Beginner - I don't smoke

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@Desmond, thanks for letting us know. This has been fixed.

In the podcast, I see that you have maa with a present tense verb. Can I assume that using maa with present tense verbs = "I do not"

While using maa with past tense verbs = "I have not"?

ما ادرس

ما درست

Well "aliyah.m"...
**Maa=Laa=(NOT)
Maa Adros(present)=I don't study(now)
Maa Darast(past)=I didn't study(yesterday)
** Maa Udakh-khin(present)=I don't smoke(at all)
**Maa Dakh-khanit(past)=I didn't smoke(yesterday)
***Ex. Maa Aqra'=I don't read(now)
Or: =I don't read at all (For whom neither write or read:*I'm illiterate)
I hope that helps.Any commonts,please?
I'm Arabic native.My Skype ID is:mo.az.awad
I'm Jordanian
Best regards,
Mua'th Awad
***Maa Dakh-khanit (Abadan Fee 7ayaatee)(*Maa with the past as Arabic works)=I have (never) smoked before (in my life)
Or: Lam Udakh-khin (Abadan Fee 7ayaatee)= I have (never) smoked before(in my life)

I'd like to exchange Arabic-English if you don't mind, please.I'd like to practice my English more,thanks to you.

thanks @sulman---one comment on the english you wish to learn.....I do not smoke.....means I never smoke....with "Now" try to use ...I m not smoking now.....as in this moment, or for a limited time, as in ramadan. thank you for arabic input.

@sul & berry - thanx

Thank you berry :)

sulman do you have a email add ? do u come on yahoo or hotmail? we could chat if u like!
i will teach you english and if u could teach me arabic! salam

could you please help me to understand the word "خليني" ?
I can't find any root of this word not in ara-eng vocab nor vice versa.

@ BPetrenko

As far as I know, “khall” (ﺨﻞ) is the imperative of “khallaa” (ﺨﻠﻰ). I’ve come across “khallaa” (ﺨﻠﻰ) in modern Arabic texts, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this word in a dictionary. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

"خليني" also crops up in one of ArabicPod's early lessons written in the Levantine dialect("Wake up!", 22 Jan. 2008).

@ KarenFaucheux

That's right, Karen. The imperative has been used several times in the podcasts (always with a pronominal suffix), but I don't think the past tense of the verb has ever cropped up in the dialogues. Have you ever found "khallaa" in a dictionary or a glossary?

@desmond

خلّى / يخلّي
7’allaa / yu7’allee
is found in the dictionary.

It is a Form 2 defective verb
The root is - خ ل و

It means ‘to let go, to leave alone’

Imperative is خلّي
7'allee

خلّيني
7’alleenee
= leave me alone!

لا تخلّيه
laa tu7’alleehi
= don’t let him!

خلّى عن
7’allaa 3an
= to refrain from, to desist, to abstain, to give up


The Form 1 verb with the same root (خ ل و) is
خلا
7’alaa
= to be empty, to be vacant

Thank you, Vinod!

@ vinod

Thanks for the useful information. Where did you find the past and present tense forms of the verb under discussion? I'm glad I got the past tense right. I was just about to add the missing letter to the imperative when I discovered your comment.

@Desmond
Conjugation of 7'allaa was mentioned by Ehab in the comment section of the Beginner Lesson "Don't praise me" (7 May 2010).

@ vinod

Thanks for reminding me of that note. I knew the morphological problems posed by "khallaa" had been discussed somewhere, but I couldn't remember the title of the podcast in question.

When I first encountered the suffixed imperative "khalliny" I guessed the past tense was "khallaa", ran a Google search and found that the word form I'd invented really existed.

In the comment you posted at 4.22 am (GMT) you say that "khallaa" is "in the dictionary". Which dictionary were you referring to?

@Desmond
Hans Wehr A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. I am using the 3rd edition. But 4th edition is the latest, I guess.

@ vinod

Thanks for the prompt and informative response.

thanks for the lesson...:) where can i find the lesson One, like from "how are you... fine"?

Ahlan Jawadadil,
Well, our first lesson we ever recorded back in March 2007 was on saying (How are you?), long time ago, Gosh!
Just go to the Lessons page and search for the word (start), you will get a lesson entitled (How are you?) in the list.

Excuse me,but I can't find audio transcript here.Am I missing something? it's a mobile version.

Oh,I once tried smoking when I was a student and never tried ever since.

@ Kurumi, how comes? Can you see the Exercise link and the Post Lesson Commentary (PLC) link on top of this page? It is above them, and I just clicked on it and it works fine. Hope that helps you to find it.

@Kurumi, the HTML5 version of the audio transcript (Which can be found in the mobile version of the website) starts from lesson 500 since it's approximately when the mobile version was introduced.

At some point we will work back and add them for lesson 1-499!

@my teachers,
Thanks a lot for your help.I understand.

BTW,ممنوع التدخين can be a really good exercise of pronounciation for beginners! :-P