Beginner - Mouse in the house

Hafeethah Rahman wrote:
As-Salaam-Alaikum

I am truly enjoying these Podcasts. Inshallah it will continue. I am trying to learn the language and find this very help for me as my husband does not speak the language, it give me away to hear every day conversations. Can you do more on talking to a shop keeper( ordering food, and household items) also talk to ones cleaning person.

Johnny wrote:
Fun lesson! Like the sound effects!

Samina Bint Benjamin wrote:
As Salaamu Alaikum,

I really enjoy these lessons. I recently moved to the UAE and need to improve my arabic and these lessons are helping masha'Allah. However, It would be nice if the listening part contained no music to its intro especially since music of any kind is forbidden in Islam. Otherwise I found your site to be very entertaining, as well as helpful, and beneficial Alhumdulillah.

Ahlan Hafeethah Rahman, Johnny and Samina;
Shokran for the comments all, it is nice suggestion Hafeethah, all the listeners’ suggestions are in our concern and inshallah you’ll hear yours once soon.
Samina, the intro is not a song,, I would suggest you to read this post in the forum: http://www.arabicpod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73
Shokran leljamee3

Tam wrote:
This lesson is too cute!! Keep up the great work guys. I find your site invaluable as a beginning learner.

sayed darweesh wrote:
good lesson
i want help you but how?
iam a teacher for arabic language and dean for arabic language school'Arabic Sons'
www.arabicsons.com

Brian wrote:
Hi Gentlemen,

I really appreciate your willingness to do this every week. Although I have been studying the classical language for years, it is of marginal value for speaking the modern dialects. However, just listening to you each week has greatly improved my Arabic. I am a Ph.D. student who studies ancient Near Eastern languages, including Hebrew, Arabic, Akkadian, and Aramaic. So I know a lot about languages. One of the most important things that I have learned is that there is no substitute for listening to native speakers, like yourselves. Thank you again. I think that this podcast is very effective.

Sincerely,

Brian

Ram Zook wrote:
Great lessons! Thank you for helping us learn this beautiful language.

I have a question: In the lesson the woman says "ra'ay'ta" and in the explanation you say "ra'ay'tu". This is confusing. I know the second way or "ra'ay't". Can you tell me which way is correct?

I think she says ra'aytu it's just not that clear because she's saying it fast

Ram Zook, shokran for your comment and the question;
You are right,, the word should be pronounced as "ra2aytu", but it looks the wife was so scared therefore she did not pronounce it well ;-)
Leila and Ram, both are right, the word was not clear enough that's why we explained the right way of saying it which is "ra2aytu".
Hope that makes it clear.
Ta7eyyati.

HAHA! Very nice lesson.
Shukran!

Deja vu...
I met some Palestinian friends tonight, and one of the ladies was very animatedly talking in arabic about "a mouse in a kitchen".... (from what I could understand)... second lady (who was then translating to me): "yes, I had a mouse in my house as well, we tried to direct it out with a broomstick", she confirmed that the mouse was "living" with them for a couple of days and it appreciated chocolate more than cheese:-)
So Mohamed and Ehab, the mouse situation is a global one! Thanks for this one, it is one of my totally favorite lessons !!!! BTW, I do not have a problem with mice, like you I hate cockroaches..... and spiders, thanks for not mentioning them ;-)

you said that ta3koul mean her , but i thoutgh you said that the ta ta the beginning meant that you were adressing someone in front of you ... so ta3koul alsow mean "you are eating" as well as "she is eating" ?

@peacemaker, bingo! The 'ta' letter at the beginner of a verb usually means you're or she's...