Tag Archives: Vocabulary
Word search Posted by aziza on Jul 29, 2010
In this post, I present a word search game that deals with money (نقود) [formal use] / (فلوس) [informal use]. Please try to find the following words in the grid. بيع = selling بنك = bank جنيه = pound دينار = Dinar ريال = Ryal ليرة = Lyra حساب = accoumt توفير = saving بورصة…
Arabic word search game Posted by aziza on May 30, 2010
Here is another word search game in Arabic. The topic of this one is clothes (الملابس). There are 10 items of clothes to be found in the grid. Translations of words and answer of puzzle are found below. Enjoy! فستان قميص تنورة بنطلون حذاء جورب اكمام معطف شال قبعة dress shirt skirt trousers shoe sock…
Arabic word search game Posted by aziza on Apr 29, 2010
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. كتابة مكتب كاتب قراءة قصة ورق جريدة مجلة صحف writing office…
Arabic Numbers 1-100 Posted by aziza on Mar 25, 2010
Here is another post that deals with the writing and pronunciation of Arabic numbers. The table below gives the numbers in writing and transliteration of the sounds. The following video gives the numbers in a sound file with the writing. Please note that the youtube clip includes nunation (تنوين) at the end of each number…
Arabic Vocabulary: Geographical Terms Posted by aziza on Mar 17, 2010
In this post, I present some vocabulary items related to the topic of geography (الجغرافيا). continent قارة ocean محيط sea بحر lake بحيرة river نهر spring نبع well بئر country بلد state دولة / ولاية city مدينة town بلدة village قرية capital عاصمة mountain جبل mountain range سلسلة جبال plateau هضبة hill تل valley …
Arabic Math Vocabulary Posted by aziza on Mar 11, 2010
Most Arabic teaching focuses on Arabic grammar and vocabulary, and many students miss on some details, e.g. technical vocabulary like simple math terms. In this post, I try to fill this gap by presenting the Arabic words for some mathematical symbols and terms. Addition = جمع Subtraction = طرح Multiplication = ضرب Division = قسمة…
Arabic Adjectives and their Opposites Posted by aziza on Mar 8, 2010
In this post, I present some simple adjectives and their opposites. It is also handy to know the word that can be used to negate adjectives, more or less like the English prefix, un- which is (غير). We use it before an adjective to negate it, e.g. (معروف) means ‘well-known’, while (غير معروف) means ‘un-known…