Posts from January 2010

Irregular verbs 4

Posted by aziza 4 Comments
Jan 30 2010

This post deals with conjugation of verbs that begin with the vowel (و) – (الفعل المثال الواوي), e.g. (وصل) ‘arrived, (وعد) ‘promised, etc. In the present tense, which usually involves the use of prefixes, the first vowel of the verb is substituted by the prefix, i.e. the vowel which occurs in the beginning of the verb is deleted and the prefix only appears. Please note that this applies only to verbs that begin with (و); verbs that begin with (ي) are different.

وعد

وصل

أعدُ

أصلُ

أنا

تعدُ

تصلُ

أنتَ

تعدين

تصلين

أنتِ

يعدُ

يصلُ

هو

تعدُ

تصلُ

هي

يعدان

يصلان

هما  m

تعدان

تصلان

هما  f

نعدُ

نصلُ

نحن

تعدان

تصلان

أنتما

يعدون

يصلون

هم

يعدن

يصلن

هنّ

تعدن

تصلن

أنتنّ

Irregular verbs 3

Posted by aziza No Comments
Jan 27 2010

Irregular verbs

This post deals with verbs that begin with a vowel (الفعل المثال), e.g. (وصل) ‘arrived, (وعد) ‘promised, (يئس) ‘gave up hope’, etc. In the past tense, they take the same endings like any other verb, this is mainly because past tense verbs are conjugated with suffixes, or endings. Therefore, the beginning of the verbs, i.e. the vowel remains unaffected

وعد

وصل

وعدتُ

وصلتُ

أنا

وعدتَ

وصلتَ

أنتَ

وعدتِ

وصلتِ

أنتِ

وعد

وصل

هو

وعدت

وصلت

هي

وعدا

وصلا

هما m

وعدتا

وصلتا

هما f

وعدنا

وصلنا

نحن

وعدتُما

وصلتُما

أنتما

وعدوا

وصلوا

هم

وعدن

وصلن

هنّ

وعدتن

وصلتن

أنتنّ

In the present tense, verbs that begin with vowels are conjugated differently from other verbs; you can learn more about them from the following post.

One root … many derivatives

Posted by aziza 2 Comments
Jan 24 2010

In this post, I present one useful root in Arabic (و ج ه) and many words that derive from it. This is a very useful exercise to try for yourself to expand your vocabulary; you can also use the dictionary for help.

وجهها صبوح.

“Her face is radiant/graceful.”

“Her face always smiles.”

Face

وَجْه

وجوه الطلاب شاحبة قبل الامتحان.

“The students’ faces are pale before the exam.”

Faces

وجوه

درسنا من عدة أوجه للمشكلة.

“We studied several aspects of the problem.”

Faces/Aspects

أَوجُه

ما وجهة نظرك؟

“What is your point of view?”

Direction

وجهة

وَجَّه الأستاذ نقداً لبحثي.

“The teacher criticized my research.”

Directed

وَجَّه

توجيه الأستاذة مفيد جداً.

“The teacher’s direction is very useful.”

Giving directions

تَوجيه

واجه الرجل مشكلة كبيرة.

“The man faced a serious problem.”

Faced

وَاجَه

أنا قوية في مواجَهة المصاعب.

“I am strong when confronting difficulties.”

Confrontation

مواجَهة

بيتي مواجه لمكتبي.

“My house is facing my office.”

Facing

مواجِه

تواجه الجيشان استعداداً للمعركة.

“The armies confronted each other in preparation for the battle.”

Confront (each other)

توَاجَه

توجّهت الطائرة إلى القاهرة.

“The plane headed to Cairo.”

Head towards

توَجُّه

ابني وجيه في قميصه الجديد.

“My son is handsome in his new shirt.”

handsome

وَجيه

vocabulary – ball sports

Posted by aziza 6 Comments
Jan 21 2010

When I though of writing this post, I wanted to make a vocabulary list about the topic of hobbies (الهوايات), but I realized that it was too broad, so I decided to limit  the list to sports (الرياضات), yet it was still too broad, so I decided to make a list of words related to ball games only. I was surprised how many ball sports there are, but this is a list of the ones common in Arabic. I hope you find it useful.

الرياضة

Sports

كُرَة القَدَم

Football

كُرَة اليَد

Handball

كُرَة السَلّة

Basketball

الكُرَة الطائِرة

Volleyball

التِنِس

Tennis

الرِجبي

Rugby

البيسبول

Baseball

الجولف

Golf

تِنِس الطّاوِلة

Ping pong

البولينج

Bowling

البلياردو

Snooker

الهوكي

Hockey

الاسكواش

Squash

 

Fayrouz

Posted by aziza 6 Comments
Jan 18 2010

Fayrouz (فيروز) is one of the most famous Arab singers. She was born on 21st November 1935 in Lebanon. In her childhood, she used to sing at school concerts and to neighbors and friends in her family’s simple house in Beirut. At one of the school concerts, Mohammed Fleyfel became impressed by her voice and encouraged her to join the Lebanese Conservatoire. After that, she was appointed a chorus singer at a radio station in Beirut. Halim El-Roumi discovered her talent and gave her the name Fayrouz. Later, she met Rahbani Brothers (الأخوان رحباني) who worked with her extensively. They wrote and composed hundreds of songs an many plays and movies for her, and in 1955 she got married to Assi Rahbai.

Fayrouz

Below is one of the videos of Fayrouz. I hope you like it like me!

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