ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Introductory notes on learning Arabic</title> <meta name="description" content="Introductory notes on learning Arabic"> <link href="http://www.linguata.com/styles/newstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="http://www.linguata.com/lightbox/lightbox.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.linguata.com/lightbox/lightbox.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <a href="http://www.linguata.com"> <img src="http://www.linguata.com/images/logo.gif" title="Linguata language learning software" border="0" /></a></div> <div id="menuarea"> <div id="menu"> <a href="http://www.linguata.com">Home</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Languages.html">Languages</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Ordering.html?language=none">Buy</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/learnarabic.html">Learn Arabic</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Order_Support.html">Customer Service</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/About_Us.html">About</a> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <div id="threetier" align="center"> </div> <div id="maincentred"> <p> <!- All text goes under here -!> <h1>Some Illustrative Examples from Linguata Arabic (2)</h1> <p>What is your name? (w) <i>m huwa ismuki*?</i> </p><p>%3EC GH E' </p> <p><small>*More usually <i>ismek</i> or <i>ismik</i> in spoken dialects. </small></p> <p><small><i>m</i> (E') =  what ; how; <i>huwa</i> = lit.  he, it ; <i>-k(a)</i> and <i> ki</i> are possessive endings meaning  your singular, masculine and feminine respectively. The brackets indicate that the <i> a</i> tends to disappear. </small></p> <p>Fine (lit.  By the grace of God ), and you? <i>al %amdulillh, wa  anta? </i> <p>'D-E/ DDG H#F*</p> <p><small><i>%amd </i>(-E/) = praise; <i>allh</i> (DDG) =  God ; <i>wa</i> (H)=  and ; <i> anta</i> =  you (masc.).</small></p> <p>What time does it open? <i>mat yafta%?</i> <p>E*I JA*- </p> <p><small><i>mat</i> = when; <i>yafta%</i> = 3rd Person singular Present of <i>fata%a</i>, open (A*-)</small></p> <p>What time does it close? <i>mat yaghluq?</i> <p> E*I J:DB </p> <p><small><i>yaghluq </i>( J:DB) Present tense of <i>ghlaqa</i>, to close (:DB)</small></p> <p>Pleased to meet you <i>tasharafna</i> <p>*41AF'</p> <p><small>From <i>sharufa</i> (41A) = to be highborn, noble, etc; <i>tasharafna</i> = it is/was an honour to me.</small></p> <p>Excuse me (to get past) (m) <i> an idhnika</i> (m)<p> 9F %0FC </p> <p><small><i> an</i> = of, from; <i>idhn</i> = permission; <i> idhnika</i> = your permission (m.)</small></p> <p>Please (m) <i>lau sama%t</i> <p> DH 3E-*</p> <p><small><i>lau</i> (DH) = if; <i> sama%t(a)</i> (3E-*) Past tense, 2nd singular(masc.) from <i>sama%a</i> (3E-) = to allow, let</small></p> <p>How are you? <i>kayfa %luk(a)? kayfa %luki?</i> <p> CJA -'DC </p> <p><small> <i>kayfa</i> (CJA) = how; <i>%l</i> (-'D) = state, condition; plus possessive endings for  your (masc. and fem.)</small></p> <p>How much does this cost? <i> m thamanu hadha</i> <p>E' +EF G0'</p> <p><small> <i>m </i>(E') =  what ; <i>thaman</i> (G0') = price, cost; <i>hadha </i>(G0') = this</small></p> <p>Can you help me please? <i>lau sama%t, hal yumkinuka mus adat+</i></p> <p> DH 3E-* GD JECFC E3'9/*J  </p> <p><small> <i>hal </i>(GD) = interrogative particle introducing a question; <i>yumkin </i> = it is possible; <i>yumkinuka </i> = it is possible for you ( <i>-ka </i> = attached pronoun  you ); <i>mus ada</i> (E3'9/)) = assistance ( a verbal noun from root <i>s ada </i> 39/ help); <i>-t+</i> : when an ending is added to a <i>t marbkta </i>()) the  t is sounded, i.e. ) changes to *. In this case the ending is the possessive <i> +</i> = my.</small></p> <p>I am trying to learn Arabic <i> ana  u%awilu  an  ata allamal-lughal- arab+ya</i><p> #F' #-'HD #F #*9DE 'DD:) 'D91(J)</p> <p><small> <i>ana</i> = I; <i> uhawil</i> = 1st person, present tense of <i>%wala</i>, to try; <i>an</i> = to (particle); <i> ata allam(a)</i> = 1st person present subjunctive tense of <i>yata allam</i>, to learn; <i>lugha</i> = language (D:)).</small></p> <p> <a href="http://www.linguata.com/arabic/arabictransliteration2.html" title="Illustrative Examples from Linguata Arabic (3)"><i>(continued)</i></a> <BR><BR> <!- No more text goes under here -!> </p> </div> </div> <img src="http://www.linguata.com/images/contentbottom.gif" /><br /> <div id="footer"> <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/words_and_phrases.html" title="Words and phrases in different languages" >WORDS AND PHRASES</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/language_faqs.html" title="Questions and answers on different languages">LANGUAGE FAQS</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/articles/language-learning.html" title="A reference to many world languages" >DICTIONARY OF LANGUAGES</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/articles/pronunciation.html" title="An introduction to the pronunciation of many languages" >PRONUNCIATION</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/articles/general-articles-on-language.html" title="Articles on language and language learning" >ARTICLES</a> | <a href="http://www.linguata.com/articles/history-of-languages.html" title="A brief history on the development of languages" >HISTORY</a>| <a href="http://www.linguata.com/linguata/search.html" title="Search this site" >SEARCH</a> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cetrk.com/pages/scripts/0005/1332.js"> </script> </body> </html>