[موكا] حمار ، [موكا] حمار ، [موكا] كسولة في الصن&

[Klown]

ت ت ت

[semi]

ستيوارت اغلاق يستغل حتى اليكم العربية نوب.لكن لول النظر في مثل وجه مبتسم هاها.

[EcolliJK]

zomg! terrorist conspiracy!
warn teh internets!

[conselation]

haha I love the smilies :lol:

[Klown]

there is a cool one with a hat on omg

[semi]

يجب التخلص من هذا النداء واحد يكولي.فهو قريب افشال خطتنا.أيضا ما سيتم سمرتس كافية لهذا العمل قريبا لجغ وسيكون مضحكا قراءة الرسالة مترجمة الى الوراء.ان النوع الأول عشواءيه تركيبها الى ترجمتها.موكا هو مثلي الجنس والمركز الى الابد.كما اننا لا حظر على افضل ثمة خيط الروسيه والاسبانيه لستفو وزارة الدف

[semi]

ok to clarify this is not a spam thread this is the official arabic thread. let's not get it closed again gice.
it will die out soon like the other language threads but i know there are a few people that speak arabic so hey if you are on.
and there were people saying they wanted to start learning arabic also.

[bebubly]

what do the happy faces mean??

ت

[Raiven]

what do the happy faces mean??

ت

that we won't die just yet?

[semi]

it's a letter.
please take the racist spam out of this thread raiven.

[Justin]

ت

Cool.

[Raiven]

it's a letter.
please take the racist spam out of this thread raiven.

yeah cause it was totally like that

[Surgicalgod]

what do the happy faces mean??

ت

It's a letter omg. It's pronounced ta (as in tan).

[semi]

yeah cause it was totally like that
what?

[Iskandar]

as-salaam 'alaikum al-'arabiiy

[bebubly]

It's a letter omg. It's pronounced ta (as in tan).

ah i see. in which case it isn't like chinese when some of the symbols are words in themselves i am guessing. and my favourite symbol in japanese is also a smiley face.

[semi]

hey the drooper. that is very good!

[bebubly]

that we won't die just yet?

lol

but back to serious business.

[Iskandar]

ah i see. in which case it isn't like chinese when some of the symbols are words in themselves i am guessing. and my favourite symbol in japanese is also a smiley face.
Nope, it's an abjad (alphabet of only consonants). It's a lot easier than English, actually; it's highly phonetic.
hey the drooper. that is very good!
Thanks. I'm trying to learn....

How are you typing the Arabic script?

[Surgicalgod]

I will teach you some basic arabix:

hello = (marhaban) مرحبا

how are you? = (kayfa halok) كيف حالك؟

I'm fine, thanks = . (ana jayed, shokran laka) أنا جيد, شكرأ لك

[Iskandar]

I will teach you some basic arabix:

hello = (marhaban) مرحبا

how are you? = (kayfa halok) كيف حالك؟

I'm fine, thanks = . (ana jayed, shokran laka) أنا جيد, شكرأ لك
Shukran.:)

[Surgicalgod]

Thanks. I'm trying to learn....

How are you typing the Arabic script?

You install the pack from the Windows cd (maybe you can find it somewhere on microsoft.com). My keyboard has two letters on each key; one Arabic and one English.

Ask if you have any questions.

[semi]

do you have xp? if you have your windows cd you can go into control panel> regional and language options> languages tab> install files for right to left. it will then ask for the windows cd and you can add arabic as a language choose it from the language bar or hit alt rightshift and type. you can then get an arabic keyboard or keysets (little stickers you can put on the keyboard) so you know where the letters are because yours is english.

[Corkofski]

يأتي [أمغ] الأمريكيات! أخفيت القنبلات [إينفيدلس]!!
??

[Surgicalgod]

يأتي [أمغ] الأمريكيات! أخفيت القنبلات [إينفيدلس]!!
??

lol online translators are really bad with arabic. dont spam plz.

Shukran.:)

La shukra ala wajeb.

are you learning from wikibooks?

[semi]

corkofski please stop being racist.

[Corkofski]

may i point out the arabic type messes with the page selection on the pit frontpage?

[TojesDolan]

marhaban.

[Corkofski]

omgztranslated

This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts. Please try again in 12 seconds.

[semi]

hey tojes.

[bebubly]

Nope, it's an abjad (alphabet of only consonants). It's a lot easier than English, actually; it's highly phonetic.



so basically, if you know how to pronounce the alphabet, you can read words aloud (obviously you wouldn't know what they mean but still) amirite?? if so, can someone type the alphabet and how you would pronounce it.

also, may i request that people typing in the arabic font thing make their font bigger because it is impossible to see.

[bebubly]

may i point out the arabic type messes with the page selection on the pit frontpage?

i saw that and thought that it was cool.

[semi]

press ctrl + in firefox. or its in view ie. i think there is a shortcut too.

and moka recorded it a while ago but there is a table thing on wiki.

[Iskandar]

lol online translators are really bad with arabic.



La shukra ala wajeb.

are you learning from wikibooks?
Nah, Wikibooks are terrible. I'm learning from books, websites, etc.

[Corkofski]

الطائرات الثقب.عوائق محاولة الرؤوس النووية في المرة القادمة

[Surgicalgod]

may i point out the arabic type messes with the page selection on the pit frontpage?

i noticed..hax!

marhaban.

Ahlan beka (Welcome!)

[bebubly]

press ctrl + in firefox. or its in view ie. i think there is a shortcut too.

it's already on largest.

[semi]

corkofski please stop being racist.yeah

moka post ur recording of the alphabet.

[bebubly]

oh also, it reads from right to left aye??

[semi]

yup

[bebubly]

cool stuff.

[Iskandar]

Arabic is hard to read with a small font.
so basically, if you know how to pronounce the alphabet, you can read words aloud (obviously you wouldn't know what they mean but still) amirite?? if so, can someone type the alphabet and how you would pronounce it.
Yeah, provided the short vowels are written (normally only long vowels are except in religious texts).
do you have xp? if you have your windows cd you can go into control panel> regional and language options> languages tab> install files for right to left. it will then ask for the windows cd and you can add arabic as a language choose it from the language bar or hit alt rightshift and type. you can then get an arabic keyboard or keysets (little stickers you can put on the keyboard) so you know where the letters are because yours is english
Hey, I did that some time ago so I could read the Arabic on Wikipedia! Awesome ... but how do I switch from English to Arabic keyboard?

[semi]

what do you mean by long vowels and short vowels?

[Surgicalgod]

Ok, this is standard Arabic:

http://www.cafaedmonton.ca/arab/facts/lang/lang2.gif

I read the letters starting from the left column (top to bottom).
http://download.yousendit.com/CD7A132B4E525B69

[Chaz S]

good thread

[bebubly]

i will download that tomorrow, this thread is interesting :) for now though, i am going to bed.

[semi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Keyboard_Layout_Arabic.png
you can refer to this instead of keysets i guess.

[Mr. Ron]

Hi, I'm a representative from America. I advise this thread to evacuate it's inhabitance in the coming shock and awe lock down.

[Iskandar]

what do you mean by long vowels and short vowels?
Short vowels: Kasra, damma, fatha. Long vowels: Alif, waw, yaa.

Thanks for the keyboard link btw.:)

[semi]

oh right. see you don't usually need those signs. but it is very hard for noobs without them yes. but for normal writing you don't usually use them because its obvious. the others are actual letters.

[Iskandar]

oh right. see you don't usually need those signs. but it is very hard for noobs without them yes. but for normal writing you don't usually use them because its obvious. the others are actual letters.
Yep. I know the alphabet and some vocabulary but not enough to get along without short vowels...beh.:(

But how do I switch back and forth between Arabic and English keyboard layouts? Let's say I'm typing in this thread and I want to put some Arabic in ... how do I switch?

سلام

[semi]

there is a combination like alt shift. and the right shift goes one way and the left the other. its ctrl or alt or the win key or something.
or right click on the language bar on the taskbar. turn it on by right clicking on the taskbar and going into toolbars if its not on.

[Iskandar]

there is a combination like alt shift. and the right shift goes one way and the left the other. its ctrl or alt or the win key or something.
I suck at this. I'll have to find an explanation somewhere later. In the meantime, I'll just transliterate into Latin characters.

Is al-qataara a translation for "The Dropper"? I'm not sure if it means the same thing (one who drops).

[Surgicalgod]

Is al-qataara a translation for "The Dropper"? I'm not sure if it means the same thing (one who drops).

No, al-qataara is more like medicine dropper.
One who drops would be Al-Moqatter (one who drops with a dropper).

[semi]

you know you have two shift buttons? the one underneath enter that is long and the one under caps lock. pressing alt and the right one will change to arabic. pressing alt and the left one changes to english.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5827/keyboardlayoutarabiccd5.jpg

[Iskandar]

No, al-qataara is more like medicine dropper.
One who drops would be Al-Moqatter (one who drops with a dropper).
Oh, thanks.:thumb:

المقاطر؟

[sweboy]

ATTN Klown, how did you hack the thread? With the arabic style page numbers I mean. Nice++ anyhow.

[semi]

-alif before ط and if you wanted to put the movements it would have a dhamma (the one that looks like a ﻮ) on the م. and a shaddah (the one that looks like a w) on the .ط

[angry armadillo]

yeshimesh.

[Surgicalgod]

Oh, thanks.:thumb:

المقاطر؟

المقطر

with a shadda on the TA.

[bebubly]

yeshimesh.

lmfao

[Iskandar]

-alif before ta2 and if you wanted to put the movements it would have a dhamma (the one that looks like a ﻮ) on the م. and a shaddah (the one that looks like a w) on the .ط
Thanks. Hey, does qaf darken vowels like the emphatics do?

[semi]

who is an emphatic? darken vowels?
i'm sorry i don't know english names for things and a lot of the noob stuff i wont know. its like in english class you go into deeper grammar rules but the basics you jsut know as a kid you wouldn't know a name for or what others learning english call them. i could go into hard grammar rules in arabic but say idk what an emphatic would be in english or arabic.
spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"

[Iskandar]

who is an emphatic? darken vowels?
i'm sorry i don't know english names for things and a lot of the noob stuff i wont know. its like in english class you go into deeper grammar rules but the basics you jsut know as a kid you wouldn't know a name for or what others learning english call them. i could go into hard grammar rules in arabic but say idk what an emphatic would be in english or arabic.
In English, ص ض ط ظ are called "emphatic" because they sound like consonants we have but are darker. You know how they change the sound of a vowel that comes after them? It sounds really different to us.

[Surgicalgod]

You mean letters that have emphatic sounds? Qaf is not emphatic.

[Stone Cold Bush]

zomg! terrorist conspiracy!
warn teh internets!
!!!

[Iskandar]

You mean letters that have emphatic sounds? Qaf is not emphatic.
Yeah, I know. I was asking if it changed the sound of vowels that come after it like the emphatics do.

ex. تَ = tan
طَ = tall

Does qaf do this too? I thought it did.

[Surgicalgod]

Yeah, I know. I was asking if it changed the sound of vowels that come after it like the emphatics do.

ex. تَ = tan
طَ = tall

Does qaf do this too? I thought it did.

Take the English word "cake". The c sound in it is the equivalent to the Arabic letter kaf. Replacing the kaf sound with a Qaf will darken the vowel, so it will be pronounced as "Qeik".

[Iskandar]

Take the English word "cake". The c sound in it is the equivalent to the Arabic letter kaf. Replacing the kaf sound with a Qaf will darken the vowel, so it will be pronounced as "Qeik".
Won't it sound like the vowel of "pie"?

(It's really hard to talk about English sounds because English spelling is so terrible.:()

[Surgicalgod]

I'm lost. :S

you mean like kike except with a qaf? Qike?

[Iskandar]

I'm lost. :S

you mean like kike except with a qaf? Qike?
Don't feel bad. It's not easy to discuss things like this if you don't know a lot about linguistics.

What I'm asking is this: Does the vowel fatha sound different after qaf, like it does after the emphatic consonants?

[Surgicalgod]

Don't feel bad. It's not easy to discuss things like this if you don't know a lot about linguistics.

What I'm asking is this: Does the vowel fatha sound different after qaf, like it does after the emphatic consonants?

Yes it does.

[JimJam]

ت ت ت

[g°®†]

habibs

[Iskandar]

Yes it does.
Thanks.:)

Do you have any tips on pronouncing the emphatics? They're kind of hard to do correctly.

[Surgicalgod]

Thanks.:)

Do you have any tips on pronouncing the emphatics? They're kind of hard to do correctly.

Sure. Record how you pronounce those letters and I'll try and help. Can you roll your R's?

[Iskandar]

Sure. Record how you pronounce those letters and I'll try and help. Can you roll your R's?
Yeah, I can pronounce everything correctly but the emphatics ... I just find it hard to do them because they're similar to English sounds I'm used to.

I don't know if I can record....

[Mr. Ron]

This thread is incredibly boring.

[Iskandar]

This thread is incredibly boring.
I'm asking questions about the finer points of a foreign language. How exciting can that be?

[semi]

This thread is incredibly boring.
bye

[Mr. Ron]

bye

I think I'll set up camp, actually.

[semi]

why are you still here i thought it was boring?

[Iskandar]

Boring is relative. This interests me because I want to learn this language and do so properly.

[Mr. Ron]

Fair enough. But for what purpose is learning this language fulfill?

[Justin]

A language requirement... in life.

[Iskandar]

Fair enough. But for what purpose is learning this language fulfill?
Why not? It beats French.

[Justin]

:(

J’aime le français.

[Mr. Ron]

Why not? It beats French.

You have a point.


Farewell.

[ATM]

ت

cool

[Iskandar]

بنت

[sensitiveorgan00]

Hail to the world of the Arab Nations of Arabian Lands of Arabia.

[Tiger]

and my favourite symbol in japanese is also a smiley face.

Su.

[Junooni]

Being Muslim, I know how to read Arabic, and I can understand a little.
But when I do read it, I have no idea most of the time what I am reading.

I speak Urdu fluently, but can barely read it.
English is my main language, born and raised American.

[spitfirejunky]

Yeah, I can pronounce everything correctly but the emphatics ... I just find it hard to do them because they're similar to English sounds I'm used to.

I don't know if I can record....

the 'qa' sound is strongly enunciated in the throat. Like a bird cawing or less so the word cough.

ta (second one) is similar, like talk or toss, but stronger enunciation of consonant in the throat.

[Dinosawesome]

This thread is crazy.

[conselation]

:(

J’aime le français.

Il y a un thread Francais quelqueplace :/

[Surgicalgod]

the 'qa' sound is strongly enunciated in the throat. Like a bird cawing or less so the word cough.

ta (second one) is similar, like talk or toss, but stronger enunciation of consonant in the throat.

more arabic speakers?

[Give me Beer]

Il y a un thread Francais quelqueplace :/

http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13558809

Voila.

Also, Arabic is not one of my five languages, I like the alphabet though. I've got some friends who study it, but I prefer Spanish :).

[bebubly]

Su.

that would be it.

[Iskandar]

the 'qa' sound is strongly enunciated in the throat. Like a bird cawing or less so the word cough.

ta (second one) is similar, like talk or toss, but stronger enunciation of consonant in the throat.
I've got it down, I think. They're pretty odd sounds to an English speaker, but with a bit of practice I'll be good.

[Justin]

Il y a un thread Francais quelqueplace :/

Il est inconnu où je devine.

[Iskandar]

العربية...

[Surgicalgod]

good spelling skillz for a nub.

[Iskandar]

good spelling skillz for a nub.
Spelling's easy in Arabic. That is to say, it's usually easy....

[Surgicalgod]

Yeah, tru dat! You can correctly spell any word you hear most of the time.

[Iskandar]

Yeah, tru dat! You can correctly spell any word you hear most of the time.
So what's the word for "thanks"? شكران؟

[semi]

lol terrorists.

[Mother]

chup hiawan inta.

[semi]

nour an animal

[Mother]

la wallah u liar.

[The End]

محمد كيف حالك؟

:)

[Surgicalgod]

So what's the word for "thanks"? شكران؟

more like
شكرا

chup hiawan inta.

lol...lebanese pplz are contaminating ur brainz.

ماشي الحال و أنت؟

[Kif]

$10 says the FBI are monitoring this thread.

I mean durka durka muhammad allah jihad.

[The End]

geez gice lets just talk phonetically instead of typing it out it takes 4EVA!!!!!


semi wallah mus zibii kwanii

a question for the dropper: Bit tifi wela bit tibla'ee?


ok like that no more typing cuz it takes me soooo long ugh character map

[Stevie]

notice the way the page numbers go 3, 2, 1? What the hell?

[Light Fantastic]

wait

if you dont know arabic is rtl you are ****ing stupid why do you think the page numbers are going like that

[Surgicalgod]

That's because we write from right to left.

geez gice lets just talk phonetically instead of typing it out it takes 4EVA!!!!!


semi wallah mus zibii kwanii

a question for the dropper: Bit tifi wela bit tibla'ee?


ok like that no more typing cuz it takes me soooo long ugh character map

:lol:

[Stevie]

only a backwards language would go from right to left.

[semi]

i hate that gay way of writing arabic in english letters. also idk wut u just sed tbh. speak arabic plz.

[Surgicalgod]

i hate that gay way of writing arabic in english letters. also idk wut u just sed tbh. speak arabic plz.

semi, you fayle at arabic swear words

[The End]

ok well basically i meant: nanat sag suk mizaneh; tu kooneh mollah chapeh beshi geddah kuni

[semi]

oh right. and yes this is true.

[The End]

haha thats not arabic

[The End]

pedarbozorget nanato kard

[sweboy]

kwanii tifi bit sag kard chapeh wallah kuni

imo.

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

no dewd tbqh walhugg kozergrbtk buyton tu ikhuru

[Mother]

mekan biconomet gende.

[pixiesfanyo]

what a prank.

[Surgicalgod]

the end, dont hijack the arabic thread with ur persian.

[Light Fantastic]

its all brown 2 me

[sweboy]

Surgicalgod, don't hijack the arabic thread with your English.

[Surgicalgod]

أسكت يا أبن القحبة

[Light Fantastic]

he says

**** you in the face sweboy you ****ing cunt

[Iskandar]

a question for the dropper: Bit tifi wela bit tibla'ee?

I have no idea what you said.:( Could somebody please translate that?
أبن القحبة
Did you say something about a son ... and the west?

I really need to learn more vocabulary.:(

[Surgicalgod]

I have no idea what you said.:( Could somebody please translate that?

Do you spit or swallow?

[Iskandar]

Do you spit or swallow?
:angry:

!لا

[Surgicalgod]

I have no idea what you said.:( Could somebody please translate that?

Did you say something about a son ... and the west?

I really need to learn more vocabulary.:(

I said: shut up you son of a bitch :D.

[Iskandar]

I said: shut up you son of a bitch :D.
Hey, did you want to send me something?

You posted this a few pages back but it says the link doen't work:

I read the letters starting from the left column (top to bottom).
http://download.yousendit.com/CD7A132B4E525B69

[semi]

it was an mp3 of him reading out the alphabet. and he does one completely wrong >:| doesn't even know his abc's.

[Light Fantastic]

his voice is hot =]

[Iskandar]

it was an mp3 of him reading out the alphabet. and he does one completely wrong >:| doesn't even know his abc's.
His alif-baa.

[Surgicalgod]

it was an mp3 of him reading out the alphabet. and he does one completely wrong >:| doesn't even know his abc's.

stupid egyptianz

[The End]

stupid ****** arabic amirite