Vowels in Arabic Vowels in Arabic are called harakat حَرَكَات, the singular of which is haraka حَرَكَة. Fortunately for the learners of Arabic as a foreign language, they are simple and limited. They are simple in that they are easily produced which makes the articulation of words straightforward. These vowels are [a], [i], and [u]; and for each short vowel, there is a corresp…

تَوَتُّرٌ عَلَى الْحُدُودِ بَيْنَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلُبْنَانَ جَرَّفَتْ إِسْرَائِيلُ بَعْضَ الْأَرَاضِي عَلَى الْحُدُودِ مَعَ لُبْنَانَ. تُرِيدُ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَنْ تَبْنِيَ جِدَارً. تَقُولُ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْجِدَارَ سَوْفَ يُحَصِّنُ حُدُودَهَا. حَدَثَتْ عَمَلِيَّاتُ الْتَجْرِيفِ وَالتَّحْصِينِ فِي بَلْدَةِ كَفَرْشُوبَا. تَقَعُ هَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةُ عَلَى حُدُودِ لِبْن…

بِلِينْكِنُ يَزُورُ السُّعُودِيَّةَ زَارَ وَزِيرُ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ الْأَمْرِيكِي، أَنْتُونِي بِلِينْكِنُ، السُّعُودِيَّةَ. حَدَثَتِ الزِّيَارَةُ فِي يَوْمِ الثُّلَاثَاءِ. سَوْفَ تَسْتَمِرُّ الزِّيَارَةُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. الْهَدَفُ مِنَ الزِّيَارَةِ هُوَ التَّعَاوُنُ الاِسْتِرَاتِيجِيُّ بَيْنَ الْبَلَدَيْنِ. وَتُنَاقِشُ الزِّيَارَةُ الْقَضَايَا الإِقْلِيمِيَّةَ وَالْعَال…

وَاشُنْطُنُ وَمُحَادَثَاتِ السُّودَانِ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ، رَفَضَ الْجَيْشُ السُّودَانِيُّ الْمُشَارَكَةَ فِي الْمُحَادَثَاتِ. تَحْدُثُ هَذِهِ الْمُحَادَثَاتُ فِي جِدَّةَ، فِي الْمَمْلَكَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ السُّعُودِيَّةِ، مَعَ قُوَّاتِ الدَّعْمِ السَّرِيعِ. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ الْجَيْشُ أَسْبَابًا لِهَذَا الرَّفْضِ. قَالَ الْجَيْشُ إِنَّ الْمِلِيشِيَا الْمُتَمَرِّدَةَ لَا ت…

ضَرَبَاتٌ جَوِّيَّةٌ رُوسِيَّةٌ عَلَى كِيِيفَ أَطْلَقَتْ رُوسِيَا صَوَارِيخَ بَالِسْتِيَّةً وَطَائِرَاتٍ مُسَيَّرَةٍ عَلَى أُوكْرَانِيَا. وَقَالَتِ الدِّفَاعَاتُ الْجَوْيَّةُ الأُوكْرَانِيَّةُ إِنَّهَا أَسْقَطَتْ جَمِيعَ الصَّوَارِيخِ وَالطَّائِرَاتِ. وَقَدْ ضَرَبَتْ هَذِهِ الصَّوَارِيخُ وَالطَّائِرَاتُ كِيِيفَ. وَاِسْتَمَرَّ الْهُجُومُ الرُّوسِيُّ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ مُتَتَ…

فَشَلُ مَكَارْثِيَّ فِي اِنْتِخَابَاتِ رِئَاسَةِ مَجْلِسِ النُّوَّابِ الْأَمْرِيكِيّ فَشِلَ النُّوَّابُ الْأَمْرِيكِيُّونَ فِي اِنْتِخَابِ رَئِيسٍ لَهُم. هُنَالِكَ خِلَافَاتٌ بَيْنَ النُّوَّابِ الْجُمْهُورِيِّينَ. فَقَدْ رَفَضَ عِشْرُونَ نَائِبًا جُمْهُورِيًّا اِنْتَخَابَ مَكَارْثِيَّ. بِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الْخِلَافَاتِ، أَقَامَ النُّوَّابُ ثَلَاثَ جَوْلَاتِ اِنْتِخَابٍ جَدِي…

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (40) Read the Story الْحَيَّةُ الْبَيْضَاءُ and answer the following questions.

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (39) Read the Story التَّاجِرُ مَرْمَرُ and answer the following questions.

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (38) Read the Story الشَّيْخُ الْهِنْدِيُّ and answer the following questions.

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (37) Read the Story حِذَاءُ الْبَخِيلِ and answer the following questions.

Attached pronouns in Arabic are the pronouns that we attach to verbs, nouns, prepositions, or particles. Generally speaking, pronouns in Arabic are separate, attached, or implicit (i.e. implied or not overt). The separate pronouns  in Arabic are similar to the subject pronouns found in most world languages in addition to the dual and feminine forms that exist in Arabic. As for …

Arabic is a right-to-left cursive language. This short e-book "Ibnulyemen Arabic Alphabet and Cursive Writing" typographically shows how the Arabic letters are connected to to form words. There are twenty-eight letters in Arabic. Each letter has four shapes: at the beginning of the word, in the middle of the word, at the end of the word, and in isolation. This, as a result, see…

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