How to Talk about Coronavirus

مرحبا يا جميع

أستاذ هنا لأدرّسكم شيء صغير عن  كيف تستطيع التكلّم على فيروس الكورونا. في حياتكم الآن وفي المستقبل أتوقع أنّكم ستجدون أنفسكم في أحوال فيها ستحتاجون الكلمات كي تناقشوا هذه الفترة الغريبة وتكونوا جاهزين لأوقات متشابهة آتية

Hello all!

Ustaz here to teach you a little something about how you can talk about the coronavirus. In your lives today and in the future I anticipate that you will find yourselves in situations in which you will need the words to discuss this strange period and to be ready for similar times to come.

 ومن هذه الفكرة أريد أن أقدّم لكم مصدر أعتمد عليه كثيرا حيث سترون مفردات عربية منظّمة بالنسبة لجذورها

To that end, I want to introduce you to a resource that I rely on a lot where you can see Arabic vocabulary organized by its roots:



الرابط على الفوق يأخذكم إلى قسم الموقع فيه المفردات المعيّنة لهذا الوباء ولكن إذا لعبتم قليلا مع الأقسام فيمكنكم التعلّم كثيرا في مجالات أخرى

The link above takes you to the section of the website specific to vocabulary about this epidemic, but if you play around a little with the categories then you can learn a lot about other fields.

 بإمكانك أيضا أن تتعلموا تعبيرات متعلقة باللهجات العربية منها

You can also learn relevant expressions in the Arabic dialects such as:

خليك ببيتك
Stay at home! (Egyptian and Shami)

ابق في دارك
Stay at home! (Moroccan)

خليك في الحوش
Stay at home! (Libyan)

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