{"id":16797,"date":"2019-05-29T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=16797"},"modified":"2019-05-27T21:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T21:05:39","slug":"16797-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/16797-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fun Arabic Game!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>? In this post we&#8217;ll be learning how to play an Arabic game that can make improving your vocabulary and spelling skills fun!<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Jordan, at school, in between lessons, we played a <strong>game<\/strong> <strong>\u0644\u064f\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0629<\/strong> called \u201c<strong>\u062d\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0641 &#8211; \u0625\u0633\u0645 &#8211; \u062d\u064e\u064a\u0648\u0627\u0646<\/strong>\u201d meaning \u201c<strong>letter- name \u2013 animal<\/strong>\u201d. Each player has a piece of paper divided into seven columns and at the top of each column you have the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u062d\u064e\u0631\u0641 &#8211; \u0625\u0633\u0645 &#8211; \u062d\u064e\u064a\u0648\u0627\u0646 &#8211; \u062c\u064e\u0645\u0627\u062f &#8211; \u0628\u0650\u0644\u0627\u062f &#8211; \u0637\u064e\u0639\u0627\u0645 &#8211; \u0646\u0650\u0642\u0627\u0637\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>meaning:\u00a0 letter \u2013 name \u2013 animal \u2013 non-living thing \u2013 country \u2013 food &#8211; points.<\/p>\n<p>Each player has a turn to pick a letter and once that letter is chosen everyone begins filling in the first row with words that begin with that letter as fast as they can: Here is an example below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16798\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16798\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16798\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-1024x561.png\" alt=\"arabic game\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-350x192.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image provided by Yasmine K.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone must stop writing once one of the players says he\/she is finished.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to counting points, if you wrote down a word that no one else wrote, you get 10 points, if someone else had the same word, you get 5 points. If you couldn\u2019t think of a word, you get 0 points. Of course, by finishing first, you get an extra 10 as long as all your words make sense.<\/p>\n<p>The game would last around 5 to 10 rows. Once everyone decides to end the game, each player counts their points and the one with the most points is the <strong>winner<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0632.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if you recall me mentioning in my first introductory blog post that I moved to Jordan as a 10-year-old which is when I began learning Arabic. This game was a very fun way for me to learn more words and practice my spelling. As Arabic learners, you could definitely play this with other Arabic learners\/speakers or play by yourself if you don\u2019t mind the competing aspect taken out of the fun. ? You can always add or remove categories and make it your own.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you try playing this game! It\u2019s a fun way to test your Arabic vocabulary and spelling skills! ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-350x192.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"arabic game\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-350x192.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/arabic-game.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>? In this post we&#8217;ll be learning how to play an Arabic game that can make improving your vocabulary and spelling skills fun! Growing up in Jordan, at school, in between lessons, we played a game \u0644\u064f\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0629 called \u201c\u062d\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0641 &#8211; \u0625\u0633\u0645 &#8211; \u062d\u064e\u064a\u0648\u0627\u0646\u201d meaning \u201cletter- name \u2013 animal\u201d. 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