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أَبُو صِيْرٍ وَأَبُو قِيْرٍ

أَبُو صِيْرٍ وَأَبُو قِيْرٍ The following Arabic short story is for lower intermediate learners of Arabic. We took it from a short story book entitled Abu Seer and Abu Qeer. Kamel Kilani is the author of the story. He wrote it for native speakers of Arabic. So, it is in a more advanced Arabic. We have simplified and abridged the story to make it suitable for learners of Arabic…

الْإِرْثُ

الْإِرْثُ This is an Arabic short story for beginners. It is for non-native speakers of Arabic. We took it from a story book entitled The Myths of the West. The author of this story is Sulaiman Mazhar. The original text is for native speakers of Arabic. So, it is in a more advanced Arabic. This Arabic short story for beginners has been abridged and simplified to make it suitab…

الْأَبُ دَائِمًا عَلَى صَوَابٍ

الْأَبُ دَائِمًا عَلَى صَوَابٍ This Arabic short story is for beginners. Specifically, it is for learners of Arabic as an additional language. We took it from a book entitled Samlede Eventyr og Historier. The book is written by Hans Christian Anderson. Duna Ghali and Stig T. Rasmussen translated it into Arabic. The original text is for the native speakers of Arabic. We abridge…

الفلَّاحُ الْمَظْلُومُ

الفلَّاحُ الْمَظْلُومُ This is an Arabic short story for beginners, namely for non-Arabs. It is taken from a book entitled The Legends of Nations. This book is written by Quadri Qualaji. The original text is in more advanced Arabic. This Arabic short story for beginners has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language.  فِي أَ…

دَقَّاتُ الطُّبُولِ

دَقَّاتُ الطُّبُولِ This is an Arabic short story for beginners. It is for non-native speakers of Arabic. We took it from a story book entitled The Myths of the West.  Sulaiman Mazhar is the author of this story. The original text is for native speakers of Arabic. So, it is in a more advanced Arabic. This Arabic short story for beginners has been abridged and simplified to mak…

هُرُوبُ الشَّيْطَان

هُرُوبُ الشَّيْطَان This is an Arabic short story for beginners. It is for non-native speakers of Arabic. We took it from a story book entitled The Myths of the West. The author of this story is Sulaiman Mazhar. The original text is for native speakers of Arabic. So, it is in a more advanced Arabic. This Arabic short story for beginners has been abridged and simplified to make…
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Reading Comprehension Test (35)

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (35) Read the Story مَاكْبِث and answer the following questions.

Reading Comprehension Test (34)

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (34) Read the Story الْمَلِكُ عَجِيبٌ and answer the following questions.

Reading Comprehension Test (33)

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (33) Read the Story تَاجِرُ بَغْدَادَ and answer the following questions.

Reading Comprehension Test (32)

Arabic Reading Comprehension Test (32) Read the Story بِنْتُ الصَّبَّاغ and answer the following questions.

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Ibnulyemen Arabic Attached Pronouns

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 …

Ibnulyemen Arabic Alphabet and Cursive Writing

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…

Ibnulyemen Arabic Short Stories for Non-natives

This is a short e-book of eleven short stories written in simplified Arabic. The original versions of these stories were written by Kamel Kilani and Mohammed Al-Abrashi, both Egyptian writers. They are fairly long and meant for native speakers of Arabic. The wording and structures of these stories have been tweaked and simplified to make them suitable for (advanced) beginner le…

Attached Pronouns

Attached pronouns in Arabic are pronominal suffixes; for each separate pronoun there is a corresponding attached pronoun. These pronominal suffixes are are attached to nouns, prepositions, and verbs. With nouns, they function as possessive pronouns. With preposition, they function as object of prepositions. With verbs, they function as either subjects or objects.  In the table …