Sunday, March 14, 2004
Lesson Two:
Hello again…this is faiza :)
Wishing you have nice time in your Arabic lessons…
OK..now we start …..
-Shlonkom? (how are you all?) in Iraqi slang
or -Shonak?/Shonik? [M/F] (how are you?)
-zen/zena [M/F] (fine) Iraqi Slang
Kafe al haal ? (how are you ?)in Arabic
- Alhamdo lillah (thanks God) Arabic
-Shako mako? (what’s new?) Iraqi slang
-Kulshi mako (nothing new..) Iraqi
or –Safiya Dafiya (literally means: sunny and warm. It means: everything is fine)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome)
Na’am (Yes)
La (No)
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Colors (Al’alwan):
Red……..(Ahmar)
Green……(akhdhar)
Yellow…..(asfar)
Blue………(azraq)
White……..(abyadh)
Black……..(aswad)
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Days (Ayyam) of the week (Al’isboo’):
Sunday…………………..Al ahad
Monday………………….Al ethnain
Tuseday…………………..Al tholatha’
Wednesday………………Al arbi`aa’
Thursday………………....Al khamees
Friday…………………….Al jom`ah
Saturday…………………..As sabt
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Kalimaat……….Words
Sadeeqaty………..my friend (my female friend)
Sadeeqy………….my friend (my male friend)
Azizi……………...my dear (male)
Azizety……………my dear (female)
Habibti……………My lover woman
Habibi…………….My lover man
Jameela……………beautiful female
Jameel……………..Beautiful male [waseem… handsom]
Lateefa…………….cute female
Lateef………………Cute male
Sakheefa…………….silly girl
Shakheef…………….Silly boy
Habla……………….. Dork woman!
Ahbal……………….. Dork man!
Habbaba……………. Nice girl.
Habbab ……………... nice boy
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Hello again…this is faiza :)
Wishing you have nice time in your Arabic lessons…
OK..now we start …..
-Shlonkom? (how are you all?) in Iraqi slang
or -Shonak?/Shonik? [M/F] (how are you?)
-zen/zena [M/F] (fine) Iraqi Slang
Kafe al haal ? (how are you ?)in Arabic
- Alhamdo lillah (thanks God) Arabic
-Shako mako? (what’s new?) Iraqi slang
-Kulshi mako (nothing new..) Iraqi
or –Safiya Dafiya (literally means: sunny and warm. It means: everything is fine)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome)
Na’am (Yes)
La (No)
*******
Colors (Al’alwan):
Red……..(Ahmar)
Green……(akhdhar)
Yellow…..(asfar)
Blue………(azraq)
White……..(abyadh)
Black……..(aswad)
********
Days (Ayyam) of the week (Al’isboo’):
Sunday…………………..Al ahad
Monday………………….Al ethnain
Tuseday…………………..Al tholatha’
Wednesday………………Al arbi`aa’
Thursday………………....Al khamees
Friday…………………….Al jom`ah
Saturday…………………..As sabt
*********
Kalimaat……….Words
Sadeeqaty………..my friend (my female friend)
Sadeeqy………….my friend (my male friend)
Azizi……………...my dear (male)
Azizety……………my dear (female)
Habibti……………My lover woman
Habibi…………….My lover man
Jameela……………beautiful female
Jameel……………..Beautiful male [waseem… handsom]
Lateefa…………….cute female
Lateef………………Cute male
Sakheefa…………….silly girl
Shakheef…………….Silly boy
Habla……………….. Dork woman!
Ahbal……………….. Dork man!
Habbaba……………. Nice girl.
Habbab ……………... nice boy
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Friday, March 05, 2004
Hi, this is Faiza. Today we are going to have our 1st lesson in Arabic. Make sure that your teeth are clean and your hair is well brushed. Please turn off your mobiles before entering the classroom ;-).
Let’s start with the basic Arabic, Arabic may be the 2nd most difficult language on earth after chinese, it's written from right to left. The Alphabet is consisted of 28 letters. Each has one sound only but four different shapes because Arabic is always written in cursive and the letters of each word are connteced to each other, so a letter has a certain shape when it comes separated, in the beginning, middle, and end of the word.
The Alphabet is:
[What is written in English represents the sound of each letter when it’s pronounced alone and the Arabic letters are written in the shape that they are when they come separated]
Alef أ Baa' ب Taa’ت Thaa’[th, like in mouth] ث Jeem ج
[haa] ح [Khaa]خ Dal د Thal [th, like in width] ذ Raa’ ر
Zai ز Seen س Sheen ش [Saad]ص [[Dhaad]]ض
[Tah]ط [Dha]ظ Ein ع [Ghein]غ Faa ف
Qaf ق Kaaf ك Laam ل Meem م Noon ن
Haa’ هـ Waw و Yaa’ ي
majid’s advice: you have to install right-to-left scripts and right-to-left fonts in order to see/write Arabic fonts, to do that, check your operating system help menu [for windows users’, you can find it in regional and language options in control panel]
Common used terms:
Now each letter of those gives the 1st sound of it when it’s pronounced in a word, for example: Faa’ gives an /f/ sound... Baa’ gives a /b/ sound...and so on.
Enough about basics, let’s move on to real language:
Muslim Arabs start doing EVERYTHING by saying Bism Allah Arrahman Arraheem. That means: By the name of God, Most merciful, most compassionate.
To start a conversation, a dialogue or when greeting someone Arabs usually say: Assalam Aleikom. This means: may Peace be upon you.
Good morning means: Sabah Al-Kheir.
Good afternoon/good evening means: Masaa’ Al-Kheir.
When planning to do anything in the near/far future, Arabs say: Inshallah. That means: By God’s will.
Ex: Tomorrow I will wake up early inshallah. Or we will invade USA inshallah!
Some of you who write to me often may notice the word Yalla in my emails.
It’s a word that means something like “okay”, sometimes “Let’s”. Arabs usually say when they want to leave: Yalla, Bye.
Also when suggestion something, like: yalla, go sleep.
Ok, that is enough for today lesson.
For formal good-byes… arabs say:
Maa’ Assalama... Means: “with peace”, an abbreviation for: May you go with peace.
Fee Aman Allah, means: “in God’s safety”, an abbr. for: May you stay in God’s safety.
Yalla…Bye.
Let’s start with the basic Arabic, Arabic may be the 2nd most difficult language on earth after chinese, it's written from right to left. The Alphabet is consisted of 28 letters. Each has one sound only but four different shapes because Arabic is always written in cursive and the letters of each word are connteced to each other, so a letter has a certain shape when it comes separated, in the beginning, middle, and end of the word.
The Alphabet is:
[What is written in English represents the sound of each letter when it’s pronounced alone and the Arabic letters are written in the shape that they are when they come separated]
Alef أ Baa' ب Taa’ت Thaa’[th, like in mouth] ث Jeem ج
[haa] ح [Khaa]خ Dal د Thal [th, like in width] ذ Raa’ ر
Zai ز Seen س Sheen ش [Saad]ص [[Dhaad]]ض
[Tah]ط [Dha]ظ Ein ع [Ghein]غ Faa ف
Qaf ق Kaaf ك Laam ل Meem م Noon ن
Haa’ هـ Waw و Yaa’ ي
majid’s advice: you have to install right-to-left scripts and right-to-left fonts in order to see/write Arabic fonts, to do that, check your operating system help menu [for windows users’, you can find it in regional and language options in control panel]
Common used terms:
Now each letter of those gives the 1st sound of it when it’s pronounced in a word, for example: Faa’ gives an /f/ sound... Baa’ gives a /b/ sound...and so on.
Enough about basics, let’s move on to real language:
Muslim Arabs start doing EVERYTHING by saying Bism Allah Arrahman Arraheem. That means: By the name of God, Most merciful, most compassionate.
To start a conversation, a dialogue or when greeting someone Arabs usually say: Assalam Aleikom. This means: may Peace be upon you.
Good morning means: Sabah Al-Kheir.
Good afternoon/good evening means: Masaa’ Al-Kheir.
When planning to do anything in the near/far future, Arabs say: Inshallah. That means: By God’s will.
Ex: Tomorrow I will wake up early inshallah. Or we will invade USA inshallah!
Some of you who write to me often may notice the word Yalla in my emails.
It’s a word that means something like “okay”, sometimes “Let’s”. Arabs usually say when they want to leave: Yalla, Bye.
Also when suggestion something, like: yalla, go sleep.
Ok, that is enough for today lesson.
For formal good-byes… arabs say:
Maa’ Assalama... Means: “with peace”, an abbreviation for: May you go with peace.
Fee Aman Allah, means: “in God’s safety”, an abbr. for: May you stay in God’s safety.
Yalla…Bye.
