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If his body looks like the guy in the photo's body, he's definetly taking something.

I wonder, with regard to the picture: Are there really people who look like this? Where do they buy their shirts? Do they need specially widened doorways? Isn't this more of an artist's impression rather than an actual photograph?

surely that can't be real!

Kamaal Alejssam?? hardly Most pro bodybuilder are on roids juiced up, with a short life span.

Are akamel (complete) and kammel (continue) in the lesson two forms of the same verb or two different verbs?

It also appears that kamaal (perfecting) is from the same root. Is that correct?

Thanks again for another great lesson and all of your hard work.

Omar

They are two different verbs.
Akmel أكْمِل is from Akmala أكْمَلَ (he completed something) which indicates the need of an object (فعل متعدي يأخذ مفعول به), while Kammel كَمّل is from Kamula كَمُلَ which means (something is completed/perfected) and this does not need an object (فعل لازم).
Kamaal (perfection) is from Kamula كَمُلَ same as Kammel.
Hope it is not confusing

Ehab - Thank you for the explanation. It is clear. Thanks!

Omar

when i listen the conversation it sounds to me like when there r 2 similar letters one of them isn t pronounced like
"kamaal alajsamufeedle jesem"

i heard wrong?

It is normal to hear that because there was no pause between the words,, you just need to listen to Arabic as much as you can and you will start to figure out the words easily. This happens in all languages and it is a matter of (ma7'aarej) which are the places of pronouncing the letters.

Hehe is that guy pumping iron or helium?

Some small queries...
Based on onazif's questions- if kamaal (perfection) comes from kamula- then does jamaal (beauty) comes from jamula? Can you give an example of a sentence in this perfect form? And I thought that the imperative kammil came from form II (kammala)- like how ghayyir comes from ghayyara...is that correct?
What's the difference between 'la asta6ii3a' and 'ma aqdar- both mean 'I can't', right? Is it just a question of classical vs. colloquial? Even so, why should aqdar- a verb in present tense- take ma for negation instead of la? And again...there's ma 2a7'udu shay'. Please can you help me figure out where to use ma and la within the present tense?

Speaking of colloquialisms, would this colloquial to classical list be correct?

N-dh-r ilaa= sh-w-f
asta6ii3a= aqdar
bas= faQa6
arooH- adh'habu ilaa

what's the word for gym? naady? what's the root of that?
When his wife said that he looked like ka3bool, do we need to add 'anna (said THAT I looked) for a classical sentence?
What's the root for Mufeed? There's a word in Hindi- faayda- which means advantage. Is there a connection here

What's the word for an individual muscle?

Ana akassil..I get lazy. Is this form II (k-ss-l). Because if it is, then shouldn't the vowel be 'u' (ukassil, tukassil)? I'm using tughayyir, tuqaddim, etc as my starting point.

On similar lines, when someone encourages MrA he says he needs to be encouraged. Taking sh-j-3 as the root for encouragement, this is form 1. When they decide to encourage each other, it becomes Form II with a doubled 'j'...nushajji3
Does that mean that for any 'each-other' action we use Form II? How would you say 'help each other/ look after each other/ care for each other/ beat each other up/ love each other, etc..
Lastly- 'we will meet'...natqaabal in the transcript. If this is Form VI shouldn't there be an extra A between t and q- nataqaabal??

I know I'm bombarding you with questions. But I'm only asking because I know that I can find the answers here.
And frankly guys, if bodybuilding means ending up like that balloon bozo in the picture, I think you're doing yourself (and people around the world) a far greater service by focussing your energies on Arabic teaching!
Allah yawafqaaT...no that was wrong... what was it again...um- basically, God bless all of you!