Learn Arabic
Eastern Arabic I - Lesson 1
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Listen to this Arabic conversation. In the next few minutes, you will learn not only to understand this conversation, but to take part in it yourself. Imagine an American man sitting near a young Syrian woman in someone's home or in a cafe. He wants to begin a conversation, so he says, "aflun." This is the Arabic word for "excuse me." The speaker is going to repeat this word again. Repeat after him, trying to make your pronunciation sound exactly like his. Be sure to repeat aloud. "aflun." "aflun." "aflun." How do you say, "excuse me" in Arabic? "aflun." "aflun." "aflun." "aflun." Once again, how do you say, "excuse me" in Arabic? "aflun." "aflun." Now the gentleman wants to ask the young Syrian woman if she speaks English. First, here's the word "English." Listen and repeat. "engleasy." "engleasy." How do you say, "English?" "engleasy." "engleasy." "Say, "excuse me." "aflun." "aflun." "Say, "excuse me." "aflun." You should repeat each response after the speaker, trying to make your pronunciation sound like his. "Say, "excuse me" again. "aflun." "aflun." Now he wants to ask, "Do you speak English?" Here's the phrase, "you speak." "deki." "deki." The word has two consecutive consonants at the beginning, B and T. Say, "you speak" again. "deki." "deki." How do you say, "you speak?" "deki." "deki." "deki." Do you remember how to say, "English?" "engleasy." "engleasy." Forming a question in Arabic can be done simply by rising intonation. Any statement can be made into a question by rising intonation. Listen to the question, "Do you speak English?" "deki ingleasy." "deki ingleasy." Ask someone, "Do you speak English?" "deki ingleasy." "deki ingleasy." "Say, "excuse me." "aflun." "aflun." Here's the complete phrase, "excuse me." "Do you speak English?" "aflun." "deki ingleasy." "deki ingleasy." "deki ingleasy." The young woman answers, "no, I don't speak English." "deki ingleasy." "deki ingleasy." "deki ingleasy." First, say the word for "no." This word ends in a sound similar to the one found at the beginning of the English word above. Say the word for "no" again. "la." "la." Here's how to say "I" in Arabic. "ana." "ana." Do you remember how to say "you speak?" "deki ingleasy." Here's how to say "I speak" in Arabic. "beshki." "beshki." Note that you do not need to use the words for "I" with the verb. The form of the verb contains the meaning "I speak." Using the word for "I" with the verb results either in extra emphasis or redundancy. Say "I speak." "beshki." "beshki." Compare "you speak" with "I speak." First say "you speak." Note there is no word for "you." "beshki." Now say "I speak." "beshki." Listen to the young woman say "no, I don't speak English." "la." "ma beshki ingleasy." Repeat the sentence after her word-by-word starting from the end. Now say "I speak" with "I speak" with "I speak" with "I speak" with "I speak." "la." How do you say "no" in Arabic? Listen and repeat. "la." How do you say "I don't speak English?" "ma beshki ingleasy." "ma beshki ingleasy." The negative particle preceding the verb is used to negate verbs, which is almost equivalent to "don't." How do you say "I don't speak?" "ma beshki." "ma beshki." How would the woman say "I don't speak English?" "ma beshki ingleasy." "ma beshki ingleasy." The man says "I speak a little Arabic." "bekhki alabishwai." "bekhki alabishwai." The word for "a little" is the last word in the sentence. Listen again. "bekhki alabishwai." "bekhki alabishwai." Listen to the word "a little." Let's repeat the whole sentence from the end word by word after the speaker. "bekhki alabishwai." Now the young woman wants to ask the man, "Are you an American?" Here's how you say "you are" to a man. In fact, she'll be saying the word "you" only because there is no word for "are" in Arabic in this context. "inte" say "you are" to a man. "inte" here's the word for American. "amirki" how do you say American? "amirki" how would a woman ask a man, "are you an American?" "inte" "amirki" Literally, she is asking, "you American?" There's no "are" in this Arabic sentence. "Are you an American?" sounds like this. "inte" "amirki" The man answers, "yes, I'm an American. Are you Syrian?" Listen. "nam an amirki" "inte suriye" "nam an amirki" "inte suriye" Let's repeat the first part of the response, "yes, I'm an American." "nam an amirki" "nam an amirki" Now ask the lady, "are you Syrian?" "inte suriye" "inte suriye" How does a man say, "I'm an American?" "nam an amirki" "nam an amirki" How do you ask a woman if she is Syrian? "inte suriye" "inte suriye" What's the word for "yes" again? "nam" "nam" Remember that there is no word for "are" in the Arabic question, "are you Syrian?" The man is literally saying, "you Syrian?" Neither is there an indefinite article like "a" and "an" as in "a Canadian" and "an American." "inte suriye" "inte suriye" Here's how to say "you are" or "you" to a woman. "inte" "inte" How do you say "you" to a woman? "inte" "inte" Here's the word for "Syrian" addressed to a woman. " suriye" " suriye" Ask a woman, "are you Syrian?" "inte suriye" "inte suriye" Do you remember the word for "you" addressed to a man? "inte" "inte" Let's compare the pronoun "you" addressed to a woman with that addressed to a man. Listen to the last syllable. "inte" "inte" Here's the pronoun for "you" addressed to a man. "inte" "inte" How do you ask a man if he is Syrian? "inte suri" "inte suri" What's the word for Syrian addressed to a man? " suri" " suri" What's the word for Syrian addressed to a woman? " suriye" " suriye" Compare the word Syrian addressed to a man with that addressed to a woman. Note that when addressing a woman, you have three syllables. For a man, there are only two. " suri" " suriye" Ask a woman, "are you Syrian?" "inte suriye" "inte suriye" Note that the word for "you" addressed to a woman is different from the one addressed to a man. Listen to the word for "you" addressed to a woman. "inte" "inte" Do you remember the word for "you" addressed to a man? "inte" "inte" Once more ask a woman, "are you Syrian?" "inte suriye" "inte suriye" The woman answers, "yes, I'm Syrian." "nam" "anasuriye" "nam" "anasuriye" How do you say "yes" in Arabic? "nam" "nam" If you are a woman, here's how to say "I'm an American." "anamirkiye" "anamirkiye" Here's how you say "I'm an American" if you are a man. "anamirkiye" Now sit back and listen to an Arabic conversation, the same one you heard at the beginning of this tape, less than 20 minutes ago. "afu'an, tekhinglizi?" "nam, tekhinglizi?" Listen again. "afu'an, tekhinglizi?" "nam, tekhinglizi?" Now imagine that you are the person sitting next to the young Syrian woman. You want to begin a conversation, so what do you say? "afu'an, tekhinglizi?" She doesn't answer, so try to ask her if she speaks English. "abtekhinglizi?" "abtekhinglizi?" She answers "no." "la" "la" How does she tell you she doesn't speak English? "mabtekhinglizi?" "mabtekhinglizi?" How does she ask you? Do you speak Arabic? "dekhyadabi?" "dekhyadabi?" Tell her you speak a little Arabic. "dekhyadabishwi?" "dekhyadabishwi?" She wants to ask you if you're an American. How does she say it? "dekhyadabishwi?" "dekhyadabishwi?" Tell her yes. "nam." "nam." She'll ask you a question. Try to answer it truthfully. "dekhyadabi?" "dekhyadabi?" You should answer. "dekhyadabishwi?" "dekhyadabishwi?" And that's true. Now you do speak a little Arabic. Don't be concerned if you have not made every response correctly. All that you have learned here will be reviewed in future units. If you have mastered about 80% of the material, you are ready to move on. Otherwise, you should invest another 20 minutes in doing this unit over again. 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