Arabic Without Walls

Interview

الطعام الأردني

In this video activity, you will listen to a Jordanian teenager discuss a very important aspect of her home life.

Vocabulary
foreign	أجنبي

Watch the video once and answer the following questions.

Her mother1. Who cooks in this speaker’s home? Answer

Jordanian food2. What is the first type of food that is mentioned? Answer

She says that they do eat some foreign foods.3. Does her family eat this type of food? Do they avoid foreign food? Answer

Now listen to the video again. This time you will look for more details as you answer the following questions.

She mentions ملوخيّة، منسَف، مجدّرة.
ملوخيّة is an herb that is prepared in many different ways.
منسَف is traditional Jordanian dish, made usually with lamb, a yogurt based sauce, and specially prepared rice.
مجدّرة is a lentil dish. All of these dishes are better experienced than read about, but you can see photos at:
http://www.recipezaar.com/151132
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansaf
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2005/12/31/recipe.html4. What specific Jordanian foods does the speaker mention? Are you familiar with any of them? Answer

She says that she does not like مجدرة.
Although it may be a challenge to understand, the interviewer asks a final question toward the end of the video. The information you are looking for is in her answer to that question.5. Which of these foods does the speaker dislike? Answer | Hint

Throughout this activity, you heard this young girl from Jordan talk about various foods. Although you have learned the names of those foods, and have an idea of what they are, you should try to experience some of them for yourself.