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Today’s lesson is going to be very useful during your trip to any Arabic-speaking country. There will be countless occasions when you can meet new people . It will be up to you to either timidly stand in the back of the room, or step right up and get to know the people around you. Give your confidence a boost and learn how to introduce yourself in Arabic! Better yet, if you’re going to Morocco, you can learn how to do it in the local dialect and sound like a Moroccan. The beginning of this Series provides you the perfect opportunity to start learning Arabic today. Be sure to check out the Learning Center for Lesson Specific Tools and general Reference Material.



This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

8 Responses to “Newbie #3 - What’s Your Name?”

ArabicPod101.com says:

Marhaban, My fiance’s family speaks Egyptian Arabic, so I am trying to learn some Arabic, too. How do you say “What’s your name?” in Egyptian Arabic? Also, I have been hearing “anaa kaman” for “me, too,” not “anaa ayDan.” Is the former a regional variation? Shukran!

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Timothy says:

marHaban Kelly,

I also learned kamaan as the word for “too”, but I’ve never seen it written and Danya and May tell me it’s “slang”….a spoken variety of Arabic.

ما إسمك؟ - maasmak? - What is your name?
إسمك أيه؟ - ‘ismik/’ismak ayh? - What’s your name? (Lit. Your name, which is it?)

I’ve only heard the first phrase, but I found the second in an Egyptian phrasebook. Perhaps Fawzy could verify.

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Rich Like Us says:

You are right in what you have said. I was only thinking this the other day but I think I will now dig a little deeper. Not sure what the last guy meant though!

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Yahoouj says:

Really good work about this website was done. Keep trying more - thanks!

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Michael says:

I am using these lessons to re-inforce things I am learning in class, as well as advance my knowledge of Arabic. I love the lessons. They are very thorough and helpful. Sukran!

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Woody says:

Dear Arabic Linguist,

Unfortunately, the coloquial Arabic for this lesson, and for previous lessons, is incorect. Someone has just repeated the standard Arabic recording eventhough the colloquial Arabic is spelled out. This is a gross error. Can this not be corrected?

Thanks,

Woody

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Jacqueline says:

I ‘ve been in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) in november and frequently I heard’ ismak/ismik ayh?’
And also: ’tishrab ayh?’ (What would you like to drink?) and ‘amil ayh?’ (How are you?)
So I think the spoken language is very different from the standard Arabic and it depends in what region you are.

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khatera says:

reallllllllllllllllllllllly nice job, i like this website so much, JAZAKALLAH KHAIR, :razz: :smile:

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