Learn five words about art
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| Hi [سلام (salam)] Welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out this week’s topic. It’s Arts [الفن (al fann)] |
| first word is |
| 1.رسم |
| [رسم] (rsam) it’s to draw |
| أنا ما كنعرفش نرسم |
| ’anâ mâ kanaʻrfsh nrsam. |
| I don’t know how to draw. I am so bad at drawing. |
| Next word is |
| 2. |
| [صبغ] to paint [صبغ (Sbagh)] |
| it’s almost the same word in Darija ṣabagha |
| ولادها كيعجبهم يصبغو... عزيزة عليهم |
| الصباغة |
| wlâdha kayʻjbhum ySbghû... ʻzîza ʻlîhum SSibâgha. |
| her kids like to paint, they love painting. |
| Next word |
| 3.فرشاة الصباغة |
| [شيتة صباغة] paint brush. |
| In Darija, we say [شيتة د صباغة (shîtat Sbâgha)] is the word that we use in Darija for all the kinds of brush like hair brush, even for the broom, we say |
| عندي الصباغة ولكن ما عنديش شيتة ... ما |
| يمكنش لي نرسم |
| ʻndî SSbâgha walakin mâ ʻandîsh shîta ... mâ ymknsh liyya nrsam. |
| I have paint but I don’t have any paint brushes, I can’t draw. |
| Next word |
| 4.منحو ت |
| [منحو ت] its sculpture. |
| manHût |
| Yeah [منحو ت(manHût)] or [منحوتة (manḥūta)] is a sculpture. Yeah we say [منحوتة (manḥūta)] |
| مشيت لواحد المتحف كانو فيه شي منحوتا ت |
| زوينين بزاف |
| mshît lwâHd lmtHaf kânû fîh shî manHutât zwînîn bzzâf. |
| I went to this museum that had beautiful sculptures. |
| 5. |
| [لوحة] painting. |
| Sometimes in Darija, we say [lawHa] the same word as Fusa but sometimes we use the French word. We say [tableau] which means painting. |
| يمكن ... مونا ليزا هي أشهر لوحة ف العالم |
| ymkan... mônâlîzâ hiya ’ashhar lawHa f lʻâlam. |
| I think the Monalisa painting is the most famous painting in the world, I guess. |
| Yeah that was it. Thank you for joining us and I will see you next week [بسلامة (bslama)] |
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