Saturday, March 29, 2014

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What’s His Name?

Thursday, May 13th, 2010
A possessive suffix is an ending to a word that indicates possession, similar to the apostrophe-’s’ in “John’s notebook”. Possessive suffixes are the Arabic equivalents of the words “my”, “your”, “his”, “her”, “our”, and “their”.
هذِهِ صِديقتي.
haadhihi Sadiiqatii.
This is my friend.

ما إسْمُكَ؟
ma ismuka?
What is your name? (when asking a man)
ما إسْمُكِ؟
ma ismuki?
What is your name? (when asking a woman)


SingleDualPlural
3rd person masculine…هُ…هُما…هُم
3rd person feminine…ها…هُما…هُنَّ
2nd person masculine…كَ…كُما…كُم
2nd person feminine…كِ…كُما…كُنَّ
1st person…ي…نا…نا

Try to practice and write your own sentences using these new gramar points!
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Arabic Word of the Day - check in (verb)


ينزل في (yanzilu fī) check in (verb)

متى تنزل في الفندق؟
matā tanzilu fī al-funduq?
What time is check in?

ينزل في فندق
yanzilu fī funduq
check in to a hotel

Friday, March 28, 2014

Arabic Word of the Day - disgusting (adjective)


مقزز (muqazziz) disgusting (adjective)

الطفل يأكل طعاماً مقززاً، و هو ليس سعيد.
al-ṭiflu yaʾkulu ṭaʿāman muqazzizan, wa huwa laisa saʿīd
The baby is being fed disgusting food, and he is not happy.

الرجل يتناول وجبة خفيفة مقززة
ar-raǧulu yatanāwalu waǧbaẗan ḫafīfaẗan muqazzizah
The man is eating a disgusting snack.

طعام مقزز
ṭaʿāmun muqazziz
disgusting food

طعم مقزز
ṭaʿmun muqazziz
disgusting taste

Arabic Word of the Day - meet (verb)


قابل (qābala) meet (verb)

وكيلة العقارات تقابل العميلة
wakīlat ʾlʿiqārt tuqābil ʿamīlah
The real estate agent meets a client.

وكيلة العقارات قابلت العميلة
wakīlat al-ʿiqārt qābalat al-ʿamīlah
The real estate agent met the client.

الرجل و المرأة يتقابلان للمرة الأولى
al-raǧulu walmarʾah yataqābalān lilmarra: ʾlʾūlā
The man and woman are meeting for the first time.

قابل للمرة الأولى
qābala lilmarra: ʾlʾūlā
meet for the first time

تقابل في المقهى
taqābala fi al_maqHā
meet at a coffee shop

قابل عميل
qābala ʿamīl
meet a client

Arabic Word of the Day - turn off (verb)


أطفأ (ʾaṭfa’a) turn off (verb)

الأطفال يطفئون الكهرباء
al-ʾaṭfāl yuṭfiʾūn ul-kahrubāʾ
The children turn off the power.


الأطفال أطفئوا الكهرباء
al-ʾaṭfāl ʾaṭfaʾul-kahrubāʾ
The children turned off the power.



أطفىء الضوء عندما تغادر الغرفة لتوفير الكهرباء
ʾaṭfiʾ al-ḍawʾa ʿindamā tuġādir al-ġurfaẗa li-tawfīr al-kahrubāʾ
Turn off the lights when you leave the room to save electricity.



الرجل يطفىء التلفاز بجهاز التحكم
ar-raǧulu yuṭfiuʾ al-tilfāza biǧihāz it-taḥakkum
The man is turning off the TV with the remote control.



يطفئ الضوء
yuṭfiʾu aḍ-ḍawʾ
turn off the lights



يطفئ تلفاز
yuṭfiʾ tilfāz
turn off a TV



يطفئ الكهرباء
yuṭfiʾu al-kahrubāʾ
turn off the power

Arabic Word of the Day - manager (noun)

مدير (mudīr) manager (noun)

مدير القسم هو المسؤول عن الإنتاجِ
mudīru al-qismi masʾuūlun ʿan al-ʾintāǧi
The department manager is in charge of production.

مدير المصنع يعطي تعليمات
mudīru al-maṣnaʿi yuʿṭiī taʿlīmāt
The factory manager is giving instructions.

مدير القسم
mudīru al-qism
department manager

Arabic Word of the Day - bread (noun)


خبز (ḫubz) bread (noun)

صباح كل يوم أحد, نشتري خبزاً و كعك و بسكويت من الخباز
ṣabāḥ kul yawm ʾaḥad, naštarī ḫubzan wa kaʿk wa baskawīt min al-ḫabbāz
Every Sunday morning we buy bread, cake, and cookies at the bakery.

خبز مقطع و أرغفة خبز
ḫubz muqaṭṭaʿ wa ʾarġifaẗu ḫubz
sliced bread and bread rolls

خبز مقطع
ḫubz muqaṭṭaʿ
sliced bread