Hello! I have a question regarding the elative degree use in Arabic. I want to translate this sentence: The biggest oil privatization in Saudi Arabian history is starting. I have doubts on the superlative. This is how I tried to write it in Arabic: تبدأ خصخصة النفط الكبرى في تاريخ المملكة العربية السعودية I have to decline أكبر to the feminine because خصخصة is feminine right? So it would be كبرى. Regarding the position and whether or not should I make it definite with the article ال I'm no sure. Can anyone help me? Thank you!

Hii there! Is there someone kind enough to correct this text I wrote in fusha Arabic please? Thank you! - اِسْمِي أَحْمَد وعُمْرِي اِثْنا عَشَر عامًا، أَهْلًا وسَهْلًا بِكُم في غُرْفَتِي: فِيهَا سَرِيرٌ وَاحِدٌ وفَوْقَهُ ساعَةٍ، أَمامَ السَرِيرِ تُوجَدُ كُرَةٌ لِأَلْعَبَ وبِجانِبِ سَرِيرِي أَلْعابٌ بِأَلْوانٍ مُخْتَلِفةٍ وهُم فوق طاوِلَةٍ صَغِيرةٍ، على يَمِين السَرِيرِ يُوجَدُ بِساطٌ وفوقهُ كِتابَيْنِ أَحْمَرَيْنِ. ما هِيَ غُرْفَتِي؟ - مَرجَبًا أنا نادِية وعُمْرِي ثَلاثَ عَشَرةَ سَنَةً. غُرْفَتي صَغيرةٌ ولآكِن مُمْتازةٌ. يُمْكِنُني فيها أن أَسْمَعَ المُوسِيقَى. بِجانِبِ سَريري مِصْباحٌ طَوِيلٌ وعلى الطاوِلةِ أمام السَريرِ يُوجَدُ تِلْفازٌ كَبِيرٌ وبِيْنَ التِلْفازِ والسَريرِ تُوجَدُ النافِذةُ. - أَهْلًا، اِسْمي مَحْمود وهَذِهِ غُرْفَتُنا، لَدَينا سَرِيرٌ كَبيرٌ لشَخْصَينِ وعلى اليَسار تُوجَدُ أرِيكةٌ خَضْراءٌ وعلى اليَمين طاوِلةُ النَوْمِ بِجانبِ السَريرِ وفوقها مِصْباحٌ صغيرٌ ونَبْتَةٌ صَغيرةٌ أيْضًا. فوق السريرِ رَفٌّ وعليهِ كُتُبٌ وفوق الطاولةِ تُوجَدُ مِرْآةٌ.

Hello everyone, I'd like to ask your help to understand a book paragraph in Arabic. It is from a book called "No one sleeps in Alexandria" "لا أحد ينام في الإسكندرية" by the Egyptian author Ibrahim Abdel Meguid. Context of the paragraph: the protagonist is a man, he's in a jailcell and he's looking at the other detainees' feet which are in bad conditions, and he is describing all these feet. (See picture for the paragraph). Now, the things I don't understand are: 1) He says منحوتة من أسفل, in this case من أسفل means on the lower part, the feet are hewn out/carved on the bottom (where the foot makes contact with the ground), hence, أسفل here indicates the sole of the foot. Correct? 2) Right after he says سوداء الباطن كلها عاليها وسافلها: باطن here means the sole of the feet right? So then we says the sole of the foot is completely black but what does he mean by عاليها and سافلها? Does he mean the sole of the foot is black in its higher and lower part? But he already says كلها, so I don't understand why he would repeat 'high' and low'. This part confuses me. 3) what does it mean when he says لكن صاحبها لا يفعل ذلك? What I understand literally is: the owner (of the feet) doesn't do that. And the sentence before that indicates that the toes need to be fortified/become stronger. What does it mean by 'but the owner doesn't do that', meaning the person does not fortify the toes? Or maybe he's referring to the protection that a shoe would give the fingers but the person does not buy shoes? 4) Lastly, I can't find the meaning of التوت (I just found it is a type of plant/fruit but makes no sense here), and فكست which I presume is a verb. So the sentence is: black nails would protrude and التوت until the bottom فكست the toes from the front? Thank you so so much to whoever will be willing to help!!

Hello everyone! I'm translating this text and I can't seem to understand what a word means, I've looked it up in the dictionaries I always use but I can't find it. The sentence is: نعم و أهل منف نفسها - عاصمة مملكة مولانا الملك - يظهرون الطاعة، ويخفون الكراهية. The context is XVI b.c. Egypt; the Egyptian pharaoh starts a revolt to overthrow the Hyksos ruler. The person who says the sentence stands with the Hyksos. Now, the word I can't understand is: مولانا . So far it looks like a name to me. Would it be Maulana the king? I've done some research but can't seem to find any historic evidence on any king named like this. Is it a name? If not, what does it mean in this context? Thank you so much to anybody who'll help me!

Hi there! Does anybody know what بسيط، حديد بحديد، مُجرَّد تنقيرة means في لبنان? Thank you!!

Prep to English Cambridge test, level C1 The assignement: You have spent two weeks at a language school in another town. While you were there, you lived in student accomodation, attended language classes, and took part in social activities organised by the school. A friend of yours has written to you asking whether you would reccomend the school. Write a letter to your friend identifying which aspects of the school you were happy with, explaining which aspects were disappointing, and saying whether you would reccomend the school. Dear Jane, I was so glad to hear from you and I will be very pleased to give you some advice! I came back from Malaga a few weeks ago and I can tell you that my experience in the language school was fantastic! When I arrived at the campus I was very surprised with how easy it was to get to the accomodation building, the lady who gave me the keys to my room and first hand information was abosolutely lovely and spoke English perfectly! The campus is quite big but they have recently made this wonderful application you can download on your phone that provides you with a 3D map of the whole area, you can also find timetables and mini-guide to the city. The rooms are really functional, they all have a private bathroom, air-conditioning, heating, self-catering in a shared kitchen and the whole building has free Wi-Fi. I shared my room with a Japanese girl who was really nice. The language course was quite tough, it requires a lot of studying but the teachers are very nice and willing to help you when needed. I had lessons from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon with a lunch break in between. The social life that evolves around the school is amazing! I mean, it is Spain afterall. In my course there were people from all over the world so it is a great experience to meet with new cultures. In the weekends you can not miss the colorful nights in the city bars and dancing in the discos. I would really recommend you this experience and the school, as it is very professional and fun at the same time. The only complain I have is the price, even though it is a very high profile school I think the cost for two weeks is a bit expensive and not very accessible. Let me know if you have any more questions and if this was helpful to you. Kisses Emma

Preparation to Cambridge English Advanced, level c1 The assignement was: Ideas for influencing young people to be more environmentally friendly: -laws and taxes -education -media Write an essay discussing two of the ideas for influencing people. You should explain which way would be more effective and provide reasons to support your opinion. Environmental issues in today's world are poorly addressed. This constitutes a big problem because future world crises will have as their main cause global warming and pollution. These two issues have already generated devastating effects such as oxygen depletion in the oceans, increased number of floods and droughts all over the world, as well as hurricanes which devasted whole countries and of course the ice melting of the North Pole and glaciars, which is provoking the rising of sea levels. These are just a few examples of a wider and more complex scene of the consequences that global warming has had and will continue to have in what will be a dramatic escalation. The media never addresses these issues or they do not give them the importance they actually deserve, instead they relegate environmental topics at the end of their news programmes. The power to inform people is nowadays directly in the hands of the media. If it were to be a drastic change in how the media addresses environmental issues, for instance making the headlines of news programmes about the increase of environmental disasters and keeping track of scientific research in the field, people would definitely start perceiving these issues way more seriously. However this possibility is far from becoming reality and so this is where education comes into play. Education can be an essential tool to raise awareness about environmental issues and teach kids the importance of caring for our planet. The younger generations will be the ones who will have to confront a world devastated by industrialization, so it is absolutely necessary to provide them knowledge so they hopefully will come up with solutions. In conclusion I think education plays a key role in teaching kids a certain behaviour, this is why schools must compensate the lack of awareness present in most of the families, as it can be the most effective way to influence their kids to be environmentally friendly.

Prep to CAE Cambridge English Test, level C1 Thank you for helping me out. The assignment was: you class has listened to a radio discussion on how more young people can be encouraged to study science. You have made the notes below: ways of encouraging young people to study science: -advertising -school programmes -government grants Write an essay discussing two of the points in your notes. You should explain which way would be more effective in encouraging young people to study science, providing reasons to support your opinion. Nobody is born a scientist, or at least, very few lucky people, each one of them had to have a great mentor, that is to say a great teacher who was able to light up curiosity and wonder for science in them. Teachers have a key role in a kid's future, and this can be applied to any kind of subjects, but especially for science which is not so immediate to understand. A student when embarking on their journey through science really needs someone to guide them and motivate them. If schools had interest in implementing and improving science programmes with teachers able to share their passion and also make more use of laboratories instead of just providing students with theorical lessons, we would see an increase in the number of young people who may choose a scientific path in their future. Another important aspect to consider are government grants for scientific careers and studies. More and more students, especially in Italy, disregard careers as scientific reaserchers because they consider them as financially disadvantaged and very unstable. This is why there is the need of government action to make sure that a young person who just graduated or is getting their phD in some scientific field can get access to a stable job with a respectable financial income. I think that a combination of these two ways to encourage the studying of science would be the more effective, but the one fundamental condition should be the improvement of school science programmes, because to dedicate one's life to a certain career and achieve success first comes passion, and that can only be instigated by a great mentor.

Preparación a examén Dele Elegí la opción uno de la tarea. Sepánme decir también si cumplí con los puntos de ésta. La recolección de basura debería ser un derecho garantizado en cada ciudad. Lastimosamente en el barrio Irigoyen no es así. Mi barrio queda en las afueras de la ciudad de Posadas, se divide en cuadras y posee una extensión bastante grande para una ciudad que no es una metropolis. En el Irigoyen viven diez mil ciudadanos, junto a la basura que producen. En los ultimos años sufrimos de un grave problema que se fue agravando, la recolección de basura en el barrio es casi inexistente, los basureros ya no alcanzan para el cuantitativo de basura producido y es así que los bolsos se van acumulando en las calles. En la comunidad ya se están manifestando los efectos negativos de esta situación, sobretodo en la salud de los ciudadanos: en el último año se registró un aumento de problemas respiratorios, entre otros, de particular manera entre los niños. El arrojamiento de basura indiscriminado y la falta de trabajadores comunales que la municipalidad tendría que emplear en cada barrio, muestran la falta de interés del govierno local hacia sus ciudadanos. Es necesario reclamar a la municipalidad que se active de manera inmediata, ya que esta situación está transformando este barrio en una zona invivible y peligrosa desde el punto de vista sanitario.