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Assalamo alaikom.. (arabic & islamic greeting)

Today i'm not gonna give u another list of verbs. (Although i will do that later) today we are gonna learn about **Greeting**

So.. let's start ^^

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A: hello!
Arabic: مرحبا.
B: how are you?
Arabic: كيف حالك؟
A: i'm fine, what about you?
Arabic: أنا بخير، ماذا عنك؟
B: i'm great. I'm Amin by the way.
Arabic: أنا بأحسن حال. بالمناسبة أنا أمين.
A: nice to meet you Amin, my name is John.
Arabic: تشرفت بمعرفتك أمين، إسمي جون.
B: nice to meet you too.
Arabic: تشرفت بمعرفتك.
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Everyone should know that there is a big difference between addressing a girl or addressing a boy. And here we use the "shakl" .
So please check the picture above and you will get my point. It will be helpfull for you. "Shakl", is something that is hard to explaine just by writing so it will be great if u guys search on the net for it.

As an example => we have كيف حالك؟ which means how are you?/ so, when you spell it you say (kayfa 'halok) and this pronounciation is for both girls & boys, however, this is not the original form.. we use this one only to make it easy and smouthy during oral speaking and conversations.. like when you say "i'm going to" and instead you say "i'm gonna".

You get it!! I hope so ^^

So, in the original form we say:
For boys: "kayfa 'halok(a)"
For girls: "kayfa 'halok(i)"

These: (a) & (i) are used in all the verbs when they are conjuguated mostly in the past, so when u re talking to someone or about someone, anyone hears you will know if you are talking about a male or a female.

For example: in english we use "you" for both and in frensh as well we use "tu" for both.. but in arabic we use the same word which is "أنت" BUT, we say: "ant(a)" for boys & "ant(i)" for girls.

In fact, i don't remember telling u this, but in arabic there is no vowels. We use "shakl" instead. And it is hard to know how to spell some words without "shakl", even for natives but mostly for kids. So we do study arabic in schools with "shakl" and all until high school, then we are able to read without it, cause we already know all the words and the new ones we need to hear them once to get them.. and that's all.

Now i will tell you about: (و/ا/ي) those three letters are used to exagerate in the sound of "shakl" it is almost like vowels but it is not cause they are consonants. So it depends on the words.

I will give you an example: خروف = خ+ر+و+ف
So the letter /و/ is not pronounced here, it is only used to make the sound a little bit longer.. and we pronounce it (kharouf) "which means sheep by the way"

You should've noticed that when i write how to pronounce something, sometimes i use just (o) and sometimes i use (ou) to show u that it is a long sound.

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I hope those tips helped u to improve your info about arabic.. and if you are interested in some youtube videos, just tell me in a comment and i will upload some Insha Allah. ^_^

Revise well and have a good day.

****missdreamer15****