers of the questions and the transcription of the news item. 1- What is Qatar requesting? Qatar requests to purchase 200 tanks. 2- What is the value of the weapons transaction? The value of the weapons deal can reach…
Word search game – answer Posted by aziza on Jun 30, 2012
Here is the answer of the word search game!
Word search game Posted by aziza on Jun 30, 2012
In this post, I have created an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. All the words are related to parts of the head and…
A word search game in Arabic – media answer Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2012
Did you manage to answer the word search game? You can check your answers below. Can you think of other Arabic words about media? Please find more words below: the media industry =صناعة الإعلام correspondent =مراسل reporter =صحفي freedom of expression =حرية التعبير cersorship = رقابة
A word search game – media Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2012
In this post, I have created an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. 1- إعلام 2- إعلان 3- مجلة 4- صحيفة 5- صحفي…