ArabicPod Mobile Lesson: Don't swear

Beginner - Don't swear

Don't you just find it really annoying when someone won't believe you? How can you make someone trust your words? Well, the phrase "Wallah" is one way to do it, but in recent years it has become misused with many saying it over the smallest things and sometimes mistakenly following it up with a lie. In this lesson someone's not too happy with the phrase being used so lightly!

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maidao says

Sun 19th Jul 09@11:34 am

easy lesson but very useful, i like it... thank alot. love.

usmdrive says

Sun 19th Jul 09@06:57 pm

يمكننا أن نقول لا أقسم

Ehab says

Mon 20th Jul 09@05:13 am

صحيح,لكن يجب أن تكون (لا تقسم) لأنك تخاطب شخصاً أمامك

MoonLight786 says

Wed 22nd Jul 09@03:02 am

إسمة قمر ية

MoonLight786 says

Wed 22nd Jul 09@03:04 am

My name is Qamaria,i just wanted to say this is a cool site

carburn says

Wed 22nd Jul 09@03:19 pm

is there only mp3 format available or can v download some other format also

carburn says

Wed 22nd Jul 09@03:19 pm

well the lesson is intresting

carburn says

Wed 22nd Jul 09@03:23 pm

if innahu means he then wat does hua mean

Leila says

Wed 22nd Jul 09@03:49 pm

'Innahu amreeky' is like 'indeed he is american'. The 'inna' part is used for emphasis.

'Hua' means he.

Jenson says

Wed 5th Aug 09@10:56 am

its really a great job...congrats and may allah bless you all those who took this great initiative..!!

i was searching really for such a help to learn arabic...

thank you a lott!!

Phillipa says

Mon 14th Sep 09@08:49 pm

Simple and well explained. As I have come to expect from these lessons.
Thanks you all.

mudio says

Thu 24th Dec 09@06:26 pm

These lessons are so cool! I just like to listen to you guys! And this is also a training for my english, cause i'm actually from russia.

prestoli says

Wed 26th Dec 12@05:54 pm

Hi another great lesson grin

I have a question: what is the difference between "إنه" and " أنه"? Both were used in the transcript to emphasize "he is" but I don't understand the difference. Thanks!

Ehab says

Sat 29th Dec 12@12:40 pm

@prestoli, first this dialogue is very much colloquial so not much grammar should be extracted from it.
However, generally the difference between (إنّ) and (أنّ) consists of many rules, but two common and simple ones are:
- (إنّ) is used when it comes after (قال ، يقول ...), for example (قال الولد إنه ذاهب - the boy said he is going...).
- Also (إنّ) is used when someone swears, so you say ( و الله إنّه أمريكي I swear he is American).

Hope these two rules simplify things for you.

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