Beginner - Where are my glasses?

Medina wrote:
i wear contacts but this is very helpfull.
thank you guys !

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Medina wrote:
What are you actually..?
egyptian..?

Hi Moshaya & Ehab,

recently I came across ur website and was happy to find useful podcasts in Arabic! THANKS A LOT for your work!

I have been learning Arabic for the last 5 years (with loooooong breaks :(. I find even podcasts for beginners very useful & helpful for simple situations one can be exposed to in a daily life. Anyway, many thanks for the work done and to be done in the future!!!

with regards to this very podcast I have a question. It says: "fawqa-6-6aawila". In this case, I would use "3la-6-6aawila" (on the table) since spectacles would not be hanging above the table. I believe "above" implies no physical touch between two objects/subjects.

Am I right to think so? Or in Arabic it is different?

Keep up your great job!

ma3-s-salama
A.

Ahlan Afiga;
We are glad that you enjoy learning in ArabicPod, and please accept my apologies for being late in answering, the question that you asked is not simple at all.
The word (Fawq) is from (faqa) which means (something is higher than other things), therefore, it can be used in any case where a thing is higher than the other. I searched in many books for examples, I found straightforward ones in the Quran: احمل فوق راسي خبزا which means: I carry bread on my head. On the other hand, it came in the meaning of (above) in other places, such as: ورفعنا فوقكم الطور which means: We raised above you the Mount.
So, we can’t compare (fawqa & 3alaa) to English where (above) means the thing does not touch, while (on) means the things are touching each other.
Hope that helps, and if anyone has something to add, we’ll appreciate all your contribution.
Ta7eyyati

Assalaamu3laikum,

This was a very good lesson as always.

I have a question on how to implement some of the extra vocabulary on the accompanying PDF file.

For example to say the glasses are to the right or left of the table can we simply subsititue 'fawqa' with 'yameen' or 'yasaar'?

Also can the word 'shimaal' be used instead of 'yasaar'?

JazakAllahu khair

Wasalaam

Raqster

Wa 3alaykum assalaam,

Words like 3ala yameen (on the right of) and 3ala yasaar (on the left of) can be used instead of (near by) or (beside), but cannot substitute Fawqa (on top of) as the meanings are just not the same.
Yes, shimaal and yasaar have the same meaning.

Ta7eyyaaty
Ehab

Splendid chaps!

Tell me please, is the (6') sounding like an english sound (v) or (th) in the word for spectacles, or is it somewhere in between.

Many thanks, Tom Cruxon

Oh,, that is hard to explain!! It is really non of them .. Best thing to do is either to go to the Sharepoint and find Arabicpod Pronunciation Guide under Flash, or search for (pronunciation) in the lessons page and see the Visual Tutorial that comes with a lesson called (Letter pronunciation).
Hope that helps

hi guys...can we use la'arif for "dont know" here???

Assalamualaikum,

What is the differences between al 6awela and al maktab?

Dear Sharby,

ﻄﺎﻮﻠﺔ is “table” and ﻤﻜﺘﺐ is “desk”, “office” or “study”.

اهلاً،
My question concerns "I don't see it." in this lesson:
لا أراها
The root seem seems to be
أرى
Should then the spelling not be with an Alif Madda
لا آراها
Regards
Tau

Tau,

The root system in Arabic comes normally as the past tense second person verb, like (ذهب He went), (أكل He ate) ...
So the root of (أراها) is (رأى he saw), that is probably would answer your question :) .
Notice that (أرى) means (I see), so it is present tense and not past tense.

salaam alaikum

Ahlan wa sahlan! :)

i just wanted to know if we could use qareeb instead of qurb? like qareeeb at Tawilah, instead of qurb at Tawilah? is this right too?

@noreenzahra, Ahlan wa mar7ban bik.

You can use 'Qareeb' قريب but you have to add 'min' من afterwords. So you'd say

قريب من الطاولة
Qareeb min a6aawelah

@ Mohamed

You have mistranslated the preposition "fawq". The glasses must be ON the table. Under normal circumstances glasses do not float in the air ABOVE a table.