The “Write” Stuff: Tips for Writing Arabic Better
Humans have been writing as a form of communication, well, nearly since the dawn of humankind. And for the last 2500 years or so, Arabic has been one of the languages people have been writing in. Besides being a way to communicate, Arabs have been writing over the last two-and-a-half millennia as a way to […]
Arabic Essentials for Apartment Hunting
marHaban and welcome to this week’s lesson in our Arabic for Life Series on apartment hunting. In this lesson, you’ll learn a lot of vocabulary associated with living spaces and, of course, practical vocabulary and expressions used by anyone looking for a new place to live in the Arab world. In Part 2, you’ll read […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Asking Questions in Arabic
When you first start learning Arabic, one of the most crucial steps in learning and understanding the language is knowing how to ask even the simplest of questions. Today’s post is a lesson in learning how to do just that. And to make it as easy as possible, we’re going to divide the lesson into […]
It’s Taʻajjub! The Art of Exclamations in Arabic
Just as you would in English or most other languages, sometimes in Arabic you may have to let out a sudden cry or remark to express your surprise, anger, or pain. In English, these are called exclamations. In Arabic, they’re called تَعَجُّب /taʻajjub/. Both are used pretty much the same and both take an exclamation mark […]
What’s Up with Arabic Prepositions?
Hello and welcome to Kaleela. Over the past few weeks we’ve been delving into Arabic grammar. Today we will continue as we talk about prepositions – those parts of Arabic speech that are usually placed in front of a noun or noun phrase and show the direction, time, place, location, or spatial relationship to that […]
Counting with Confidence: Mastering Arabic Numbers Grammar
Welcome to a crucial and often challenging aspect of Arabic: Arabic numbers grammar! Unlike English, where numbers rarely change for gender, Arabic numbers have specific rules, especially regarding agreement with the noun they count. If you’ve ever wondered about Arabic numbers masculine and feminine forms, or how to correctly say Arabic numbers 20-30 or Arabic […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ي /yaa’/
Hello and welcome to the Kaleela blog. If you’ve been following us for the last few weeks, you know that we’ve been looking into the Arabic alphabet. And if you’ve made it this far, congratulations! Today you’ve reached the end as we look at the letter ي /yaa’/. Both a Vowel and a […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter و /waaw/
Hello and welcome to the Kaleela blog where we’ve once again been focusing on the Arabic alphabet. We’ll continue our journey today with an Arabic letter that will leave you saying “Wow” – the letter و /waaw/. Both a Vowel and a Consonant The letter و /waaw/ can either be a consonant or a […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ه /haa’/
Hello and welcome to the Kaleela blog where we’ve once again been focusing on the Arabic alphabet. We’ll continue our journey today as we look at the letter ه/ haa’/. The consonant letter ه/ haa’/ is equivalent to the letter “h” in English and pronounced the same as in house, hint or hat but not […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ن /noon/
Hello! For those of you who have been following us for quite some time, welcome back to the Kaleela blog. And for those of you who are joining us for the first time, we’d like to invite you to join us today as we continue our series on the Arabic alphabet where we’ll be looking […]