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Hi;
I heard before that you can use (Ar3'ab fee) to mean (I want) and (Ar3'ab 3an) to mean (I don't want),, is that true,, noticed you've used it in the exercise (Fill the gaps) but could not find any resource about it to confirm.
Shokran

It is absolutely true ArabicBoy;
Ar3'ab (أرغب) always depends on what comes after it. If it is followed by (fee - في) then it means (I want), and if it is followed by (3an - عن)then it means (I do not want).
Good point ArabicBoy.

question on the transcription of 100 : is this the correct way to write 100 in arabic ?
cheers

Yes, you can write a 100 in Arabic as مائة but you can also write it as مئة

As a test I searched google for مائة and it returned 2,780,000 and when I searched for مئة it returned 1,240,000 results. So they're both widely used

this is a very useful lesson. fortunantly,I was familiar with a lot of it so i appreciate the reinforcement. شوكرا

thanks for the prompt answer - you' doing a great job guys.
Would like to use the arabic keybord but it starts of on the left site of the paper , how do i do?
cheers

sorry lads , i did find out how to handle - in fact very easy once you know( like every new thing no)


مع السامة

A good lesson with useful dialogue.
Can you explain why "layla " is singular when asking how many nights and plural when saying 5 nights?
Thanks for your great explanations and entertaining podcasts.

Hi again guys,
No need to explain about "layla" being singular, you explained about use of singular after "kam" in podcast 44, English menu! I only just listened to that one.

Great you did.. by the way, congratulations for winning the 3 months premium subscription .

Gentlemen, it seems that you use "3" to render both "AYN" (as in 3ndana) and "GHAYN" (as in 3urfa). Am I missing something or is it an oversight? I have noticed that in quite a few other lessons as well.

Hay exungui,
We use "3" to represent the Arabic letter ع (Ayn)
We use "3'" (notice apostrophe) to represent غ (Ghayn)
3 -> ع
3' -> غ

you are doing a great job.
how can we ask for a discount ?
how do we request a room with a view of the mountains or sea maybe? thanks

@Ahsan, the word for discount is (7'a9m خصم), so you could simply ask:
هل هناك خصم؟(Is there a discount?)
As for the view request, you need to use the word (mu6il مطل) which means (in the direction of, or facing), so the request will be:
أريد غرفة مطلة على البحر (I want a room that is in the direction of/facing the sea) and of course you can swap (the sea) with (mountains) which is (aljibaal الجبل).
Hope that helps

Here is my attempt at a dialogue using some of this vocabulary. :

صباح الخير, اريد ان احجز غرفة لواحد شخص. هل هناك غرفة مطلة على البحر

ليس غرفة مطلة على البحر. لكن هناك غرفة مطلة على جبل

هل هناك خصم

اسف

خلاص, قبلت.

-Good morning, I want to book a room for one person. Is there a room facing the sea?
-There isn't a room facing the sea. But there's a room facing the mountains.
Can I have a discount?
Sorry.
OK, I'll take it.

In the 2nd line of my above attempt, I think the negative should be feminine (to match the noun). So here's a 2nd attempt:

صباح الخير, اريد ان احجز غرفة, لواحد شخص. هل هناك غرفة مطلة على البحر

ليست غرفة مطلة على البحر. لكن هناك غرفة مطلة على جبل

من فضلك, هل هناك خصم

اسف, ليس خصم

ما في مشكلة, قبلت

حسنا, اسمحلي اخذ تفاصيلك

-Good morning, I want to book a room for one person. Is there a room facing the sea?
-There isn't a room facing the sea. But there's a room facing the mountains.
-Please, could I have a discount?
-Sorry, there's no discount.
-No problem, I'll take it.
-Ok, let me take your details