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Hi, everyone! My name is Peryhan and this is Arabic Top Words. Today, we have the top 10 hardest words to pronounce, as you can tell from the title. |
1. |
قهوة |
(ʾahwah) |
"coffee" |
For example, you can say - |
أنا بحب قهوتي سادة. |
(ʾanā baḥebb ʾahwetī sādah.) |
"I like my coffee without sugar or milk." |
For the word |
قهوة |
(ʾahwah) |
the action standard Arabic word is |
قهوة. |
(qahwah) |
with a little cough. But to ease it up, to make it easier to pronounce, we use the letter (ʾah). |
قهوة |
(ʾahwah). Sometimes for non-Arabic speakers, even the letter (ʾah) is kind of difficult to pronounce. That’s what makes it a little difficult. |
2. |
صبح |
(ṣobḥ) |
"morning" |
For example, |
أنا دايماً بكون مستعجلة الصبح. |
(ʾanā dāyman bakūn mistaʿǧilah al-ṣubḥ) |
"I'm always in a hurry in the morning." |
For the word |
صبح |
(ṣubḥ), |
lots of people cannot pronounce the letter |
ص |
(ṣ) |
And sometimes, you mix it with |
س |
(s), |
but morning, |
صبح |
(ṣobḥ) |
is with a |
ص |
(ṣ) |
صبح |
(ṣobḥ). |
3. |
زنجبيل |
(zangabīl) |
"ginger" |
زنجبيل |
(zangabīl) |
Is it? Yeah, it’s |
زنجبيل |
(zangabīl) |
"ginger" |
Sometimes, people mistake it for |
جنزبيل |
(ǧanzabīl) |
so please don’t make this mistake. Yeah, it’s |
زنجبيل |
(zangabīl). |
I have to talk. What a tongue twister. For example, you can say - |
الزنجبيل كويس عشان الكحة. |
(el-zangabīl kwayyes ʿašān el-koḥḥah.) |
"Ginger is good for a cough." |
If you put ginger with lemon, it’s even better for cough. |
4. |
أغنية |
(ʾoġneyyah) |
"song" |
تحب تسمع أغنية إيه؟ |
(teḥebb tesmaʿ ʾoġneyyeẗ ʾeīh?) |
"What kind of song would you like to listen to?" |
I think it’s mostly difficult because of the |
غ |
(ġ). |
5. |
مشغول |
(mašġūl) |
"busy" |
أنا مشغول أوي النهارده. |
(ʾanā mašġūl ʾawī el-nahārdah.) |
"I'm quite busy today." |
And I think it’s also because of the |
غ |
(ġ). |
6. |
سلحفة |
(solḥefāh) |
"turtle" |
Sometimes, people mix it with |
سحلفة |
(soḥlefah) |
أنا زمان كنت بربي سلحفة. |
(ʾanā zamān kont barabbī solḥefah.) |
Did I say it right? Yeah. |
"I used to take care of a turtle." |
7. |
امتحان |
(ʾemtaḥān) |
"exam" |
عندي امتحان بكرة. |
(ʿandī ʾemtaḥān bokrah.) |
"Tomorrow, I have an exam." |
8. |
احتلال |
(ʾeḥtelāl) |
"occupation" |
نهاية الاحتلال البريطاني في مصر كان سنة 1956. |
(nehāyah el-eḥtelāl el-brīṭānī fī maṣr kān sanat 1956.) |
"Termination of the British occupation in Egypt was in 1956." |
9. |
ربيع |
(rabīʿ) |
"spring" |
بيتميز فصل الربيع في مصر بإنه مليان عواصف رملية. |
(beyetmayyez faṣl el-rabīʿ fī maṣr bʾennoh malyān ʿawaāṣef ramleyyah.) |
"Spring, in Egypt, is known to have a lot of sand storms." |
Maybe |
ربيع |
(rabīʿ) |
is difficult because of the |
ع |
(ꞌ) |
so say |
ربيع |
(rabīʿ). |
10. |
خريف |
(ḫarīf) |
"fall or autumn" |
For example, you can say - |
بلبس جاكيت خفيف في الخريف. |
(balbes ǧāket ḫafīf fī el-ḫarīf.) |
This is a tongue twister. |
بلبس جاكيت خفيف في الخريف. |
(balbes ǧāket ḫafīf fī el-ḫarīf.) |
"I wear a light jacket in fall." |
Can I say it 10 times? |
بلبس جاكيت خفيف في الخريف. |
(balbes ǧāket ḫafīf fī el-ḫarīf.) |
Okay, that’s it everyone. I hope you enjoyed the video. Why don’t you comment below the most difficult word you had encountered while learning Arabic. Bye-bye! |
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