Re: Translate from arabic

On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:18:41 EST David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>
writes:
> In a message dated 11/15/01 11:16:17 PM, Fuscian@AOL.COM writes:
>     Well, first, we were both trying to indicate an 'ayn--we just
> did it
> different ways: I with a /'/, and he with a /R/.  Second, I never
> learned how
> it was spelled (well, not "good"; the other word), so I was just
> doing it by
> how it sounded.  And for /aii/, or fatha yaa diphthongs, there's two
> ways to
> pronounce them: I pronounce them like /ej/ (kind of like the /ai/ in
> French),
> whereas the more traditional way is just to say it just like it
> looks: /aj/.
> I actually was exposed to both, though I was exposed to /ej/ first,
> so it
> stuck.  :)  As for k/x...  I'd wager a dollar to donuts he's right,
> but it
> always sounded like [x] to me.  Hypercorrection, maybe...?
> -David
-

According to my Arabic 101 class sheets, it's spelled:

alif
laam
siin
laam
alif
miim

‘ayn
laam
yaa
kaaf
miim


-Stephen (Steg)
 "i touch the fire and it freezes me"
     ~ the buffy musical episode