Eating your fuTuur keeps you shab’aan (shab-an; satisfied) for a few hours —time to get some work done and remain productive. Later, though, you’re bound to get jaai’ (jah-eeh; hungry) again. Perhaps a piece of faakiha will keep you going until it’s time for al-ghidaa’ (al-gee-dah; lunch). …Click here to read more

Here are some other things you can expect in a regular fuTuur:

• ‘asal (ah-sal; honey)
• qahwa bi Haliib (kah-wah bee hah-leeb; coffee with milk)
• qahwa bi sukkar (kah-wah bee soo-kar; coffee with sugar)
• qahwa bi Haliib wa sukkar (kah-wah bee hah-leeb wah soo-kar; coffee with milk and sugar) …Click here to read more

Ta’aam (tah-am; food) is a great way to explore a new culture. You can find out a lot about a people by exploring what they eat, how they eat it, and how they prepare it. Like in many other cultures, Ta’aam plays a central role in Arabic culture. In this chapter, you expand your vocabulary with the Arabic words for some popular meals and foods, and you find out how to
place an order at a restaurant and how to interact appropriately with your waiter or waitress. …Click here to read more

It is true that in the market nowadays, there are lots of TV channels providers claim to give the best of their services. In fact, they do not. What they try to do is just taking as much money as possible from us while their services are at minimum level. They said to be a specialist in certain fields such as sport, music, or kids program, but they do not give us, their customers all access to those fields. They even sometimes change the channels by themselves. …Click here to read more

When you’re engaged in kalaam khafiif, you may find that you need to refer to certain days of the week or months. Fortunately the days of the ‘usbuu’ (oohseh-booh; week) are number derivatives — that is, they’re derived from Arabic numbers. So recognizing the roots of the words for days of the week is key: …Click here to read more

Knowing how to express numbers in Arabic is a basic language lesson. You’re bound to encounter Arabic numbers in all sorts of settings, including kalaam khafiif. For example, when you’re talking with someone about the weather, you need to know your numbers in order to reference the temperature or understand a reference if the other person makes one. In this section, I introduce you to the Arabic ‘arqaam (ah-reh-kam; numbers). (The singular form of ‘arqaam is raqm (rah-kem; number).) …Click here to read more

If you want to express the temperature, as in “It’s x degrees,” you must use the following construct: al-Harara (insert number) daraja. So, al-Harara 35 daraja means “It’s 35 degrees.”

Because the weather is a quasi-universal topic that interests almost everyone, here are some expressions you can use to start talking about Taqs: …Click here to read more

Common online store only sells product but not complete with the buying guide, and we cannot compare the price, if want to compare the price, we have do that manually from one to other seller on the internet, it is waste time and energy, we need easier way to smart shopping but efficient, a place to shopping anything we need, compare the price plus get the buying guide. …Click here to read more

hiwaayaat (hee-wah-yat; hobbies) are a really great topic for kalaam khafiif. Almost everyone has a hobby, and because a hobby, by definition, is an activity that a person is really passionate about, you can be sure that he or she will enjoy talking about it! People really like to talk about their hobbies, so knowing how to engage in kalaam khafiif related to hiwaayaat is important. Here are some activities that may be considered hiwaayaat: …Click here to read more

When you meet someone for the first time, you want to get to know a little more about them. One of the best ways to get acquainted with the person you’re talking to is by finding out more about his or her ‘usra (oos-rah; the family). The ‘usra is one of the best topics of conversation because it generates a lot of interest and endless conversation. …Click here to read more