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HHistory

History of Arabic: Why do some scholars call Arabic a South Semitic language?

August 31, 2019
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Why is Arabic called a South Semitic language? The reason has to do with the BROKEN PLURAL. Some ideas about that.

TTools

How to become fluent in Arabic with the right dictionaries

August 25, 2019
3 minute read

Online dictionaries are great – but there is a price you have to pay: your memory is not really trained. In this blog post I will show how the use of dictionaries can boost your Arabic.

99273 roots

20 questions for: Habib Kassem (#15)

August 15, 2019
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Episode #15 of my series “9273 roots”: 20 questions for the man who created a mobile app that can conjugate Arabic verbs flawlessly: Habib Kassem.

GGrammar

لَبَّيْكَ (labbaika) – What does it mean?

August 9, 2019
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“Labbaika” (Labbayka) is said during the pilgrimage/Hajj before the pilgrims enter Mecca. It means: Here I am! At your service! But what kind of word is labbaika?

TTools

How to adjust the size of the Arabic font on your mobile browser

July 31, 2019
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Reading Arabic on a mobile phone can be difficult because the script is too small. The open-source browser Kiwi solves that – because it allows to install the chrome extension huruf.