ArabicPod101.com Learn Arabic with FREE Podcasts Survival Phrases Can you say it again? Vocabulary Grammar Points Cultural Insight Lesson Code: 023_S9_06300 Copyright © ArabicPod101.com – Al l Rights Reserved June 30, 2008 2 3 4 ArabicPod101.com Learn Arabic with FREE Podcasts Vocabulary Arabic Romanization ﻣﺬا ﻗُﻠ ْ ِﺘﻲ؟ maadha qultii? ﻣﺬا ﻗُﻠْﺖ؟ maadha qult? .ﻀ ِﻠﻚ ْ َﻦ ﻓ ْ ْﺑ ْﺸ ِﻮﻳَﺔ ِﻣ English What did you say? (fem. /Standard Arabic) What did you say? (masc. /Standard Arabic) bshwiya min fadlik. Slowly please. marra 'ukhra min faDlik. Once again please. ﻗُﻠ ْ ِﺘﻲ qultii You said. (fem.) ﻗُﻠْﺖ qult You said. (masc.) ﻣﺬا maadha what (Standard Arabic) ْﺑ ْﺸ ِﻮﻳَﺔ bshwiya slowly .ﻀ ِﻠﻚ ْ َﻦ ﻓ ْ َﻣ َّﺮة أُﺧْ ﺮى ِﻣ 2 ﻀ ِﻠﻚ ْ َﻦ ﻓ ْ ِﻣ أُﺧْ ﺮى Lesson Code: 023_S9_06300 please min faDlik 'ukhra another/again Copyright © ArabicPod101.com – Al l Rights Reserved June 30, 2008 ArabicPod101.com Learn Arabic with FREE Podcasts َﻣ َّﺮة marra time (as in “one more time”) Grammar Points There will be many times when the Arabic around you, or coming at you, is fast and furious, and you may not catch all, or any of it. In instances like this asking the speaker to say it again can prove the difference between understanding a crucial piece of information or spending the rest of the day trying to figure out just what was said. So that you can get a feel for the language and tune your ear, let’s learn the phrase “once again 3 please” and use it over and over! “Once again please” is marra 'ukhra min faDlik. ()ﻣﺮة أﺧﺮى ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ. The first word marra ( )ﻣﺮةmeans “time” as in “one more time” or “another time.” This is followed by 'ukhra ()أﺧﺮى, which translates into “again” in this expression and sometimes it is used to mean “another”. So to recap here, we have marra 'ukhra ( )ﻣﺮة أﺧﺮىand literally it means “time again” or “once again.” The next word min faDlik ( )ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚmeans “please.” So all together we have marra 'ukhra min faDlik ()ﻣﺮة أﺧﺮى ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ. Literally this means “one more time please” or “once again please.” At times, even repetition of what is said isn't enough to understand the speaker, as the words are still too fast. For instances like this, you can use the phrase "slowly please.” And because this is a time when you want to Lesson Code: 023_S9_06300 Copyright © ArabicPod101.com – Al l Rights Reserved June 30, 2008 ArabicPod101.com Learn Arabic with FREE Podcasts be understood, we’re going to use Moroccan Arabic. In Moroccan Arabic, “slowly please” is bshwiya min faDlik ()ﺑﺸﻮﻳﺔ ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ. The first word bshwiya ( )ﺑﺸﻮﻳﺔmeans “slowly.” This is followed by min faDlik ()ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚ, which is “please” as we learned before. So to recap here, we have bshwiya min faDlik ( )ﺑﺸﻮﻳﺔ ﻣﻦ ﻓﻀﻠﻚand literally this means “slowly please.” Another option you can use is “What did you say?” which in Standard Arabic is maadha qult? ( )ﻣﺬا ﻗﻠﺖ؟for men and maadha qulti? ( )ﻣﺬا ﻗﻠﺘﻲ؟for women. The first word maadha ( )ﻣﺬاmeans “what.” This is followed by 4 qult ( )ﻗﻠﺖor qultii ( )ﻗﻠﺘﻲwhich literally means “you said” in the masculine and feminine forms respectively. So to recap here, we have maadha qult / qultii? which literally means “what you said?” or “what did you say?” Cultural Insight In more casual situations such as among friends or when shopping or dining, you can use shnu qultii? ( )ﺷﻨﻮ ﻗﻠﺘﻲ؟which means "what did you say?" in Moroccan Arabic. shnu ( )ﺷﻨﻮis "what" and qulti ( )ﻗﻠﺘﻲis "you said." You can use this expression to address both a man and a woman even if the verb qulti is grammatically in the feminine form. To sound more polite, even if you're talking casually, you can add the word smaH lii ()اﺳﻤﺢ ﻟﻲ, meaning "I'm sorry" to the expression we've just learned. You can say smaH lii, shnu qulti? ( ﺷﻨﻮ ﻗﻠﺘﻲ؟، )اﺳﻤﺢ ﻟﻲto mean Lesson Code: 023_S9_06300 Copyright © ArabicPod101.com – Al l Rights Reserved June 30, 2008 ArabicPod101.com Learn Arabic with FREE Podcasts "I'm sorry, what did you say?" Now that sounds pretty nice, doesn't it? 5 Lesson Code: 023_S9_06300 Copyright © ArabicPod101.com – Al l Rights Reserved June 30, 2008
