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 …
dont forget to color your eggs… its easter! so happy easter from beyrouth! 🙂
Arabic has contributed numerous words to the English language like قطن [koton], cotton, سكر [succar], sugar, غزال [ghazal], gazelle, قيثارة [qithara], guitar, الكحول [alcoo’hool], alcohol, صحراء [sahra’a], sahara, قيراط [qeerat], carat, and ليمون [laymoon], lemon. The Arabic language uses the same punctuation marks as English, as well as the same Western rules of punctuation, but watch out as some of the symbols are inverted, such as the comma (،), or reversed, for instance, the question mark (؟). This has no impact …
Introduction Arabic, a language with a rich cultural history dating back to its Semitic roots in the 1st century CE, is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. With nearly 420 million speakers globally, Arabic extends far beyond the Arab Peninsula and North Africa, permeating various aspects of society, including education, technology, …
