Tag Archives: vocaulary
Listening comprehension in Arabic Posted by aziza on Nov 14, 2012
Listen to the news item below and answer the questions that follow: Use the following words to aid your understanding: نفط = oil احتياطي النفط = oil reserve العالمي = global تستحوذ = own الإمدادات = supplies تستمر = continue مستوى = level إنتاج = production أنجز = achieve استثمار = investment تكلفة = cost…
Arabic Prepositions in combination (Part 2) Posted by aziza on Apr 18, 2011
In my pervious post I presented some combinations of prepositions with question words, i.e. ممَّ، فيمَ، عمَّ At the end of the post, I presented a question about two other combinations. علام، إلام علام = على + ما / ماذا = on what إلام = إلى + ما / ماذا = to what علام تضحك؟…
Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Arabic Posted by aziza on Feb 9, 2010
There are some expressions that we can use to express likes and dislikes in Arabic. أحب السباحة. “I like swimming.” لا أحب الشطرنج. “I don’t like chess.” أحب الرياضة جداً/كثيراً. “I like sports very much” لا أحب كرة القدم أبداً/إطلاقاً. “I don’t like football at all.” المفضّل/ المفضّلة “Favorite” هوايتي المفضّلة هي القراءة. “My favorite…
Expressing Opinions in Arabic Posted by aziza on Jan 15, 2010
There is a range of expressions that we can use to express opinion (التعبير عن الرأي) in Arabic. Following is a list of expressions that can be used in this context: In my opinion… في رأيي… I think that… أظن أنّ… I believe that… أعتقد أنّ… It seems to me that… يبدو لي أنّ… As…