useful phrases to begin with!

[zergabean]

ha! another same name topic1

well, the idea is to post some useful phrases at a one time and then there'll be lots!

[ling]

very good idea

then at the end we will have
alf gomla wa gomla ( like alf leila wa leila) which means 1001 sentences like 1000 and one nights.)

السلام عليكم

Peace be upon you.


Greetings

someone should check the spelling and add another sentence
ling

[Deem]

Hello everyone

yes , good idea zergabean , thanks


greetings = Marhaba مرحبا
Masa'a Al-khair = good evening مساء الخير
Sabah Al-khair = good morning صباح الخير

D.

[ling]

goodbye =مع السلامة

the first part meaning wtih مع the following the peace السلامة

[ling]

everything in Arabic goes here = كل شيء عربي يذهب هنا


all= كل
thing= شيء
arabic= عربي
goes= يذهب
here= هنا

[zergabean]

woooh....sooo hard to learn, thanks anyway, deem and ling!

ah...I think, if we're gonna learn from the start, we should start with "simbols" that form word...so do you know how to teach?

ha..ha...like chinese, we have a few simbols but when we form them together in different ways, it's a whole new meaning!

[Dragonfly^]

Originally Posted by ling

everything in Arabic goes here = كل شيء عربي يذهب هنا


all= كل
thing= شيء
arabic= عربي
goes= يذهب
here= هنا

I'm new around here so...hey!Anyway...I've got a tiny question...if in Arabic you write from right to left, the word order isn't it the same? :roll:

[ling]

Originally Posted by Dragonfly^

the word order isn't it the same? :roll:

everything goes from right to left even if you open a book its back is on the right when front page is before you then you take your right hand and open the cover from where it is to the right.
U if this is the book turn it 90? to the left and the beginning is upward.

(Was that clear ?)

So for the wordorder in the sentence it is the same
it goes like this :


<---------3 <--------2 -<-------- 1


And in lines from up to down.


Did you ever write latin letters in mirror script? It would be a bit like that then.

Nice to have you here..
Are you going to learn some arabic?

bye
ling

[zergabean]

hmmm..soundns confusing to me..never mind..ah yes, I am! just ket me know somemore...have you wrote good by ehere?

[Deem]

Salam everyone

zergabean , ling did write goodbye in arabic !

Originally Posted by zergabean

hmmm..soundns confusing to me

it is just that we start from the right not from the left ,
we write and read from right to left , magazines book and newspaper start from right side...

I hope it is clear now

D.