ÿþ<HTML> <TITLE>Lesson 1  #GD'K (C AJ 'DB'G1)</TITLE> <HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <p align=center><font size=5 face="Tahoma">Lesson 1  #GD'K (C AJ 'DB'G1)</font></p> <a href=#a>Section A</a><br> <a href=#b>Section B</a><br> <a href=#c>Section C</a><br><p> <font size=3 face="Tahoma"> <a name=a>a) Conversation</a><br> <li>Someone has just arrived in Cairo. Listen to the conversation but do not look at the words while you are listening& <br> <li>Listen to the conversation again& what place names do you hear?<br> <li>Now read along with the conversation (remember Arabic is written from right to left)<br> <p align=right> <u>ARABIC SCRIPT</u><br> -'E/: 'D3D'E 9DJCE<br> F'51: H9DJCE 'D3D'E. 'D9AH H 'F* EJF<br> -'E/: #F' '3EJ -'E/ EG/J<br> F'51: H'F* EF E51<br> -'E/: (51'-G #F' EF 'E1JC'<br> F'51:H #GDC EFJF<br> -'E/: E'E' H ('(' GE' EF 'E1JC' (16H (3 E'E' '5DG' 'D91(J<br> F'51: 'G CHJ3<br> -'E/: H 'F* '3EC 'JG<br> F'51: #F' '3EJ F'51 E-E/. ('(' EF E51 H E'E' EF B71 (3 (F9J4 AJ E51 AJ E/JF) 'DB'G1)<br> -'E/: H C'E 9E1C<br> F'51: 9F/J *39G 941G 3FG. H 'F*<br> -'E/: H#F' CE'F.<br> </p> <p align=left><u>ARABIC TRANSLITERATION</u><br> Hamid: as-salaamu 3alaykum<br> Nasser: w 3alaykum as-salaam. el-afu bas enta miin?<br> Hamid: ana ismii Hamid mahdi<br> Nasser: enta miin maSr?<br> Hamid: beSaraHah ana min amriika<br> Nasser: w 'ahlak mniin?<br> Hamid: mama w baba miin amriika barDo bas mama aSl-a el-arabi<br> Nasser: ah. kowayis<br> Hamid: w ent? Ismak eh?<br> Nasser: ana ismii naSer moHamed. baba miin maSr w mama miin 'aTar bas ben3aysh fy maSr fy madinat el- ahirah<br> Hamid: w kaam 3andak?<br> Nasser: 3andee tis ah 3ashrah sinah. w enta?<br> Hamid: w ana kmaan<br> <br> <u>ENGLISH TRANSLATION</u><br> Hamid: May peace be upon you.<br> Nasser: And may peace be upon you. Excuse me but who are you?<br> Hamid: My name is Hamid Mahdi.<br> Nasser: Are you from Egypt?<br> Hamid: Actually, I m from America.<br> Nasser: From where is your family?<br> Hamid: My mom and dad are from America too but my mom has some Arab roots.<br> Nasser: Oh. That s nice.<br> Hamid: And you? What s your name?<br> Nasser: My name is Nasser Mohamed. My dad is from Egypt and my mom is from Qatar but we re living in Egypt in the city of Cairo.<br> Hamid: How old are you?<br> Nasser: I am nineteen years old and you?<br> Hamid: I am too.<br> <br> <u>VOCABULARY</u><br> <table align=center border=0 width=100%> <tr> <td width=200><b>English</b></td> <td width=200><b>Ar. Transliteration</b></td> <td width=200><b>Arabic</b></td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Nouns</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>I</td> <td width=200>ana</td> <td width=200>#F'</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>you (m)</td> <td width=200>enta</td> <td width=200>'F*</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>they both</td> <td width=200>huma</td> <td width=200>GE'</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>name</td> <td width=200>ism</td> <td width=200>'3E</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>America</td> <td width=200>amriika</td> <td width=200>'E1JC'</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Egypt</td> <td width=200>maSr</td> <td width=200>E51</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Qatar</td> <td width=200>'aTar</td> <td width=200>B71</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Cairo</td> <td width=200>el-'ahirah</td> <td width=200>'DB'G1)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>family</td> <td width=200>ahil</td> <td width=200>'GD</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>origin</td> <td width=200>aSl</td> <td width=200>'5D</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>city</td> <td width=200>madinah</td> <td width=200>E/JFG</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>year</td> <td width=200>sinah</td> <td width=200>3FG</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>ten</td> <td width=200>3ashr, 3ashrah</td> <td width=200>941  941G</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Arabic</td> <td width=200>el-3arabi, el-3arabiyah</td> <td width=200>'D91(J  'D91(JG</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Verbs</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>we are living</td> <td width=200>ben3aysh</td> <td width=200>(F9J4</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Grammatical Words</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>and</td> <td width=200>w</td> <td width=200>H</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>but</td> <td width=200>bas</td> <td width=200>(3</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>What (question word)</td> <td width=200>eh</td> <td width=200>'JG</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>I have</td> <td width=200>3andy</td> <td width=200>9F/J</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>also</td> <td width=200>kmaan</td> <td width=200>CE'F</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>mine</td> <td width=200>-ii</td> <td width=200>@J-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>yours (to a m)</td> <td width=200>-ak</td> <td width=200>@C-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>hers</td> <td width=200>-<b>h</b>a</td> <td width=200>@G'-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>in</td> <td width=200>fy</td> <td width=200>AJ</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Common Phrases</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>Oh</td> <td width=200>ah</td> <td width=200>'G</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>from</td> <td width=200>min</td> <td width=200>EF</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>who</td> <td width=200>miin</td> <td width=200>EJF</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>From where?</td> <td width=200>mniin?</td> <td width=200>EFJF</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>How nice</td> <td width=200>kwayis</td> <td width=200>CHJ3</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Actually</td> <td width=200>beSaraHah</td> <td width=200>(51-G</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Peace be upon you</td> <td width=200>as-salaam 3alaykum</td> <td width=200>'D3D'E 9DJCE</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>And upon you is peace</td> <td width=200>w 3alaykum as-salaam</td> <td width=200>H 9DJCE 'D3D'E</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>welcome to (to a m)</td> <td width=200>ahlan biik fy</td> <td width=200>#GD'K (C AJ</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>Me too</td> <td width=200>w ana kmaan</td> <td width=200>H'F' CE'F</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>And you?</td> <td width=200>w enta?</td> <td width=200>H'F*</td> </tr> </table> </p> <hr width=100%> <a name=b>b) Conjugating Verbs (Present Tense)</a><br> <ul>As with any language, you have to conjugate verbs in order to be understood. Verbs are of gender and number. For now we will discuss the present tense. We will use the word J9J4 (to live) and conjugate it's root letters (9 J 4)</ul> <table align=center border=0 width=100%> <tr> <td width=200><b>English</b></td> <td width=200><b>Ar. Transliteration</b></td> <td width=200><b>Arabic</b></td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>First Person</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>I am living</td> <td width=200>BE3aysh</td> <td width=200>(9J4</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>We are living</td> <td width=200>BEN3aysh</td> <td width=200>(F9J4</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Second Person</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>You are living m.</td> <td width=200>BET3aysh</td> <td width=200>(*9J4</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>You are living f.</td> <td width=200>BET3ayshY</td> <td width=200>(*9J4J</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>You are all living</td> <td width=200>BET3ayshU</td> <td width=200>(*9J4H'</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Third Person</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>He is living</td> <td width=200>BEY3aysh</td> <td width=200>(J9J4</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>She is living</td> <td width=200>BET3aysh</td> <td width=200>(*9J4</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>They are all living</td> <td width=200>BEY3ayshU</td> <td width=200>(J9J4H'</td> </tr> </table> <hr width=100%> <a name=c>c) Attached Pronouns</a><br> <ul>In Arabic, whenever people want to address another person, they add a suffix to the <font color=red>noun</font>, <font color=green>verb</font>, or <font color=blue>prepostion</font> that describes the person. for example:<br> "my <font color=red>book</font>" is written <font color=red>C*'(</font>J (<font color=red>ketab</font>EE)<br> "<font color=green>watch</font> me" is written <font color=green>4HA</font>FJ (<font color=green>shoof</font>NEE)<br> "<font color=blue>with</font> me" is written <font color=blue>E9'</font>J' (<font color=blue>m3a</font>YA)<br></ul><p> <table align=center border=0 width=100%> <tr> <td width=200><b>English</b></td> <td width=200><b>Ar. Transliteration</b></td> <td width=200><b>Arabic</b></td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>First Person</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>mine</td> <td width=200>-ee</td> <td width=200>@J-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>me (after a verb)</td> <td width=200>-nee</td> <td width=200>@FJ-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>me (after a preposition)</td> <td width=200>-ya</td> <td width=200>@J'-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>us/ours</td> <td width=200>-na</td> <td width=200>@F'-</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Second Person</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>you/yours m.</td> <td width=200>-ak</td> <td width=200>@C-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>you/yours f.</td> <td width=200>-ek</td> <td width=200>@C-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>you/yours f. (after a preposition)</td> <td width=200>-kee</td> <td width=200>@CJ-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>all of you</td> <td width=200>-kom</td> <td width=200>@CE-</td> </tr> <tr><td align=center>Third Person</td></tr> <tr> <td width=200>him/his</td> <td width=200>-o<b>h</b></td> <td width=200>@G-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>her/hers</td> <td width=200>-<b>h</b>a</td> <td width=200>@G'-</td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200>all of them</td> <td width=200>-<b>h</b>om</td> <td width=200>@GE-</td> </tr> </table> <ul>You might have notice the "h" is bold. You usually won't hear this letter unless a verb follows the suffix is immediately followed by a verb. G is pronounced very softly. So in the word '5DG' it sounds like "aSl-a". However if it comes in the middle of a word such as 'GD'K ahlan it is pronounced clearly.</ul><p> </font> </BODY> </HTML>