Lesson 31
Pollution and the Environment
التلوث والبيئة
Discuss environmental pollution a topic that appears in Arabic media regularly. Problem/solution essay structure with advanced connectors brings your written Arabic to near-formal level.
Pollution Vocabulary
ArabicTransliterationMeaning
تَلَوُّث هَوَائِيّtalawwuth hawāʾīair pollution
تَلَوُّث مَائِيّtalawwuth māʾīwater pollution
اِحْتِبَاس حَرَارِيّiḥtibās ḥarārīgreenhouse effect / global warming
نَفَايَاتnafāyātwaste / refuse
حُلُولḥulūlsolutions
يُعَدُّ التَّلَوُّثُ الْهَوَائِيُّ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ الْمَشَاكِلِ الْبِيئِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُوَاجِهُ الْعَالَم
Yuʿaddu t-talawwuthu l-hawāʾiyyu min akhṭari l-mashākili l-bīʾiyyati llatī tuwājihu l-ʿālam
Air pollution is considered one of the most dangerous environmental problems facing the world.
- يُعَدّ مِن: "Is considered one of" a passive Form I with a prepositional complement.
- Elative مِنْ أَخْطَر: "Among the most dangerous" the superlative af̣ʿal form in an iḍāfa-like construction.
- Problem/solution connectors: وَمِنَ الْحُلُولِ الْمُقْتَرَحَةِ أَنْ (among the proposed solutions is that).
- Islamic stewardship: وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْض (do not make mischief in the earth 2:60) environmental damage is a religious issue.