March 7th, 2008 11 comments
Rise and shine to another Arabic podcast, whether you're sluggish and moody or you're bright and chirpy in the mornings, why not wake up and start your day with learning Arabic by listening to this podcast? You'll learn what to say first thing in the morning, from how to greet someone to how to offer them breakfast. Learn how to tell someone to make you a fried egg when you wake up, and get your day off to a perfect start!

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11 Comments
abid says
Fri 7th Mar 08@06:29 pm

Bus Wahid here means just one.Is the word 'Bus' meaning the same as in 'Hindi' i.e just,enough,only.?
jookieapc says
Fri 7th Mar 08@10:26 pm

Yep it means - just, only etc. the guys mention that during the lesson.

Great lesson gents. I find all your lessons useful, no matter what the level. Even in beginners lessons like this one you have dialect words a student at higher levels in Arabic might not have encountered yet. Shukran jaziilan for all your work.
Sat 8th Mar 08@03:59 pm

you are right Abid the same word "bus" is used in Hindi as well as Urdu grin
Tue 8th Apr 08@12:42 pm

Im very interested to learn more and apperciate that, these people have taken the time out to help people like us learn the beautiful language smile
shoraida says
Fri 9th May 08@10:09 am

I'm a beginner and I've just signed in. I don't understand what they were discussing about. : rolleyes
Leila says
Sat 10th May 08@12:41 am

Basically in the lesson dialogue, the one person asks the other how many eggs he'd like for breakfast, and the other person answers "Bus Wa7ed" (ÈÓ æÇÍÏ) which means "just one". The word "bus" or ÈÓ in Arabic means "just" or "only".
The guys above are dicussing the fact that in Hindi/Urdu the same word for "just/only" is used as in Arabic.
Hope you know what's going on now grin
asep says
Fri 23rd May 08@03:23 pm

it's very good dialog for practice arabic speaking! cool smile
Epi says
Sun 15th Jun 08@10:18 am

Thank you guys so much. I hope you keep it up, it's very helpful.
onazif says
Thu 13th Nov 08@10:45 pm

Thank you for another great lesson. I find it very useful when you include colloquial expressions from different dialects in the dialogues.

How would tub3'a change if the speaker was speaking to a woman? How would you change it to mean "I want"?

Thank you for all of your hard work on these lessons.
Moshaya says
Fri 14th Nov 08@11:16 pm

Thanks Onazif.

To say tub3'a if you're speaking to a woman you simply change the end sound so it's pronounced tub3'i

And to say I want you say Ab3’a

Keep it up
Thu 9th Jul 09@06:28 pm

thank you... what a helpful lesson...
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