ArabicPod Mobile Lesson: Turn the page

Beginner - Turn the page

A student is often asked to 'Turn the page' by the teacher, and as you embark on your journey of learning Arabic, you will need to know how this common phrase is said in Arabic. This dialogue will provide you with a conversation of one person asking another to do just that ('Turn the page'). So don't get stuck if your Arabic teacher tells you 'Iqlib al-9af7ah' and be ready to do exactly as they ask!

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tetraclinix says

Sat 26th Jul 08@10:23 am

Hi all:
Why the word "page" when it is following the word في in the lesson does not take the kasra?

Thank you.

Ehab says

Sat 26th Jul 08@04:02 pm

Ahlain Tetraclinix;
We don't use 7arakaat in the transcript because this is the reality of Arabic texts in newspapers or in books. We are trying to be realistic as much as possible in teaching Arabic.
The word "صفحة" in this lesson is simplified to make it easy to beginners, if I want to make it more classical I would have used "ال" in the beginning and add kasra (as you said) in the end, like (الصفحةِ).

tetraclinix says

Mon 28th Jul 08@02:59 pm

Hello:
Thank you for the response, I am just a new beginer so my questions may seem very simple for you (sorry).
I am learning thanks to guys like you that share this knowledge to the others.
Thank you again.

mudy says

Sun 24th Aug 08@07:38 pm

عزيزي إيهاب :

لغة الصحافة معظم الأحيان مليئة بالأخطاء وغير منقحة لذا يجب أن لاتكون هدفا لكم وارجو ان تلتمسوا لغة فصيحة سهلة وبسيطة وقريبة من الاستعمال اليومي للغة العربية الفصحية تنبذ الكلمات الصعبة وتلوذ بالمفردات السهلة قراءة وكتابة وأن يكون منهجكم واضحاوكذلك الأهداف في الدرس أو الوحدة تعليمية

gordlonious says

Sun 22nd Jan 17@02:35 am

I thought Saad was a sun letter. Why is the ل pronounced in الصفحة?

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