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Despite the many differences in pronunciation between English and Arabic words, be wary of some false friends, i.e. terms that are pronounced practically the same in both languages, but refer to totally different things. If you were to enquire about when an event’s taking place, for example, don’t be shocked if you’re given information about the location […]

Arabic is a Semitic language and therefore shares similarities with other Semitic languages, such as Aramaic and Hebrew. In terms of writing, several languages use the Arabic alphabet, such as Persian/Farsi, Urdu, Pashto and Kurdish. Arabic learners would be able to read words or sentences written in any of those languages, but not necessarily understand what they’re reading! If you like this post, please don’t

خيط حرير على حيط خالتي ام خليل[Kheit hareer a’alaa heet khalti imm khalil.]A silk thread runs through my Aunt Imm Khalil’s Wall. مشمشنا مش مشمشكم ومشمشكم مش مشمشنا، لما مشمش مشمشكم، ما كان مشمش مشمشنا[Mishmishna mish mishmishkom w mishmishkom mish mishmishna, lamma mashmash mishmishkon, ma kan mashmash mishmishna.]Our apricots are not the same as your

hello! it’s 7h44 PM in Beirut, a regular Wednesday…outside the wind is having fun being crazy…although it’s been a sunny day, t shirts and flip flops.. for my dinner i’ll cut some strawberries, pineapple and maybe one banana… and to share it with the crazy wind ill top my fruit salad with a vanilla ice cream… do the same! bon

The pronounciation of some Arabic letters, like the  خ [kh] as   خوخ [khawkh], prune,  ع [a’a] as in   عنوان [a’anwan], address,  ح [ha’e] as in   حائط [ha’et], wall,  ق [qa] as in   قانون [qanoun], law, and  غ [gh] as in   غيمة [ghayma], cloud, may take some time to master as they are produced right at the very back of the throat. In Arabic word order, the verb comes first, so to say “the boy eats the apple” you actually say “eat the boy the apple“:  اكل