{"id":22705,"date":"2022-03-28T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=22705"},"modified":"2022-03-07T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T22:29:41","slug":"choices-listening-practice-in-saudi-arabic-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/choices-listening-practice-in-saudi-arabic-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Choices: Listening Practice in Saudi Arabic (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post where we&#8217;re still discussing the topic of <strong>choices \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/22742-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last week<\/a>,we started studying a one-minute, video clip <strong>in Saudi Arabic \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u062c\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629<\/strong>. The clip is taken from <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>live broadcast \u0628\u062b \u062d\u064a<\/strong> by <strong>Dr. Sumaya Al-Nasser \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0633\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0635\u0631<\/strong>. Last week, an English transcript of the video was provided. In today&#8217;s post, you have the opportunity to work on some exercises to test your understanding of the video, through studying the English transcript.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22695\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/pKeF6Tt3c08\" aria-label=\"Brendan Church PKeF6Tt3c08 Unsplash 350x233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22695\" class=\"wp-image-22695\"  alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"277\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash-350x233.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Brendan Church on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>So, last week, I provided the English transcription of the video (as Arabic subtitles are already added to the video).<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0633\u0645\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0635\u0631 (\u0644\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0642\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0643 \u0637\u0631\u064a\u0642\u064a\u0646..)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1_pGOkHF8xA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Exercise 1: Matching<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>By revisiting the transcription provided in last week&#8217;s post, try to find the English alternative to the below list of Arabic words taken from the video.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0644\u064e\u062e\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0637\u064e\u0627\u0642\u064e\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0645\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0624\u064f\u0648\u0644\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064e\u0627\u062a<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u062c\u064e\u062f\u0650\u064a\u062f\u064e\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0628\u064e\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0637<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0637\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650\u0628\u0652 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u064e\u0627\u0645\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u064a\u064e\u0645\u0650\u064a\u0646<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u062a\u0650\u062a\u0652\u0632\u064e\u0648\u0651\u064e\u062c<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0651\u064e\u063a\u0652\u064a\u0650\u064a\u0631<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0645\u064f\u062e\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0641\u0652<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0631\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0643\u064e\u0629\/ \u0627\u0631\u0652\u062a\u0650\u0628\u064e\u0627\u0643<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u064a\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0627\u0631<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u062a\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0627\u0639\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0627\u062a<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0623\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0627\u062d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0634\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0621 \u0633\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0628\u0650\u064a<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0= = = = = = = = = =<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Exercise 2: Finish the sentence<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I would like you to read these sentences (listed chronologically) I took from the English transcription. To test you do understand the content of the video in both Arabic and English, try to fill the gaps in each sentence in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/span> with the missing word in both <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/span> &amp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Arabic<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Where there are two roads in front of them, one would say: &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. , &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. left<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>All &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. , and I feel relieved<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>And that\u2019s it, no more &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. , &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>And it\u2019s not a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..\u00a0 that there\u2019s a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>I mean he &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u00a0 that there\u2019s a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. energy<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; a new &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. has consequences<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>A &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u00a0 that is different from a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. decision, has consequences<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Everyone goes to &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>And despite that, a university &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\u00a0 gets &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0= = = = = = = = = =<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Exercise 1 (Answers):<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Mess\u00a0 \u0644\u062e\u0628\u0637\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Energy\u00a0 \u0637\u0627\u0642\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Responsibilities\u00a0 \u0645\u0633\u0624\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0627\u062a<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0New\u00a0 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Simple\u00a0 \u0628\u0633\u064a\u0637<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0University Student\u00a0 \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Right\u00a0 \u064a\u0645\u064a\u0646<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Get married\u00a0 \u062a\u062a\u0632\u0648\u062c<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Change\u00a0 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u063a\u064a\u064a\u0631<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Different\u00a0 \u0645\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Confusion\u00a0 \u0631\u0628\u0643\u0629\/ \u0627\u0631\u0628\u062a\u0627\u0643<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0Left \u064a\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0627\u0631<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Consequences\u00a0 \u062a\u062f\u0627\u0639\u064a\u0627\u062a<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0I feel relieved\u00a0 \u0623\u0631\u062a\u0627\u062d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u00a0A negative thing\u00a0 \u0634\u064a\u0621 \u0633\u0644\u0628\u064a<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0= = = = = = = = = =<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Exercise 2 (Answers):<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Where there are two roads in front of them, one would say: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">I go right (or) I go<\/span> left &#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0623\u0631\u0648\u062d \u064a\u0645\u064a\u0646\u060c \u0623\u0631\u0648\u062d<\/span> \u064a\u0633\u0627\u0631<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>\u00a0All t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">hings are sorted<\/span> and I feel relieved\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u0643\u0644 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0648\u0631 \u062a\u062a\u0636\u0628\u0637<\/span> \u0648\u0623\u0631\u062a\u0627\u062d<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>And that\u2019s it, no more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">mess, nothing<\/span>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u0648\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0635 \u0645\u0627 \u0639\u0627\u062f \u0641\u064a\u0647 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0637\u0629<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0634\u064a\u0621<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>And it\u2019s not a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">negative<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">thing<\/span> that there\u2019s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">mess<\/span>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0645\u0648 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0634\u064a\u0621<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0633\u0644\u0628\u064a<\/span> \u0625\u0646\u0647 \u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u0647 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0637\u0629<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>I mean he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">feels<\/span>\u00a0 that there\u2019s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">different<\/span> energy\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u064a\u0639\u0646\u064a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u064a\u062d\u0633<\/span> \u0625\u0646\u0647 \u0641\u064a \u0637\u0627\u0642\u0629 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641\u0629<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Choosing<\/span> a new <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">energy<\/span> has consequences\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0627\u062e\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0631<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0637\u0627\u0642\u0629<\/span> \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0644\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0628\u0639\u0627\u062a<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">decision<\/span> that is different from a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">previous<\/span> decision, has consequences &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631<\/span> \u0645\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641 \u0639\u0646 \u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0633\u0627\u0628\u0642<\/span>.. \u0644\u0647 \u062a\u0628\u0639\u0627\u062a<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Everyone goes to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">university<\/span>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u0643\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u064a\u062f\u062e\u0644\u0648\u0646 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>And despite that, a university <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">student<\/span>\u00a0 gets <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">confused<\/span>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u0648\u0645\u0639 \u0630\u0644\u0643 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628<\/span> \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u064a\u0631\u062a\u0628\u0643<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0= = = = = = = = = =<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>I hope you enjoyed learning about choices \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/brendan-church-pKeF6Tt3c08-unsplash-350x233-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post where we&#8217;re still discussing the topic of choices \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a. Last week,we started studying a one-minute, video clip in Saudi Arabic \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u062c\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629. The clip is taken from a live broadcast \u0628\u062b \u062d\u064a by Dr. Sumaya Al-Nasser \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0633\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0635\u0631. 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