Originally Posted by marjo1988

hiiii everybody plzz i need some translation in lebanese dialect:

- last night, people has stolen in my car !! she wasn't closed but the lock is broken

Embare7 bel layl seyarti ensar2at, ma kanat msakare bas el efl kan maksoor

- they has stolen my radio and my flag, that was in the back of my car

sara2o el radio wel 3alam, kan wara bel sayara

- There are too much of Raider

Fi kteer raider?

- Since a few months, I have only problems

men abl kam shahar w ana bas 3indi mashakel

hahaha mercii la elik Viva !! anyway forget the word "raider" no matter maybe i can say this sentence in french

Originally Posted by marjo1988

hahaha mercii la elik Viva !! anyway forget the word "raider" no matter maybe i can say this sentence in french

haha sorry ma fhemt, asdek kteer 7aramiye? many theives?

Originally Posted by VivaPalestina

haha sorry ma fhemt, asdek kteer 7aramiye? many theives?

actually ehh 7aramiye heheh in french "voleurs" 7abibti

Originally Posted by bollyking

Shukran jezilan 3llawi I know that must have taken some time to go through, I appreciate it!

Not a problem

to say, "I am fine" or "fine", what is the difference between: "Ana tayyib" and "ana bil khair"?

Originally Posted by bollyking

to say, "I am fine" or "fine", what is the difference between: "Ana tayyib" and "ana bil khair"?

It depends on dialect you choose

ana kwayyes,ana mnee7,ana tamaam ,ana bekhayyr =all mean "I am fine"

When you wanna say just "Fine" you can say"Tab" or Tayyeb(as u mentioned)

Originally Posted by CZAREK2581

It depends on dialect you choose

ana kwayyes,ana mnee7,ana tamaam ,ana bekhayyr =all mean "I am fine"

When you wanna say just "Fine" you can say"Tab" or Tayyeb(as u mentioned)

Thanks very much! Which one of them is Fus7a or Khalij?

Originally Posted by bollyking

Thanks very much! Which one of them is Fus7a or Khalij?

Tmam -bkhair: all dialect says it
zain : khalij
kways : Egypet
minh : Lebanese & Surya
mlih : morocco- Tunisia not all of them says mlih they say minh too

This might sound like a daft question:

But I started using the rosetta stone software to learn arabic. I notice when words are written in arabic, the vowels (eg, the fatHa, damma, kasra) along with the sukun, all appear in the word. But when I look up those same words in a dictionary, either those vowel symbols are totally absent or there are just dots.

Can anyone tell me why this is the case? Do people just know how to pronounce the word without the vowel being written? It seems like its hard to learn how to say it otherwise.

Sorry if thats confusing.

Originally Posted by bollyking

This might sound like a daft question:

But I started using the rosetta stone software to learn arabic. I notice when words are written in arabic, the vowels (eg, the fatHa, damma, kasra) along with the sukun, all appear in the word. But when I look up those same words in a dictionary, either those vowel symbols are totally absent or there are just dots.

Can anyone tell me why this is the case? Do people just know how to pronounce the word without the vowel being written? It seems like its hard to learn how to say it otherwise.

Sorry if thats confusing.

let me tell you something
Arabic is the most complicated language in the world
these vowels they change the pronounce
Arabic is very accurate language that's why it's the Qur'an language
it's so accurate that the changing in vowels can change the entire meaning
for example:

كُتب-كَتَبَ

كُتب = Kutub = Books

كَتَبَ = ka-ta-ba = wrote



we Arab's there are allots of things that we don't understand
so my advice to you don't learn Fusha because people doesn't speak Fusha
unless you want to read poetry

Originally Posted by bollyking

This might sound like a daft question:

But I started using the rosetta stone software to learn arabic. I notice when words are written in arabic, the vowels (eg, the fatHa, damma, kasra) along with the sukun, all appear in the word. But when I look up those same words in a dictionary, either those vowel symbols are totally absent or there are just dots.

Can anyone tell me why this is the case? Do people just know how to pronounce the word without the vowel being written? It seems like its hard to learn how to say it otherwise.

Sorry if thats confusing.

we normally read without using vowels as you said
but these vowels are important for beginners in arabic language

for example

ana oreed
أنا أريد
i want

a n a - a is instead of fat-ha
n - u can spell it as na coz another a follow n
so naturally its like fat-ha

o r e e d

O - its as you spell it like there is a damma above it
so by time you will not have to write the vowel damma above it
as you already knew how to spell it

ree here like there is kasra

last letter D in the word ''oreed''

there is a sukoon coz its last word and its silent

we Arab's there are allots of things that we don't understand
so my advice to you don't learn Fusha because people doesn't speak Fusha
unless you want to read poetry

Sorry but who wants to learn arabic should start in fus7a thats a fact
even if its not easy but its the right way to learn

else no one would learn arabic 'cause there is many dialects and it wont be helpful
beside even arabs when they enter school they start to learn fus7a
not study an accent ..

so am sorry to say your advice isnt good one

Originally Posted by Maviii

Sorry but who wants to learn arabic should start in fus7a thats a fact
even if its not easy but its the right way to learn

else no one would learn arabic 'cause there is many dialects and it wont be helpful
beside even arabs when they enter school they start to learn fus7a
not study an accent ..

so am sorry to say your advice isnt good one

every body start learning Arabic with dialects nobody starts with fus7a ?!!
u learn fus7a from school . T.V , News Paper...etc
besides nobody speaks fus7a and basically most the dialects word are twisted from fus7a

Aye khoda, well, Id like to learn gulf arabic (khalij?) and thought fus7a was a good standard for that. Id rather not speak with a lot of lebanese/egyptian/magrehbi slang. Its just such a minefield because sometimes books, music, movies etc, you dont know what type of arabic is being used and dont know what you're learning.

I think that its going to be a while before I can read arabic on a computer. The font is so small that I sometimes cant make heads or tails of what is written; I guess the proper sequence would be to learn how to write with vowels and all, then learn to read, then learn to read without all the vowels.

I tried learning arabic last year without learning the script and I was never able to understand the grammar rules. So this time I'm starting from scratch and learning the script. Its going to be slow im sure, but I hope its worth it in the end.

Thanks all for your help!

m3lsh ya eman
mizo enta w7shni fsh5..!! Kois el7 enta 3aml a ?? W hashofk emta ??






Thank uuuuu

Originally Posted by Daydream

Here you go dear :

Person A - we hia b3d kda t3malo fil bit m3a s7abh
And after that she can do it in the house with her friends

Person B - اهاحلو بردو
Uh-huh that's nice

Person A - flos ua hna
we ana zako
Cash and bliss
and I am zako

Person B - زاكو ايه
What's zako?

Person A - u3ny moflas
hhhhhhh
Means I'm broke
hahahaha

Person B - هههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه
hahahaha

Person A - a7na 3izin nlaky flat so3'ir el agar bta3o r7'is
we naksam kol 7ga mabana
3lashan nkder
We wanna find a small flat (apartment) with cheap rent
And split everything between us
So that we can afford it

Person B - يااااااااااااارب ان شاء الله
ربنا يكرمك يارب
God willing! Wish you the best
May God bless the two of you

Person A - n7awish we nigib bet liko
we ba3d kda fshof hn3mal ah
We will save up and buy a house for you [guys] as well
And after that we will see what we'll do

Person B - ربنا يوفقك يارب
هى عارفه
انت بتعمل ايه
May God bless you
Does she know
What you are doing?

Person A - ah akid
hia bamana
Yes of course
She is secure

Person B - ان شاء الله ربنا يتمم لكو على خير
By the grace of God you will both continue on to be happy

Person A - fil 7kaia dy
kwaisa gdan
min albah
In this aspect
It's great
Her heart

Person B - الحمدلله
Praise God

Person A - mash zay nas
Unlike other people

Person B - ههههههههههههههههههههههه
hahahaha

Person A - ana bakolk bgad
3n tgraba
I'm speaking seriously
From experience

Person B - ايواااا يا سمسمه
ههههههههههه ه
Alright SemSem*
hahahaha
Semsem is a nickname also means Sesame lol

Person A - ad3ily
ahlah
usahlo
mash u3kado
Make a supplication for me
That her folks
Make it easier for us
And not make it more difficult

Person B - ربنا يوفقك ييسر امورك
يارب
May the Lord help you both and simplify your path
O Lord

Person A - ya rab
lan ahlah
mafish 7d bifhamh
O Lord [please]
Because her folks
No one understands her

Person B - ربنا بسهل
May the Lord make it easy

Person A - wanty 3rfa
And you know

Person B - ما تقلقش
Don't worry

Person A - ya rab
O Lord [please]

Person B - عارفه ايه
What do I know?

Person A - lam el ahel ukona w7shin
ll ban bzat
badwer 3la 7d us3dha
we dy aw7ash 7ga fil ahel
When the family is difficult
To the girl especially
Looking for someone to make her happy
And this is the worst trait about [most] families

Person B - اها
Uh-huh

Person A - raban ustorna
May God help us

Person B - ياااااااااااااااارب
خليك وراهم
O Loooord [please]
Keep on their toes

Person A - wara min
Whose toes?

Person B - لحد ما يوفقو
ههههههههههههههههههههه
بتعمل ايه
Until they approve
hahahaha
What are you doing?

Person A - hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
bakalm aneesa
hahahaha
I'm talking to Aneesa

Person B - هههههههههههههههههههه
hahaha

Person A - gabna sirat el kot
We mentioned the cat

Person B - جه ينط هههههههههههههههههههههههه
It came jumping hahahaha

Person A - hhhhhhhh
hahahaha

omggggggggggggggggggggg thankyou so so so much SHOKRAN this has made my day!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by 3llawi

every body start learning Arabic with dialects nobody starts with fus7a ?!!
u learn fus7a from school . T.V , News Paper...etc
besides nobody speaks fus7a and basically most the dialects word are twisted from fus7a

well i would agree with you if that only include conversation or something like that
but well it wont help them out when they are behind computers
coz they need to know how to read and write which is the 1rst basic step
in da whole world

if you cannot read - you wont be able to write or talk
and fus7a is used in books ..news..tv...and the other stuff

who learn fus7a can learn other dialects easily coz 1rst of all they know the basic
standard classic language ..got it !!

Originally Posted by Maviii

well i would agree with you if that only include conversation or something like that
but well it wont help them out when they are behind computers
coz they need to know how to read and write which is the 1rst basic step
in da whole world

if you cannot read - you wont be able to write or talk
and fus7a is used in books ..news..tv...and the other stuff

who learn fus7a can learn other dialects easily coz 1rst of all they know the basic
standard classic language ..got it !!

yup, I agree with you... It's good for non-arab to study fus7a 1st rather than dialects one... fus7a is make your day... you can understand news, paper, reading the book... i didn't understand french, but french movie with arabic subtitle make me understand it (not most, because i'm not very good in arabic)

yeah, its hard to find an arab who can talk fus7a with you... but there's some of them speak very closely to fus7a.... so fus7a is not bad I think

Originally Posted by Maviii

well i would agree with you if that only include conversation or something like that
but well it wont help them out when they are behind computers
coz they need to know how to read and write which is the 1rst basic step
in da whole world

if you cannot read - you wont be able to write or talk
and fus7a is used in books ..news..tv...and the other stuff

who learn fus7a can learn other dialects easily coz 1rst of all they know the basic
standard classic language ..got it !!

GOT IT ?!! :rolleyes
i said that already that fus7a used in tv,newss :rolleyes
and no argument about reading & writting
But my point is he needs years 2 master Arabic then he will be happy 2 understand the news and totally in shock when he founds out he can't understand what people says enough after these years