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Eastern Arabic I - Lesson 26
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This is Unit 26 of "Speak and Read Eastern Arabic." Listen to this Arabic conversation in which the speakers are talking about sports and setting up an appointment. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] There are a few new words in the conversation. Listen to it once more. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the verb you like addressed to a man? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask a man, do you like ice cream? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you ask a woman, do you like ice cream? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Here's the word for sports. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Suppose your Arab companion wants to know if you are interested in sports. How does she ask you, using the masculine form, do you like sports? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You answer, of course I like sports. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] There's a new word in this sentence, of course. Say it again. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, of course I like sports. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] But knowing that you are American, she asks you, if you like their version of football, which is known to Americans as soccer. Listen. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The sentence is literally, do you like football hours? You may remember the word for mine. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Here's ours. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say yours to a man? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say yours to a woman. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] This possessive pronoun often stands for the noun itself. But in the case of compound nouns like football, it is used after the noun. Here's the word for football or soccer by itself. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say football? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say our football, meaning the game. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] For simple nouns, the ending nah is used in the sense of our. Suppose you're showing your Syrian friend or host a picture of your family in which your car appears. How do you say this is our car? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The T sound preceding the nah ending is inserted when the noun is feminine. Say our car. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say my car? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say to a man, your car. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say to a woman, your car. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the word for buzz? Buzz. Buzz. Suppose you are outside the hotel about to go on an excursion. How do you ask your tour guide? Is that our buzz? Adak basna. Adak basna. Have you noticed that no T sound is inserted before the nah ending? This is because buzz is considered a masculine noun. Say our buzz again. Buzz na. Buzz na. Do you remember the word for hotel? Hotel. Hotel. Say our hotel. Hotel na. Hotel na. How do you ask, is this our hotel? Had the hotel na. Had the hotel na. How does a woman ask a man, do you like sports? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The man answers, yes, I like them. Note, however, that sports in Arabic is singular. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You already know how to say yes. Say it by itself. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say I like? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Since the word for sports is feminine, the ah ending is used for it. Say I like it, meaning I like sports. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say yes, I like it? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The verb has the B sound on its beginning, indicating that it is present tense. How do you ask a man, do you like tea? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask a woman, do you like tea? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] When this verb is followed by another verb immediately, as in you like to see, the following verb would be in its infinitive form. Ask a man, would you like to see our football? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] There is no word in the question for would. The context provides this meaning. Listen to the first two words, that is, the verb like and the infinitive to see. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Note that the infinitive does not have the B marker on its beginning as the first verb does. How would a man ask a woman? Would you like to see our football? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Note that both the verb and the following infinitive have an E ending, used when addressing a female. How do you say to a woman, you like to see? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, I like to see. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Here's the word for, of course, or certainly. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Now say, of course I'd like to see it. Remember that football is feminine, requiring the use of the A ending. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Your host says, OK, I'll order the tickets. Do you remember the word for OK or all right? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, OK. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the word for ticket? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, ticket again. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Here's the plural form of ticket. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say, tickets? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Your host says, OK, I will order the tickets. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] There's a new verb in this sentence. It's the one for order and is used with the future marker. Listen to it by itself. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say, I'll order the tickets? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You want to know when the game starts. First, here's the word for game. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] If you are referring to a specific game, you should insert an L sound on its beginning. Say, the game. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Now ask the man, when does the game start? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You may have noticed that the word for game is feminine because the verb has a T sound following the present tense B marker. Listen to the verb. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask once more. When does the game start? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The man answers. It starts at 2.30. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say 2.30? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] In the preceding phrase, the word for a clock is not used. If the context is clear, there is no need for it. Note the word sound used for and. Listen again to the phrase 2.30. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say 3.30? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say 4.30. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say 4.15. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the word for finish or end referring to a feminine thing? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Now ask your host. When does the game end? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Your host tells you that it ends at 4.15. How does he say that? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] He asks you where you'd like to meet with him. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does your host ask you where would you like to meet? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Suggest meeting at the hotel. Say, how about meeting at the hotel. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] She's literally saying, what do you think? Or, what's your opinion that we meet at the hotel? Say to a man the phrase for how about by itself. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Have you noticed the up ending used with masculine nouns? Ask a woman. How about meeting at the hotel? Remember to use the ick ending. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Since your hotel is out of your host's way, he suggests meeting in front of the stadium. Here's the word for stadium. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say stadium in Arabic? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] And here's the word for in front of. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Now say, in front of the stadium. Remember the L sound on the beginning of stadium for the definite article. Owning a rental property sounds like a dream. Collect a rent and relax. That is until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. First, do you need to conduct market research to understand local rental trends and determine a competitive rent price? Then there's cleaning, staging, repairs, and hiring a professional photographer. Next, develop a marketing strategy. List the property on rental sites. And schedule calendar showings. Oh, don't be a sweet answer for the information. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Sound complicated? Renters Warehouse is here to take the hard work off your rental to do with. Our job is complicated because it should be. We handle everything from marketing and showing your property to screening tenants and preparing the lease. Our best-in-class property management professionals take care of your property as if it were our own, from rent collection to maintenance coordination. All for one flat monthly fee. Go to Renters Warehouse.com for a free rental analysis to find out how much your home can rent for. Or call 303-974-9444 to speak with a rent estate advisor today. Because from now on, the only thing you need on your to-do list is to call Runners Warehouse. What's next? At Moss Adams, that question inspires us to help people and their businesses strategically define and claim their future. As one of America's leading accounting, consulting, and wealth management firms, our collaborative approach creates solutions for your unique business needs. We leverage industry-focused insights with the collective technical resources of our firm to elevate your performance, uncover opportunity, and move upward at Moss Adams.com. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask the woman, how about meeting in front of the stadium? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You find this all right. Now say, OK, what time? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Your host suggests 2 o'clock. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Suppose you are on the phone inquiring about the time the movie starts. How do you ask, when does the movie start? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] In response, you get a flood of Arabic. Ask the person on the other end to speak slowly. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Tell him also that you are a foreigner. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a man say, I'm a foreigner? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The man tells you that it starts at 6.30. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask him, when does it finish? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] He says at 9 o'clock. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Let's review some phrases you might need in dealing with officials and other people. How do you identify yourself as a tourist using the feminine form? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say that you are an American tourist. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say, I'm a Canadian tourist? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, I'm an English tourist. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a woman say, I'm a foreigner? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a man say, I'm a foreigner? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does he say, I'm a tourist? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, I'm an English tourist. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a man say, I'm an American tourist? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the word for passport? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, this is my passport. Remember that it is a masculine noun. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The form of this, which the woman has used, tells us that the noun is masculine. How do you say my visa? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, this is my visa. Remember that visa is a feminine noun. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the word for these or those? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] This word can be used for both feminine and masculine nouns. What's the word for papers or documents? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, these are my papers. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] An officer may ask you about your destination as a traveler. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Literally, he's asking the woman to where are you traveling? Listen again. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you ask a man, where are you traveling? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The officer may use the word for going. How do you ask a woman, where are you going? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Tell him that you are going to Aleppo. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a man say, I'm going to a man? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a woman say, I'm traveling to Baghdad? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Here's Baghdad by itself. The word contains the gargling sound similar to the Parisian R in French. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does someone ask a man, are you traveling by plane? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, by plane. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does a man say, I'm traveling by car? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask a woman, have you had breakfast? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, yes, I've had breakfast. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask a man, do you want to have breakfast? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, no, I'll have breakfast on the plane. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] In this sentence, the present tense is used with reference to future time. Say once more, I'll have breakfast on the plane. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Do you remember the word for sandwich? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Say, I want a sandwich. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How do you say popcorn in Arabic? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Suppose you are in your room in the hotel and the phone rings. What do you say to find out who is speaking? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] The man on the other hand speaks so fast that you can't understand him. Ask him to slow down. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] He turns out to be your Syrian host, asking you if you could get together tomorrow evening. Listen. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does your host say, how about meeting tomorrow evening? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You find this time appropriate. Say to him, OK. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Ask him, where would you like to meet? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] He says, in the restaurant, in front of the hotel. Listen. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] He's literally saying, in the restaurant, which is in front of the hotel, here's the word for which by itself. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How does the man say, in the restaurant, in front of the hotel? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Suppose, instead of the evening, your meeting was someone in the morning. What's the greeting you'll use? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] How will the other person respond? [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Owning a rental property sounds like a dream, until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. Determine a competitive rent price, market the property, schedule the showing screen tenants, drive the lease at a rent collection, handle maintenance request, maintain communication. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Sound complicated? Runner's warehouse is here to take the hard work off your rental to-do list. Qualify tenants, check. Rent collection, check. Maintenance coordination, you got it. Go to runnerswarehouse.com for a free rental analysis to find out how much your home can rent for. Or call 303-974-9444. Because from now on, the only thing you need on your to-do list is to call runners warehouse. What's next? At Moss Adams, that question inspires us to help people and their businesses strategically define and claim their future. As one of America's leading accounting, consulting, and wealth management firms, our collaborative approach creates solutions for your unique business needs. We leverage industry-focused insights with the collective technical resources of our firm to elevate your performance, uncover opportunity, and move upward at MossAtoms.com.