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löl it is posited that 25 percent of the worlds population will try to answer such questions, as they feel "displaced" and compensate by distracting from real themes, thus this little quiz holds a major key for peace in palestine, or maybe it doe s not and 100 is too much ..löl.

ok.ive got a question..i dont know if its a stupid one....if it is,please ignore it.ive noticed that many times you guys pronounce a word differently when said in a sentence as a whole...for example..."meea" means 100 and kilometre obviously means kilometre....but when you read the whole sentence you guys read it as "meeat kilometre" with meeath ending with a "t" sound...THNX 4 THE LESSON...i think i can start having "tiny winy" conversations with arabs.....to be honest i used to be scared of communicating with them when i was small...IM SURE YOU GUYS WILL GAIN THE PUBLICITY THAT YOU DESERVE.

In Arabic, words that end with taa marboo6ah (ة) are given (ah) sound at the end if they were followed by a pause or a stop. For instance, the word (كرة) which means (ball) is pronounced as (kurah) because it is not followed by any other word, but when you say football which is (كرة قدم) then you pronounce the end as (at) so you get (kurat qadam).
Same thing with (me2ah), if is was not followed by anything, like saying (this is 100 - haad'ihi me2ah) then you see the (ة) is pronounced as (ah), while if we say (100 boy - me2at walad) then you clearly see the (at) at the end.
Hope that clarifies it.

it couldnt be explained better...

Hi, guys, let me take part in your conversation. I study arabic in arabic school in Moscow. It looks for me that "T" is pronounced here because the at the end of the word "kurah" we have letter "T-marbuta" ("a" with dots on top of it). In classic arabic word "football" will be something like "kuraty al-kademi". It looks no one would say like this nowadays, so it boiled down to "kuraT al-kadem". For me it was clear how this "t" appeared between those two letters.

Assalaamu alaikum Mohammed and Ehab.
I have one main question, and inshaallah you would be able to answer it.
I was wondering if you could list for me all the arabic rules, for example adding 'y', 't' etc at the beginning of words indicates who you are talking to. I am enjoying your arabic lessons very much, although I am quite confused over these rules, and this is the main problem that is holding me back in learning. if you could please answer this question for me, I would be most grateful.
Jazakallahu khair
P.S. - your lessons are truly amazing!!!
Shukran

Wa 3alaykum assalaam Salaam,

Present tense verbs take an indicator that shows who did the action as the first letter of the verb, unlike past tense verbs that take pronounces at the end of the verb. Briefly, the present tense indicators are the following:

- (A) as in (Adrus أدرس) which means (I study)
- (Y) as in (Yadrus يدرس) which is (he studies)
- (T) as in (Tadrus تدرس) which is (she studies) and (you study),the context decides the meaning.
- (N) as in (Nadrus ندرس) which means (We study)

If you are a beginner or lower intermediate listener, then I believe that is enough since going to plural form would make it harder, make sure you are used to these ones first then you can delve into the others.
About Past tense verbs, you can search in the Lessons page for the word (pronoun) and you'll get a very well detailed lesson titled (Subject Pronouns with verbs) which has a lot of material to help you understand those pronouns that come with past tense verbs.

Bettawfeeq (good luck)

Shukran Ehab, that simple explanation has really helped me!
May Allah shower you, Mohammed and everyone else behind the creation of ArabicPod with blessings. You have really helped us all.
Jazakallahu khair
Salaam

assalaamu alaikum again...
I have another questio which is:
How do you know what the feminine words are that you have to add 'ah' to? also, I have listened to the subject pronouns with verbs, and found it very useful (thankyou for that), although I have noticed that some words end in 'ak', 'ik', 'uh', or 'uha'. Could you please explain what these all are? This would be most helpful.
Shukran

Wa 3alaykum assalaam again,
It is actually (ah) sound that normally makes the word feminine, simplest example is (6aaleb طالب) which is (male student) by adding the (ah) it becomes (female student) i.e 6aalebah طالبة.

About the pronouns you mentioned, I'll do the same by giving you the meaning so you understand them better:
ketaaby كتابي => my book
ketaabuh كتابه => his book
ketaabuha كتابها => her book
ketaabuka كتابكَ => your book (masculine)
ketaabuki كتابكِ => your book (feminine)

Two things to note, one is the last two pronouns are said very much different in colloquial where (your book-masculine) is (ketaabak) and (your book-feminine) is (ketaabik). The other thing to note is that all these pronouns are linked to nouns and not verbs.

Thanks for the du3a by the way.

Shukran Ehab! That was very helpful, inshaallah I will understand your lessons much easier now!
Jazakallah khair

Salaam 3alaykum! A short question rearding the word ماله which I do not find nd cannot explain by taking it apart. Would it possible to expand a little bit on ماله and its exact meaning?

Have a nice day!

Well, the word really is (ما) then (له), where (ما) is (what) and (له) is (to him), so we say it like (what is happening to him) and both words are fused together so it became (ماله).
Hope that makes it clear.

I got confused for using (Ed'aa)اذا (Idz)اذ (Ed'an)اذا
Can you give some explanation and example, please?

The word (id'aa إذا) means (if) and the word (id'an إذاً) means (then), as simple as that.
Couple of examples, you say (if you didn't study you would not pass إذا لم تدرس لن تنجح), and you say (Chickens don't fly, then chickens are not birds الدجاج لا يطير, إذاً الدجاج ليس من الطيور). Hope that is clear enough, apart from the last sentence as I know chickens are birds.

AM I correct in remembering that لغز was the word for riddle as well as quiz?