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    #58 summer فصل الصيف

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 3:05


    #57 Reading الـــــفـــــــــيــــــــــوم

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 6:17


    #56 Reading a dairy in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 8:46


    Today,  I am reading the Arabic translation of “ Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. You can download the first part of the diary below.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cheerz

    #55 COMMON PHRASES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 3:33


    أثقل من جبل  Heavier than a mountain أبطأ من سلحفاة Slower than a turtle. أرفع من السماء Higher than the heavens(sky). أرق من النسيم Smoother than a breeze. أزهى من طاووس More arrogant than a peacock. أسبق من الأجل Faster than death(fate). أسبق من الأفكار Faster than thoughts. أسرع من البرق Faster than lightning. أسرع … Continue reading #55 COMMON PHRASES →

    #54 جدار برلين

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 2:20


    مرت  ثلاثة  عقود  على سقوط   جدار   برلين ،  و  هي   ذكرى   يحييها  الألمان   كمحطة    تاريخية   في   تاريخ    بلادهم. سقوط   الجدار   كان   يعني   نهاية   الحرب   الباردة    و    أهم    شيء    بالنسبة    للألمان هــــــــو توحيد   بلادهم. 3 … Continue reading #54 جدار برلين →

    #53 Kids´Story لاَ .. أنا عبلة

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 19:28


    #52 Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 4:54


    #51 Who are you ?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 0:37


      إسمي أسد و عمري 13 سنة. أنا من سورية و أعيش في ألمانيا. كل يوم أستيقظ على الساعة السادسة. أثناول الفطور ثم أذهب إلى المدرسة. مادتي المفضلة هي الألمانية و الرياضيات. أصدقائي المفضلين هم يانيس و فغيدغيش. My name is Assad and I am 13 years old. I am from Syria and I live in … Continue reading #51 Who are you ? →

    #50 Kids´ Story in Arabic.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 10:33


    The bird says: I am sorry the Rabbit was living in a farm. She  has two friends: the frog and the bird. The three lived in one house. And they had a peaceful and happy life And the whole farm  was talking about the three friends and says: this is the best friendship. PS, in … Continue reading #50 Kids´ Story in Arabic. →

    #49 Demonstrative Pronouns in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 6:37


    Today´ s lesson is about demonstrative pronouns mainly: this, that, these and those. In Arabic, it is the following: This masculine, we use  هذا examples: هذا كتاب هذا ولد هذا رجل هذا باب 2) This feminine, we use هذه Examples : هذه سيارة هذه معلمة هذه ممرضة هذه مدرسة 3) that masculine, we use ذلك … Continue reading #49 Demonstrative Pronouns in Arabic →

    #48 the Story of Ibrahim

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 14:40


    Reading: in this lessonI am going to read the story of Ibrahim from the Quran. You can use the pictures below or go to this link https://archive.org/details/47379426QasasUlAnbiyaFullWithEnglishNotes  If you have a suggestion, a question or a comment you can surely tweet it to me @ArabikLC 

    #47 Reading an Arabic Text : Rabat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 6:29


    #46 Reading an Arabic Text

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 7:01


    Today I am going to read a text in Arabic and it is going to be word by word. The main purpose of this text is to give a chance to practise or improve your Arabic reading skills.

    #45 a cartoon song

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 0:40


    في جبال يكسوها الثلج تعيش الصغيرة هايدي في جبال الألب تعيش مع الجد و كلبها هايدي  تجلبين الفرح هايدي أنت دوماً مرحة  هايدي معك تحلو الحياة معك تحلو الحياة Mountain جبال Covered  يكسوها The snow الثلج  Lives تعيش the small  الصغيرة  The Alps  الألب The grandpa  الجد Her dog  كلبها You bring joy تجلبين الفرح … Continue reading #45 a cartoon song →

    #44 Verbs in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 2:27


     Today, it is about a short list of verbs. Though the verbs are not put into a context, I hope that will be helpful ! إستثمر  invest إستيقظ wake up إشترى buy إستمع listen to إستراح rest  إستمتع enjoy إستقبل welcome / receive إستغل take advantage of إستحم take a shower /bath إستلقى lie down … Continue reading #44 Verbs in Arabic →

    #43 Means of Transport in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 3:28


      وسائل المواصلات. Means of transport  لا أتوفر على سيارة i do not have a car لا أتوفر على دراجة نارية i do mot have a motobike كل يوم أستقل قطار الأنفاق الى وسط المدينة.  Every day, I take the tube to down town و من هنا لك آخد القطار الى العمل And from there … Continue reading #43 Means of Transport in Arabic →

    #42 Coffee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 1:58


    السلام عليكم، عندما تكون لذي إستراحة في العمل، أذهب و أشتري كأس من القهوى. أحب القهوى كثيراً.  أعتقد أنني أشرب أكثر من لتر واحد من القهوى في اليوم . قهوتي يجب ان تكون سوداء….. بدون سكر و بدون حليب.  في المساء أحب شرب الشاي الأخضر في كل الفصول على الطريقة المغربية.  بالإضافة الى القهوة و … Continue reading #42 Coffee →

    #41 Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 6:44


    In Arabic, the word Family means both أسرة and عائلة. To MY understanding أسرة includes husband, wife and kids while عائلة includes uncles, aunts, grandpa/grandma…. لذي أخوين و أخت واحدة.  أبي إسمه أحمد و أمي إسمها فاطمة أخي الأكبر إسمه رشيد و أخي الأصغر إسمه علي إسم أختي هو سعاد إسم جدي هو عبد الرحمان … Continue reading #41 Family →

    #40 Nationalities in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 5:55


    What is the answer to the question:  Where are you from? من أي بلد أنتَ /  أنتِ؟ The answer is  :   I am from أنا من المغرب Morocco الجزائر Algeria  تونس Tunisia مصر Egypt فرنسا France ألمانيا Germany إسبانيا Spain أستراليا Australia روسيا Russia كندا Canada But what if we want to use the adjective? … Continue reading #40 Nationalities in Arabic →

    #39 A Poem in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 2:27


    Today I do suggest a poem we had at high school. It is called the Sea Sound by Mohamed Zafzaf. Zafzaf was a Moroccan novelist and poet. Enjoy ! PS, I hope my translation did some justice to the poem in Arabic. صوت البحر حين نسمع صوت البحر تنبعث الأرواح مثل خمرة معتقة     … Continue reading #39 A Poem in Arabic →

    #38 My City مـــــديــنـــتــي

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 2:48


    مدينتي خلال السنوات الأخيرة، أصبحت برلين مدينتي المفظلة. أعيش فيها مع أسرتي. أحب برلين  لأنها مدينة عالمية يقطنها أناس من كافة أنحاء العالم و هذا ينعكس على اللغات المتحدثة في الشوارع و   كذالك المطاعم. برلين مليئة بالتاريخ و كذالك بالطبيعة. المكان المفظل لي في برلين هو Tempelhof. في الماضي، كان عبارة عن مطار و … Continue reading #38 My City مـــــديــنـــتــي →

    #37 interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018 0:43


    I asked the simple question who are you and @zouhirliberty recorded an answer for me. And for that I shall say THANK you. Enjoy ! السلام عليكم إسمي محمد و عمري ثمانية و عشرون سنة من مدينة الدار البيضاء…المدينة المزدحمة بالسكان. و كمثيلاتها من المدن الكبيرة النشطة، فهي مليئة بكل ما هو تجاري و صناعي … Continue reading #37 interview →

    #36 Arabic story for kids: the greedy dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 2:40


     الــــكـــــــلـــــب الـــطـــــمـــــاع يحكي أن ذات يوم كان هناك كلب سرق قطعة من اللحم من احد المنازل، ثم هرب مسرعاً حتي لا يلحق به احد، اخذ الكلب يركض ويركض حتي وصل الي النهر وحاول عبوره ليصل الي منزله، ويستمتع هناك بأكل قطعة اللحم، نظر الكلب الي النهر فوجد انعكاس صورته في الماء، فظن أن هناك كلباً … Continue reading #36 Arabic story for kids: the greedy dog →

    #35 Arabic Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 6:10


    As a kid, I used to hear this song often on the radio. The singer is called Wadih El Safi. He was a Lebanese singer, songwriter, composer and actor. The song that you are going to listen to is called ” Alaylu Ya Layla”. الليل يا ليلى يعاتبني night, oh Layla, is complaining to me … Continue reading #35 Arabic Song →

    #34 a radio report from Libya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2018 3:58


    المهاجرون يصفونه بنوع خاص من الجحيم….جحيم حيث لا يمكن لأحد أن يسمعك و أنت تصرخ. هؤلاء الجالسون هنا منقطعون عن العالم الخارجي. غرف تلوى الأخرى مليئة بأشخاص يبيتون فيها   منذ أشهر . يقولون أنهم يتعرضون للضرب و لا يحصلون على ما يكفي من الطعام و المساعدات الصحية. تنتفخ قدمي كل يوم. لا أحد يساعدني. … Continue reading #34 a radio report from Libya →

    #33 The World Cup كـــــأس الــــعــــــــالـــــــم

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2018 2:44


    تنطلق اليوم منافسات أقوى بطولة في كرة القدم، #كأس_العالم 2018 في #روسيا، والتي من المقرر أن تتواصل حتى الخامس عشر من تموز/ يوليو المقبل. ويشارك في هذا الحدث العالمي، أربعة منتخبات عربية لأول مرة في تاريخ البطولة وهي مصر والسعودية والمغرب وتونس، وسط إجراءات أمنية مشددة اتخذتها السلطات الروسية لتأمين المناسبة الرياضية الأهم في العالم ويقع منتخبا مصر … Continue reading #33 The World Cup كـــــأس الــــعــــــــالـــــــم →

    #32 Kids´story in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2018 4:49


    As a pure beginner, reading kids´story is always a good idea. Here is a very easy story for you to read.   This is Omar. This is Meryam This is a cat. They are here. They are here. In the garden. They love the garden   The cat loves the garden The cat loves (having) … Continue reading #32 Kids´story in Arabic →

    #31 Letters in a Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2018 2:37


    The father of Tamim is an energetic farmer who has a beautiful garden that contains fig trees and a big berry tree. Tamim climbed the berry tree and waited till his father is done watering the trees. Thoraya entered a letter “th” shop and there she saw a big bull, a fox with a beautiful … Continue reading #31 Letters in a Story →

    #30 Slow News

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 2:57


    أعلنت الحكومة البريطانية، الاثنين، تعيين ساجد جاويد وزيراً للداخلية. و جاويد (48 عاما) هو مسلم من أصل باكستاني، ولد في 5 ديسمبر عام 1969 في روتشديل بمقاطعة يوركشير البريطانية، وهو سياسي بريطاني ينتمي لحزب المحافظين البريطاني ووالده هاجر من باكستان إلى بريطانيا منذ أكثر من 50 عاماً.        ودرس الاقتصاد والسياسة، وبعد تخرجه … Continue reading #30 Slow News →

    #29 Jobs in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2018 3:35


     have you ever wondered how you would say a certain job in Arabic? well, here is my short list that I can think of. the question that we use is: ماهي مهنتك؟ or ماذا تشتغل ؟ and the answer is أنا حلاق Hairdresser : حلاق Baker خباز Accountant محاسب Butcher جزار Carpenter نجار Dentist طبيب … Continue reading #29 Jobs in Arabic →

    #28 The Story of Letters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2018 3:24


    Here are two stories. the main purpose is to practise reading the Letter Alif (A)  and Baa´(B) and learn some vocabulary Ahmed and Amal went to the zoo. They saw the lion, the rabbit, and the big snake. Ahmed and Amal sat on a big (long) seat and ate delicious pears, and then went back … Continue reading #28 The Story of Letters →

    #27 Masculine and Feminine in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2018 4:00


    While learning a foreign language, it is a bit hard to guess or figure out if a certain noun is masculine or feminine because what is masculine in your mother tongue can be feminine in the language you are learning. Sometimes we need to know that to use the right article or let’s say demonstrative … Continue reading #27 Masculine and Feminine in Arabic →

    #26 The definite Article in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2018 7:11


    What is the definite article “the”  in Arabic? Well, here is the answer: In Arabic, “AL” ال “ The” is added to any noun. It does not matter if the noun is singular or plural or masculine or feminine. However, when it comes to pronunciation, we distinguish between two types of definite articles. The rest of the lesson … Continue reading #26 The definite Article in Arabic →

    #25 Nominative Sentence in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2018 3:00


    In Arabic, there are two types of sentences: a Nominative sentence which consists of a noun and an adjective and a Verbal sentence which consists of a verb. As simple as that. Examples, الطقس مشمس ا لأكل لذيذ السيارة سريعة التلميذ ذكي ا لمنزل نظيف   Adjectives Nouns بارد ا لماء جميلة ا لموسيقى   … Continue reading #25 Nominative Sentence in Arabic →

    #24 Daily Routine in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018 4:02


    What do you do before you start your day? two brothers are going to tell us what they do when they wake up in the morning! As for the English translation, I have tried to make it fit the Arabic one syntactically at least. As you may notice, there is a little bit of repetition … Continue reading #24 Daily Routine in Arabic →

    #23 Sports in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2018 3:02


    ما هي رياضتك المفضلة؟ What is your favourite sport أنا أحب كرة القدم I love football أنا أفضل السباحة   I like swimming  Ball كرة Football كرة القدم Habdball كرة اليد Volleyball كرة الطائرة Basketball كرة السلة Table tennis كرة الطاولة Tennis كرة المضرب Car racing سباق السيارات Moto racing سباق الدراجات النارية Judo الجيدو … Continue reading #23 Sports in Arabic →

    #22 Colours in Arabic : song

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018 3:00


    Colours in Arabic again? Well,  this time it´s in the form of a song. And by the way,I don’t own the song. In addition, you will be able to learn other vocabulary in the song. Check the PDF below. Cheerz Song- colours colours colours

    #21 Hi and Bye in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2018 2:50


    Hi and bye is basically a back to basics. it is for pure beginners. It is all about how to say good morning, good evening and bye. As usual, the PDF file is below. Cheerz ! Hi Bye PDF

    #20 Arabic Proverbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 2:57


     How about some Arabic proverbs? I am not going to lecture you on how proverbs are a  part of any given culture but I am going to select a few proverbs and as usual at random. the PDF file is below.  Cheerz ! Arabic Proverbs PDF

    #19 Women´s Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2018 2:17


      If you are a pure beginner, this text servers as a reading exercise. Try to read it with the audio on and  later on without the audio just to check your progress. PS, the audio is taken from DW.com Arabic. PSS, the text is without vowels. الثامن مارس هو تاريخ يتوج نضال الحركات النسائية … Continue reading #19 Women´s Day →

    #18 News in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2018 3:25


     Here is a piece of news that I read this morning on the BBC website. I did a quick translation of the text and listed some vocabulary. As usual, the PDF file can be found below and hopefully the audio will be uploaded soon. Cheerz !   News

    #17 Adjectives in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2018 4:23


     Here is a list of adjectives in Arabic. I chose them at random and not because they are very important. You can download the lesson in PDF format below. Cheerz! Adjectives

    #16 Telling the time in Arabic.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 4:08


     So, how can you say what time is it in Arabic? I got the answer for you. I think telling the time in Arabic is pretty easy. all you need to know is number. Yeah, you should go back and learn the numbers in Arabic and you will be fine.  Here is the link for … Continue reading #16 Telling the time in Arabic. →

    #15 Hobbies in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2018 2:37


     What do you do in your free time? here I am trying to answer this question in Arabic. Of course I did not cover all the hobbies but some of them of course. And as usual, the PDF version is below. Cheerz. Hobbies in Arabic

    #14 Daily Activities in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 3:57


    How does my day look like? well, I just come up with some sentences in Arabic to describe my day. And as usual, the PDF format is below. Cheerz     Here is the English translation: Everyday, I get up at 5 o’clock. I put on my clothes. I take my breakfast. I take the … Continue reading #14 Daily Activities in Arabic →

    #12 The weekend is here!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2018 2:50


    Thanks God, it´s the weekend, I was walking to work and I thought about taking my phone and simply record. Right here I am talking about what is going on here, and my two idea boring plan for the weekend. Anyways, I hope you will learn something out of it. And as usual, you can … Continue reading #12 The weekend is here! →

    #10: Verbs in Arabic.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 1:30


    Here is a list of verbs in Arabic that I chose at random. Of course, they would be more useful if I put them in a context where they are used. I think I should do that next time…… and by the way, these verbs are in the infinitive. As usual, the PDF format is … Continue reading #10: Verbs in Arabic. →

    #9 Numbers in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 2:03


    Here I am back a with an easy lesson: numbers. I uploaded the lesson in a PDF format so that it will be easy to print and use whenever you want. on the left there are numbers that you use in your everyday life and on the left you find numbers as used in the … Continue reading #9 Numbers in Arabic →

    #7 Seasons in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 2:48


    In this lesson, I do talk about seasons in Arabic along with some vocabulary related to the same topic. And usual, the lesson is attached in a PDF format. Cheers Seasons-PDF

    #6 Colours in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 2:19


    Colours? Here is a list of some colours in Arabic language. Check the PDF file below. Cheers Colours-PDF

    #5: Prepositions in Arabic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 2:37


      while learning a foreign language, prepositions are the hardest part to learn and of course to use. Today, I am going to start with some basic preposition of place. And by that I do mean only prepositions. I will try and do a new lesson that contains only examples of prepositions. And as usual, … Continue reading #5: Prepositions in Arabic →

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