madha takun al kalimat - now?
هلا حلاء

Dear arabicpod team, this is my first entry, so first of all congratulations for your really awsome website! You do a great job with the pods!!

I would like to ask some questions on the lesson:

- The verb to feel (أحسّ) looses the alif in the dialog, is this because of the dialect?
- What is the verb for يهريك I can't find it in the dictionary (I've tried هرى and أهرى).
- I had studied torture as عذاب, what is the gramatical difference with تعذيب?

Thanks!
Best Regards!

@jayrag , now is (هلأ) in levantine and (الآن) in classical Arabic.
@amm , welcome to the website and thanks for your nice words.
- On (أحسّ), yes it is because of the dialect the verb (أحسّ) looses the alif.
- The root of (يهريك) is (هرى). I guess you don't find it in the dictionary because it is used more of a colloquial word, though it still exists in classical Arabic, and one can say (يهري الولد ملابسه بسرعة).
- As for (نعذيب), it means (torturing) so it describes the continuous/gerund of the verb.
Hope that helps.

@amm

Ehab already answered your third question, but let me share my knowledge.


عذاب
Torture - Verbal noun of Form I verb
تعذيب
Torturing - Verbal noun of Form II verb

Form II verbs have a causative or intensive meaning.

For example, the Root – j m l
jamula / yajmulu – to be beautiful – Form I regular verb
jamaal – beauty – Verbal noun of Form I
jammala / yujammilu – to beautify – Form II regular verb- causative or intensive meaning
tajmeel – beautification – Verbal noun of Form II

Note the similarity between
جمال and عذاب
تجميل and تعذيب

Learning Arabic is trying to figure out the strict pattern it follows!

Thank you!

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im from iran 7started learning arabic & im lisseting 2 ur audieos lesseons 2 theos r great but the accent is differnt than im learning here
oh i wanna know why ur friends take everything as a secret? he dosnt like 2 talk on air about anything lol
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i know i have spelleing problem so excusme & accept that ya estez