The sister on the social network
A text in Arabic at level B1. The translation sits next to it for checking, not for support: at this level the text is read whole, and an unknown word is usually guessed from the sentence. My sister posts a photograph every day on a social network. She has a hundred comments under every photograph. The…
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- أختي تنشر صورة كل يوم في شبكة اجتماعية. لها مئة تعليق على كل صورة. المتابعون يحبون صور الطعام. لكن الأخبار فيها إشاعات كثيرة. أقول لها: مصدر الخبر مهم.укхтии таншуру суура куль йаум фи шабака иджтимааийя. ляха мия таʿлиик аля куль суура. аль-мутаабиʿуун йухиббууна сууар ат-таʿаам. лякинн аль-ахбаар фихя ишааиʿат кясиира. акуль ляха: масдар аль-хабар мухимм.My sister posts a photograph every day on a social network. She has a hundred comments under every photograph. The followers love the food photographs. But in the news there are many rumors. I tell her: the source of the news matters.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- What does the sister do every day?
- How many comments are under every photograph?
- What do the followers love?
- What matters most, in the narrator's opinion?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Arabic?
B1. That means: everyday topics are behind you, you know about three thousand words, and an unknown word is more often guessed from the sentence than looked up.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.