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Hi everyone I'm Peryhan, and this is Egyptian Arabic weekly words. So let's get started! Today's lesson is about Studying a language, fun fun fun!

اسم

(ʾeesm) "noun"

And we can say, since we're studying Arabic,

اللغة العربية كل الأسماء فيها إما مذكرة أو مؤنثة.

(ālluġah el-ʿarabeyyah kullu el-ʾasmāʾ fīhā ʾemmā muḏakkarah ʾaw muʾuannaṯah.)

"In the Arabic language, all nouns are either masculine or feminine."

تعلم

(tetʿallam) “to learn"

and in the dialect it’s

يتعلم

(yetʿallem)

So for example you can say

من السهل إنك تتعلم لغة وإنت صغير.

(men el-sahl ʾeennak tetʿallam luġah ūʾenta ṣuġayyar.)

"It's easier to learn a language when you're young."

حرف

(ḥarf) "character"

For example you can say

لو عايز تتعلم صيني, لازم تعرف أكتر من خَمَسة آلاف حرف.

(law ʿāyez tetʿallem ṣīnī, lāzem teʿraf ʾaktar men ḫamash ʾālāf ḥarf.)

"If you want to learn Chinese, you need to know more than 5000 characters."

درس

(dars) "lesson"

أنا مفهمتش درس الرياضة بتاع إمبارح.

(ʾanā mafhemteš dars el-ryaāḍah betāʿ ʾembāreḥ.)

"I didn't understand yesterday's math lesson."

صفة

(ṣefah) "adjective"

As for example you can say

الكتاب محتاجين يعرفوا صفات كتير لوصف المشاهد.

(ālketāb meḥtāǧīn yeʿrafū ṣefāt ketīr lewaṣf el-mašāhed.)

"Writers need to know many adjectives in order to describe the scenes."

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