Aisha Abbasi wrote:
JazakAllaah khair for this.

May you taste the fruits of this dunya and the Aakhirah. Ameen

Ibrahim wrote:
You guys mentioned in the lesson that imperatives/commands don't end with a vowel. For example, qul(say) instead of quli. Is this only for
common\everyday talk, because I thought qul would be for male and quli would be for female.

christian wrote:
Hi,
i'm italian studying Arabic (and the egyptian variant)
by myself. This lesson very good;the reading itself was simple but i think the arabic speech was too much fast.
In the low intermediate lessons, you explain in English, in this level in Arabic but a very fast Arabic :-D !!
انت بتتكلّم بسرعة و انا مش ممكن افهم !!

I suggest that in the Intermediate level, the arabic speech used to explain (not the reading which can be followed with the pdf) be more slow,
and can then be increased in the advanced level.


مع سلامة

Salam Ibrahim
Thanks for your point, it is very important.
In Arabic, it is important to distinguish the words and the pronouns. the word Qul is a command verb and it ends with silent letter as I said in the lesson, but the word quli is a command verb that is supposed to end with silent letter as well but because it is followed by the letter ya2 which is a pronoun represents a female, it became with kasra,, this is a bit heavy grammar, we call it in Arabic (مبني على الكسر في محل جزم لاتصاله بياء المخاطبة).
So, the command verbs (fe3l 2amr) generally ends with silent letters, but when you link it to other pronouns or in other cases it simply changes as you said.
In the lesson we preferred to talk about the general case, but you are right there are cases where things get really complicated.
Thanks again for this important point and inshallah we'll cover those subject... one day

Ahlan christian;
Thanks for your honest comment,, you made me smile. Just yesterday I was thinking of that. I listened to the lesson again and I found myself very fast .
Sorry about that and keep tuning in with ArabicPod and you'll find the difference.
Salam
Ehab

Ibrahim wrote:
Ehab,

I'm sorry, but I just want to make sure that I completely understand. If I say ijlis (sit) to my son or daughter, it's OK, because this is what is commonly used today. I don't HAVE to say ijlisi to my daughter?

Thanks a million, and sorry for the confusion.

Great job!

Ibrahim

Hi Ibrahim,

No you should say ijlisi (sit) to your daughter and ijlis to your son, otherwise it will be grammatically incorrect. A few more examples:
Come - Ta3al (male) : Ta3ali (female)
Eat – Kul (male) : Kuli (female)
You might occasionally hear people use the same command for both genders, but that might be because of forgetfulness.

Hope this helps

Ibrahim wrote:
Mohamed Moshaya,

I got it!

Thanks a trillion.

Ibrahim

Holly wrote:
This was really useful! Thanks

oh my god...this pic must be from romania...is it??? anyway...good job u made with these lessons!! they r lovely...i hope i will learn new words inshaallah...good luck in the future