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Fri February 16 2007
Lesson 1 - Greetings and Personal Identification English / Arabic Transliteration Peace be upon you (common greeting) / assalamu ('ayn)alaikum (and) P...
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Lesson 1 - Greetings and Personal Identification English / Arabic Transliteration Peace be upon you (common greeting) / assalamu ('ayn)alaikum (and) Peace be upon you (reply) / (wa)('ayn)alaikum
assalam Hello / marHaba Hello (reply) / ahlain OR hala Good morning / SabaH elKhair Good morning (reply) / SabaH ennoor Good bye / Ma('ayn) asslamah May God give you strength (M) / Ya('ayn) Tiik
el('ayn) a...
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Lesson 1 - Greetings and Personal Identification English / Arabic Transliteration Peace be upon you (common greeting) / assalamu ('ayn)alaikum (and) Peace be upon you (reply) / (wa)('ayn)alaikum
assalam Hello / marHaba Hello (reply) / ahlain OR hala Good morning / SabaH elKhair Good morning (reply) / SabaH ennoor Good bye / Ma('ayn) asslamah May God give you strength (M) / Ya('ayn) Tiik
el('ayn) afya May God give you strength (F) / Ya('ayn) Tiikii el('ayn) afya May God give you strength (M)(reply) / Allah y('ayn)aafiik May God give you strength (F) (reply) / Allah y('ayn)afiikii
What is your name? (male) / shuu ismak? What is your name? (female) / shuu ismek? My name is.... / ana ismi.... And you? (m.) / inta? And you? (f.) / u inti? (1) A: Peace be upon you./ A: assalamu
('ayn)alaikum. B: (and) Peace be upon you. / B: (wa) ('ayn)alaikum assalam. (2) A: Hello. / A: marHaba. B: Hello. / B: ahlain or hala. (3) A: Good morning. A: SabaH elKhair. B: Good morning. B: SabaH
ennoor. (4) A: Hello. / A: marHaba. B: Hello. / B: hala. A: What is your name? (m) / A: shuu ismak? B: My name is Ahmad. / B: ana ismi Ahmad. (5) A: Peace be upon you. / A: assalamu ('ayn)alaikum. B:
(and) Peace be upon you. / B: (wa)('ayn)alaikum assalam. A: What is your name? (f) / A: shuu ismek? B: My name is Noor. / B: ana ismi Noor. A: Good-bye. / A: Ma('ayn) asslamah. B: Good- bye. / B:
Ma('ayn) asslamah. (6) A: Good morning. / A: SabaH elKhair. B: Good morning. / B: SabaH ennoor. A: What is your name? (m) / A: shuu ismak? B: My name is Ahmad and you? / B: ana ismi Ahmad u inti? A:
My name is Noor. / A: ana ismi Noor. B: May God give you health (f) / B: Ya('ayn) Tiikii el('ayn) afya. A: May God give you strength / A: allah y('ayn)aafiik (m reply). For more language lessons go
to www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/. For more information on the Peace Corps, go to www.peacecorps.gov/.
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Fri February 16 2007
Lesson 2 - Physical State I will read each word/ phrase twice. When I finish reading the second time I will give you some time to practice saying it a...
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Lesson 2 - Physical State I will read each word/ phrase twice. When I finish reading the second time I will give you some time to practice saying it after me. How are you? (m.) / kaif Halak? How are
you? (f.) / kaif Halik? Thank God (common reply) / alHamdu lillah OK (lit."Perfect") / tamam Good (m.) / kwayes Good (f.) / kwayesa Happy (m.) / mabSuuT Happy (f.) / mabSuuTa Tired (m.) / Ta('ayn)ban
T...
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Lesson 2 - Physical State I will read each word/ phrase twice. When I finish reading the second time I will give you some time to practice saying it after me. How are you? (m.) / kaif Halak? How are
you? (f.) / kaif Halik? Thank God (common reply) / alHamdu lillah OK (lit."Perfect") / tamam Good (m.) / kwayes Good (f.) / kwayesa Happy (m.) / mabSuuT Happy (f.) / mabSuuTa Tired (m.) / Ta('ayn)ban
Tired (f.) / ta('ayn)bana (1) Listen to how these two people greet each other, and inquire about the health questions. A: Peace be upon you. / A: assalamu ('ayn)alaikum. B: (and) Peace be upon you. /
B: (wa)('ayn)alaikum assalam. A: How are you? (m.) / A: kaif Halak? B: Thank God. / B: alHamdu lillah. Now, we will do the same thing we did in the first lesson; I will do the (A) part of the dialog
and you take the (B) part. I will read (A) and you reply with (B) part. Now you start. (2) In this and the following dialogs you are given the opportunity to initiate the conversation. Listen to this
dialog. A: Hello. / A: marHaba. B: Hello. / B: hala. A: How are you? (f.) A: kaif Halik? B: OK / B: tamaam. You start and I reply. Now my turn to start. (3) Here is another dialog about greeting, and
well being. A: Good morning. / A: SabaH elKhair. B: Good morning. / B: SabaH ennoor. A: How are you? (m.) / A: kaif Halak? B: Good (m) and you? / B: kwayes u inti? A: Good (f) / A: kwayesa. You start
and I reply. Now my turn to start. For more language lessons go to www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/. For more information on the Peace Corps, go to www.peacecorps.gov/.
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Fri February 16 2007
Lesson 3 - Family I will read each word/phrase twice. When I finish reading the second time I will give you some time to practice saying it after me. ...
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Lesson 3 - Family I will read each word/phrase twice. When I finish reading the second time I will give you some time to practice saying it after me. Family / ('ayn)aila Father / abu Mother / umm
Brother / aKhu Sister / oKht Son / iben Daughter / bent Husband / zawj Wife / zawja I have... / ana ('ayn)endi ... I will read each sentence twice and I will stop for a while after the second reading
to l...
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Lesson 3 - Family I will read each word/phrase twice. When I finish reading the second time I will give you some time to practice saying it after me. Family / ('ayn)aila Father / abu Mother / umm
Brother / aKhu Sister / oKht Son / iben Daughter / bent Husband / zawj Wife / zawja I have... / ana ('ayn)endi ... I will read each sentence twice and I will stop for a while after the second reading
to let you say it after me. 1. I have a family. / 1. ana ('ayn)endi ('ayn)aila. 2. I have a father. / 2. ana ('ayn)endi abu. 3. I have a mother. / 3. ana ('ayn)endi umm. 4. I have a sister. / 4. ana
('ayn)endi okht. For more language lessons go to www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/. For more information on the Peace Corps, go to www.peacecorps.gov/.
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Fri February 16 2007
Lesson 4 - Useful Expressions I will read each word twice and I will stop for a while after the second reading to let you say it after me. Sorry (m) /...
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Lesson 4 - Useful Expressions I will read each word twice and I will stop for a while after the second reading to let you say it after me. Sorry (m) / aassef Sorry (f) / aassfah Excuse me /
('ayn)afwan It's OK / basiiTa' No problem! / mish mushkelah! Would you please! / law samaHt! Thank you / shukran! You welcome (reply) / ('ayn)afwan Be my guest/ Here you go (m) / tfaDDal Be my guest/
Here you g...
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Lesson 4 - Useful Expressions I will read each word twice and I will stop for a while after the second reading to let you say it after me. Sorry (m) / aassef Sorry (f) / aassfah Excuse me /
('ayn)afwan It's OK / basiiTa' No problem! / mish mushkelah! Would you please! / law samaHt! Thank you / shukran! You welcome (reply) / ('ayn)afwan Be my guest/ Here you go (m) / tfaDDal Be my guest/
Here you go (f) / tfaDDalii Yes / Aywa OR na('ayn)am No / la Here / haun There / hunaak Later on! / ba('ayn)dain! Never / abadan Now / hassaa It is possible OR Is it possible? / mumken Come on! /
yallah! Ok, I agree / tayyeb Ok / mashii Normal / ('ayn)aadii If God wills / inshalla For more language lessons go to www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/. For more information on the Peace
Corps, go to www.peacecorps.gov/.
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Fri February 16 2007
Lesson 5 - Communication Difficulties I will read each phrase or sentence twice, then pause so that you can repeat after me. I (don't) understand (m.)...
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Lesson 5 - Communication Difficulties I will read each phrase or sentence twice, then pause so that you can repeat after me. I (don't) understand (m.) / ana (mish)faahem I (don't) understand (f.) /
ana(mish) faahema I (don’t) know / ana (ma) a('ayn)raf I (don’t) like / ana (ma) aHeb I (don’t) want / ana (ma) beddi Another time/ Again / Kamaan marra/ marra thanya I can't speak
muc...
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Lesson 5 - Communication Difficulties I will read each phrase or sentence twice, then pause so that you can repeat after me. I (don't) understand (m.) / ana (mish)faahem I (don't) understand (f.) /
ana(mish) faahema I (don’t) know / ana (ma) a('ayn)raf I (don’t) like / ana (ma) aHeb I (don’t) want / ana (ma) beddi Another time/ Again / Kamaan marra/ marra thanya I can't speak
much Arabic / ana ma aHkii ('ayn)arabii kthiir Slowly! / shwaya shwaya! For more language lessons go to www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/. For more information on the Peace Corps, go to
www.peacecorps.gov/.
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