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| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes  Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 41 of 152 23 March 2013 at 9:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Yesterday evening I took part in an international exchange meeting of sorts (Georgians, Tunisians, Italians and Irish) in a foundation for hearing-impaired I'm part of. The international coordinator sort of expected me to come, as I am able to help her with translating into English. She already knew from a previous meeting that I can also speak some Spanish, so that's how I was introduced: 'This is Kasia and she speaks very good English and also some Spanish'.
The goal of the meeting was to see the different alphabets (the Irish one was funny, neither Celtic nor runic, just scratches 'made on trees', the Georgian one on the other hand looks like flowers of all things). So, before the crowd got bigger, I made my way to the Tunisian table, grabbed a pen, scrawled my name in Arabic alphabet and introduced myself in Arabic. Cue a high-pitched squeal and a shriek of 'She can speak Arabic language too!' in English, loud enough for the coordinator and the entire room to hear. Then all sorts of questions like 'What else can you say in Arabic?' 'How long have you been learning it?' 'How's thank you in Arabic?' followed. For most of the meeting, random people (speaking ones, not sign language users – I can only sign some letters) from the Polish side of the exchange would tell me that I am a genius for knowing Arabic :) My oral communication was limited to stuff like shukran and law samaht and salam aleikum, and ism ummi Teresa (when my mum came to pick me up) as the Tunisians have a completely different pronunciation and verbal paradigm (no, I am not that wise, I simply looked the Tunisian dialect up on the Internet before the meeting to be prepared). Therefore, I sort of expected the verbs to be problematic, but they turned out to be a total fail. The end of the story is that I have got a photo in a headscarf and I know why it doesn't fall off, and I have a new FB friend for actually using Arabic in conversations. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Takato Tetraglot Senior Member HungaryRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5048 days ago 249 posts - 276 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishB2, GermanB2, Japanese | Message 42 of 152 24 March 2013 at 12:25am | IP Logged | ||
Yeah. I think it's always a good feeling to see their expressions when you talk to a native. It seems like your learning payed off. I hear there's an Arabic person in one of the courses I'm attending in college (with the name of Al-Begali Adela Ali), but it kinda freaks me out that she can speak Hungarian almost perfectly. Maybe I should try talking to her, I don't know. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 43 of 152 24 March 2013 at 4:08pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, the satisfaction of seeing the Tunisians' expressions when I started speaking Arabic was precisely the reason why I came to the meeting :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 44 of 152 25 March 2013 at 7:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Lesson 8, 25.03.13
We covered sun and moon letters from Sarah's book – equivalent to the second half of Lesson 3 from Madinah site. My favorites from the new words were fakeer (probably related to the Hindi 'fakir') and zahraa – in Baldur's Gate 2, there was a minor character, a djinni from Calimshan, named Chan Zahraa, who had nothing in common with a flower... Next lesson scheduled for after Easter break. Anki stats – Arabic → English deck is made of 268 items, Polish → Arabic is 226 (and German is 179) New words The order is IPA pronunciation – Arabic spelling – meaning. Haloo حلو sweet Mareed مريض sick Daftar دفتر notebook Ghanee غني rich Fakeer فكير poor Dukan دكن kiosk Tufaah تفاح apples Laðið لذيذ delicious Taweel طويل tall Qasuur قصير short Al-mareed المريص patient Akh الاخ brother qamariyya قمرية moon (adj.) shamsiyya شمسية sun (adj.) haroof حروف letters Dʒanna جنة paradise Xobz خبز breath Ghada خبذ lunch Hawaa هواء air Thawood Dahab ذهب gold Zahraa زهرة flower Ash-shams الشمس sun Daif ضيف guest Rasul رسل messenger Saboon صابون soap Laham لحم meat Salaa صلاة prayer Yed يد hand Fam فم mouth Sadir صدر chest Dahr ظهر back (noun) Ras راس head Wadʒa وجة face Isbah اصبح finger Dafir ظفر fingernail Al-fadʒir الفجر dawn Al-dohr الظُر noon Al-asar العصر afternoon Al-maghreb المغرب sunset time Al-ishaa العشاء evening Edited by Zireael on 25 March 2013 at 7:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 45 of 152 27 March 2013 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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I found the other Tunisian (present at the meeting) on FB. Both Aida and Asin use Arabizi (also known as Arabic chat alphabet).
So far, my method of dealing with unfamilliar spelling conventions is simple - copy'n'paste the sentence into Yamli. Any words I don't know I run through Aratools then. Works like a charm and I've learned some new words. I need to work on my Arabizi, though. Fortunately, I've found a good site for practising writing. It's the Lang-8 website, and I picked German and Arabic as my languages. List of new words to come tomorrow. I need to finish a quick translation exercise due Friday. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 46 of 152 29 March 2013 at 8:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Possible Tunisian influence in the pronunciation of the words below – if you see any mistakes, Tunisian pronunciation, tell me. After all, I'm learning Yemeni.
Words mostly gleaned via Yamli from Arabizi. New words The order is IPA pronunciation – Arabic spelling – meaning. Laysa ليس is not Aagiba عجيبة prodigy Al-um الأم maternal, mother (adj.) Azka أزكى the best Bareed بريد mail Dʒamaa جامعة university Hayat حيات life Momken ممكن possible Shaxs شخص person Tamam تمام exact, complete Tiib طِيب good Zakiya ذكية clever 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 47 of 152 02 April 2013 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I started using Lang-8 for my Arabic (and German).
Everyone here in Poland is complaining about snow this Easter... my Arabic-speaking friends included. Anki stats: Arabic → English 309 items, Polish → Arabic 256 items (and my German deck is up to 231 items, including 1 grammar card) New words The order is IPA pronunciation – Arabic spelling – meaning. Lan لن will not Al-aam العام year Al-yowm اليوم the day Al-ums الامس yesterday Duwan دون without Manarruk مبروك congratulations Rabiyah رَبِيع spring Tahyaat تحيات greetings Tawaqaf توقف stop Yutti يأتي he arrives 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 48 of 152 08 April 2013 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Lesson 9, 08.04.2013
Nothing goes right today! I took the wrong notebook to the lesson (one that's filled up), so we spent the hour talking about my family in Arabic and my only notes are the ones that Sarah took. Oh, and apparently 'I have' works like a preposition... New words The order is IPA pronunciation – Arabic spelling – meaning. Ana ladariya أنا لدي I have Al-alwan الألوان colors Al-ashar شعر hair Abyad أبيض white Ahmar أحمر red Axdar أخضر green Asfar أصفر yellow Ashqar أشقر blond Aswad أسود black Azraq أزرق blue Boni بني brown Ramadi رمادي grey Amm عم paternal uncle Amma عمة paternal aunt Ukht أخت sister Xal خال materal uncle Xala خالة maternal aunt Aynaa عينا eyes Al-unnuha الونها the color of them Motawasta al-tool متوسطة الطول medium height Muhandis مهندس engineer Omraee عمري my age ashrun عشرون twenty θalaθuna ثلاثون thirty arbaa'un أربعون forty xamsun خمسون fifty settun ستون sixty saba'un سبعون seventy θamanun ثمانون eighty tesa'un تسعون ninety Edited by Zireael on 15 April 2013 at 12:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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