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<blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 1941987" data-attributes="member: 835">Let's start with the alphabet, and some greetings <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm</a> This is quite a good site, not only for Arabic, but for other languages as well. Can't easily use arabic script here, so I'll use a transliterated version. I can talk more about written Arabic if you want, but it may be a little difficutl over the web&nbsp;Format is Transliteration I use here on Enworld | name of the letter | Pronunciationa or aa (or e or i at the start of a word) | alif | usually &quot;a&quot; as in &quot;father&quot; or a drawn out a sound as in &quot;Salaam&quot;. Can also have a short &quot;i&quot; or &quot;e&quot; sound at the beginning of a word.&nbsp;b | ba | &quot;b&quot; as in &quot;ball&quot;t | ta | &quot;t&quot; as in &quot;tall&quot; th | tha | &quot;th&quot; as in &quot;think&quot; not as in &quot;that&quot; j or g | jeem| &quot;j&quot; as in &quot;job&quot;, or as pronounced in Egypt &quot;g&quot; as in &quot;go&quot; H | Ha| a forceful &quot;h&quot; with a breathy sound to the voice.kh | kha| A gutteral &quot;ch&quot; as in &quot;Loch&quot; or &quot;Chutzpah&quot;d | dal | a normal, unemphasized d as in &quot;dimple&quot;dh | dhal | &quot;th&quot; as in &quot;that&quot; not &quot;think&quot;r | ra | &quot;r&quot; as in &quot;rib&quot;z | za | &quot;z&quot; as in &quot;zoo&quot;s | seen| a normal unemphasized &quot;s&quot; as in &quot;sing&quot;sh | sheen | &quot;sh&quot; as in &quot;shine&quot;S | Sad | a heavy, forceful, s said with your tongue on the roof of your mouthD | Dad | a heavy, forceful, d said with your tongue on the roof of your mouthT | Ta | a heavy, forceful t, said with your tongue on the roof of your mouthZ | Zahd | A heavy forceful z, said with your tongue on the roof of your mouth'a | 'ayn | utterly foreign. raise your soft pallette as high as you can and say &quot;ah&quot;. gh | 'ghayn | imagine someone with an outrageous French accent saying &quot;Paris&quot; as &quot;Pair-ree&quot; The gutteral sound in the middle of the word is pretty close to the sound of the 'ghaynf | fa | f as in &quot;father&quot;q | qaf | close your throat off by bringing your tongue back, and say &quot;cough&quot;. k | kaf | Now say &quot;cough&quot; normally. That's the difference between qaf and kafl | lam | l as in &quot;look&quot;m | meem| m as in &quot;mom&quot;n | noon | n as in &quot;now&quot;h | ha | h as in &quot;happy&quot;w, u, or oo | waw | as the consonant &quot;w&quot; as in &quot;wow&quot;, the vowel o in &quot;wow&quot;, u in &quot;umbrella&quot;, oo in &quot;book&quot; or oo in &quot;loop&quot; y or ee | ya | y as in &quot;yam&quot; or &quot;many&quot;, or for any long e sound.' | hamsa | a glottal stop, as in a Cockney &quot;'ello&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;Greetings and pleasantries:marhaba = &quot;Hello&quot;keefal Halik = &quot;How are you?&quot; (formal)keefik = &quot;How are you?&quot; (casual)al-Hamdul-allah = &quot;I am fine&quot; (literally, &quot;God be praised!&quot;). can also mean exactly what it says: &quot;God be Praised&quot;es Salaam aleykum = &quot;Peace be upon you&quot;aleykum es Salaam = &quot;Upon you be peace&quot; (the response)Sabahal-kheer= &quot;Good morning&quot;Sabahal-noor = &quot;Good Morning&quot; (the response to &quot;Sabahal-kheer&quot;)masaa'al-noor = &quot;Good Afternoon&quot; or &quot;Good Evening&quot;ma Salaama = &quot;Good bye&quot; (&quot;Peace be yours&quot;)ma ismik = &quot;What is your name?&quot; (asked of a man)ma ismak = &quot;What is your name?&quot; (asked of a woman)ismee______ = &quot;My name is ________&quot;min fadlik = &quot;please&quot;shokran = &quot;thank you&quot;Tayeb = &quot;Ok&quot;na'am = &quot;yes&quot;leh = &quot;no&quot;ismalee = &quot;Excuse me&quot;ya _________= &quot;Hey ___________&quot; Used to get someone's attention, and always used right before a name. So, &quot;ya muHammed&quot; = &quot;hey Muhammed&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maerdwyn, post: 1941987, member: 835"] Let's start with the alphabet, and some greetings :) [url="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm"]http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm[/url] This is quite a good site, not only for Arabic, but for other languages as well. Can't easily use arabic script here, so I'll use a transliterated version. I can talk more about written Arabic if you want, but it may be a little difficutl over the web Format is Transliteration I use here on Enworld | name of the letter | Pronunciation a or aa (or e or i at the start of a word) | alif | usually "a" as in "father" or a drawn out a sound as in "Salaam". Can also have a short "i" or "e" sound at the beginning of a word. b | ba | "b" as in "ball" t | ta | "t" as in "tall" th | tha | "th" as in "think" not as in "that" j or g | jeem| "j" as in "job", or as pronounced in Egypt "g" as in "go" H | Ha| a forceful "h" with a breathy sound to the voice. kh | kha| A gutteral "ch" as in "Loch" or "Chutzpah" d | dal | a normal, unemphasized d as in "dimple" dh | dhal | "th" as in "that" not "think" r | ra | "r" as in "rib" z | za | "z" as in "zoo" s | seen| a normal unemphasized "s" as in "sing" sh | sheen | "sh" as in "shine" S | Sad | a heavy, forceful, s said with your tongue on the roof of your mouth D | Dad | a heavy, forceful, d said with your tongue on the roof of your mouth T | Ta | a heavy, forceful t, said with your tongue on the roof of your mouth Z | Zahd | A heavy forceful z, said with your tongue on the roof of your mouth 'a | 'ayn | utterly foreign. raise your soft pallette as high as you can and say "ah". gh | 'ghayn | imagine someone with an outrageous French accent saying "Paris" as "Pair-ree" The gutteral sound in the middle of the word is pretty close to the sound of the 'ghayn f | fa | f as in "father" q | qaf | close your throat off by bringing your tongue back, and say "cough". k | kaf | Now say "cough" normally. That's the difference between qaf and kaf l | lam | l as in "look" m | meem| m as in "mom" n | noon | n as in "now" h | ha | h as in "happy" w, u, or oo | waw | as the consonant "w" as in "wow", the vowel o in "wow", u in "umbrella", oo in "book" or oo in "loop" y or ee | ya | y as in "yam" or "many", or for any long e sound. ' | hamsa | a glottal stop, as in a Cockney "[b]'ello[/b]" Greetings and pleasantries: marhaba = "Hello" keefal Halik = "How are you?" (formal) keefik = "How are you?" (casual) al-Hamdul-allah = "I am fine" (literally, "God be praised!"). can also mean exactly what it says: "God be Praised" es Salaam aleykum = "Peace be upon you" aleykum es Salaam = "Upon you be peace" (the response) Sabahal-kheer= "Good morning" Sabahal-noor = "Good Morning" (the response to "Sabahal-kheer") masaa'al-noor = "Good Afternoon" or "Good Evening" ma Salaama = "Good bye" ("Peace be yours") ma ismik = "What is your name?" (asked of a man) ma ismak = "What is your name?" (asked of a woman) ismee______ = "My name is ________" min fadlik = "please" shokran = "thank you" Tayeb = "Ok" na'am = "yes" leh = "no" ismalee = "Excuse me" ya _________= "Hey ___________" Used to get someone's attention, and always used right before a name. So, "ya muHammed" = "hey Muhammed" [/QUOTE]

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