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Beginner - Art class

The ojective of this beginner podcast is asking whether someone's free in Arabic. Maybe you don't want to spend time with the person asking and need an excuse to brush them off (other than having to wash your hair), tune in to find a good reason. Or perhaps you really are busy, in which case the lesson has an example of an excuse which may well have a slight chance of applying to you (maybe?). In any case, listen in and learn many new and useful words.
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8 Comments

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    Sal says
    Fri 2nd May 08@10:22 pm

    Hello there;
    Thanks again for the nice lesson, can we say: alsa3a althamena wa thalatheen,, same as we do in English in saying eight thirty?
    Shokran
  • Ehab says
    Sat 3rd May 08@12:19 pm

    It is same as English, but you have to add the word (daqeeqa) which means (minute) after thalatheen, without (daqeeqa) it becomes wrong.
    By the way,, gramatically,, the word thalatheen should be thalathoon..In sharepoint there's a helpful piece of software called Alsaa3ah which helps you pronounce the correct time with all grammatical rules are applied.
  • Ulrike says
    Mon 23rd Feb 09@11:42 am

    Hello Ehab & Mohamed,
    I've got a question concerning the word for "eight":
    You said in this dialog ثامنة , I learned ثمانية .
    So one of them is more colloquial or a regional dialect?
    شكراً
  • Ehab says
    Mon 23rd Feb 09@07:22 pm

    Actually both are classical. It is just the meaning that differs:
    ثمانية means eight (8)
    ثامنة means eighth (8th)

    Hope it is clear.
  • Ulrike says
    Tue 24th Feb 09@10:17 am

    Aha, so in Arabic you use ordinal numbers (if that is the English word for it) when telling the time; the literal translation would be like "the eighth hour" - صح ؟
    Thank you.
  • Ehab says
    Tue 24th Feb 09@10:40 am

    Yes Ulrike, we use that system (eighth and a half) in saying the time JUST in classical Arabic (in the news for instance), while in the street, people just say eight and a half.

    If you have access to the Sharepoint, there is dedicated software (called Assa3ah) to read the time in classical Arabic.
  • izetim says
    Thu 16th Apr 09@07:57 am

    مرحبا
    Thanks for all the great pod's.
    I have been through all the biginner and am starting on the low intm.

    Best regards
    Tim
  • Basira says
    Sun 3rd Jan 10@06:27 pm

    Thank you so my much! I like art ! smile

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