Eastern Arabic III Reading Booklet

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Reading Lessons

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Introduction , ~ e ~ g a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. 1Arabic Dialects ~. ~~~.. g ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1The Written System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2The Arabic Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3Tl1e Definite Article . ~~.. ~~. ~~. ~.... ~. , . ~ 6Phonological Variation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8Arabic Alphabet Chart 10Diacritical Marks . ~. ~. ~~ ~. ~ , . ~ ]4

Lesson One: Trave] Signs , . . . . 15Lesson Two: More Travel Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Lesson Three: Driving in Syria. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19Lesson Four: Syrian Road Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Lesson Five,: Arabic Loan Words~ ~ e ~ ~ 24Lesson Six: Expressions and Pastimes 26Lesson Seven: At the Restaurant ~~.. ~~. ~ a ~ ~ 29Lesson Eight: Medical Terminology 31Lesson Nine: Travel ing by Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Lesson Ten: Supermarket Items 37Lesson Eleven: A t the Hotel ~.. ~.. , . ~. ~. 39Lesson Twelve: Items in the Bat11fOOlTI ~ ~ ... 42Lesson Thirteen: At the Post O:ffice~~ ~, ~45Lesson Fourteen: At the Bank ~~~~. a ~ ~ a 9 ~ 48Lesson Fifteen: At a Newsstand. or Bookstore ~~~51Lesson Sixteen: Expressions and Holidays 54Lesson Seventeen: Syrian Proverbs 58Lesson Eighteen: Well-Known Syrians 62Lesson Nineteen: Expressions 67Lesson Twenty: Famous Syrian Dishes , 71

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IntroductionArabic Dialects

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There are many varieties of Arabic spokenthroughout th e A rab world, in clu din g No rth Africa.Of the hundreds of known dialects, the spokenvarieties with the largest number of speakers aregrouped, on the basis o f s im il ar it y in vocabularyand syntax, into the following:

Syrian Arabic - (or Eastern Arabic, astaught in this course) spoken in Syria,Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan; Egyptian Arabic - spoken in urban Egypt; Gulf Arabic - spoken in Kuwait, AbuDhabi, the Emirates (Qatar), Oman, Bahrain,and Eastern Saudi Arabia; Iraqi Arabic - spoken in Iraq; North African Arabic - spoken inLibya,Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Saudi Arabic - spoken in Central andWestern Saudi Arabia; Yemeni Arabic - spoken inYemen andsouthern Saudi Arabia,


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The Written SystemModern Standard Arabic The Arabic Alphabet

!he written form of the Arabic language,which dates back to pre~Islamic periods, is called"Standard" or "Literary" Arabic and is used andunderstood throughout the Arab world. It is theform of the language taught in schools and is thede~'ault for educated Arabs of any nationality. Thewn~ten system has also been adopted by neigh-boring countries whose language is not Arabic, suchas Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

If you have done the Reading Lessons in LevelsI & II, you will be familiar with the Arabic script.If the Arabic alphabet is new to you or you need tore-familiarize yourself with the sounds of thealphabet, you may want to do the Levels I & IIReadings before proceeding with Level III.

~onoquial or "spoken" Arabic, includingSyrian Arabic, varies widely by region, sometimes?ifferi~g enough to be mutually unintelligible. ItIS considered to be a "dialect," and is almost neverwritten down. Most educated Arabic speakers areable to easily jump back and forth between Standardand dialect, even within the same sentence, with noloss of understanding.

The Arabic alphabet contains 29 letters includingthe hamra (glottal stop). There are also two variantsof existing letters, alifand taa.A num ber of diacriticalmarks complement the alphabet. These are signswritten above or below the letters; they are listed onpage 16, after the alphabet chart.

There are two categories of Arabic letters. Thefirst category contains six letters only, which arecalled "one-way connectors" because they connectonly to the "preceding letters" or letters to the right.They do not connect to "following letters" or lettersto the left. These are:

The Arabic writing system is easy to learn andmaster because the Arabic alphabet has a high corre-spondence between sound and symbol. This meansthat a letter is pronounced almost the same in everyword position.

IThe other 23 letters of the alphabet constitute the

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Introduction (continued) Introduction (continued)preceding letters (to the right) and following letters(to the left), hence the term "two-way connectors." letters in the middle, and "final" refers to the lastletter of the word, on the left. The chart is to be used

only as a guide since all of the necessary informationfor beginning to read in Arabic will be given in theaudio portion of the Reading Lessons.

The alphabet contains three long vowels: alif(aa), waw (uu), and ya (ii). The latter two functionalso as consonants, as in "wet" and "yes." There arethree short counterparts of these vowels representedby diacritical marks: the fatHa (a), the damma (u),and the kasra (i). They are about half as long. A tinycircle written above a consonant is called a sukuunand represents the absence of a vowel.

TheLetter taa' marbuuta ( b )

The mark that resemb1es a tiny "w" is calledshadda. It signifies a doubled consonant. Forexample, this mark over the letter "t" makes theword pronounced /sit-tah/ rather than /sitah/.

The letter taa' marbuuta ( b ) serves only as asuffix and is a variant of the letter taa' (u). The taa'marbuuta (l;) functions most often as the femininenoun marker meaning that when this letter isattached to most masculine nouns and adjectives, itmakes them feminine.

A complete listing of the Arabic alphabet hasbeen included for your reference, beginning 011 page12. It is shown in two 2-page spreads, reading rightto left. Each letter has four different representations,depending on its position within a word. Thelisting includes the forms that the letters assumein different word positions. There is an independentform, as well as a beginning, a middle, and an endform. The term "initial" means the first letter of theword starting from the right, "medial" means all the

The taa' marbuuta is not always pronounced.Whether or not it is pronounced depends on thegrammatical function and structure of the word towhich it is added.The taa' marbuuta is not pronounced when: the word is said by itself, for example theword "car," sayyaara (;J~) the word is followed by an adjective, as in"big car," sayyaara kbiire (l;_& 6.)~)

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The definite article in Arabic al (JI), is made upof the letters alif (I) and laam (J) and is prefixedto nouns and adjectives. Its pronunciation changesdepending on the word that follows it.

For example, if the article is prefixed to the/word "sun," shams C . .yl 1 ' ) J t) , the result, "the sun," is

ashshams (vu-~'-:zJr). The sli in ash blends into thesh in shams ~

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a personal pronoun is attached to the word,as in, "my car," sayyaartii (~,)~). In this

. . . . .case, the taa' marbuuta ( b ) is replaced with theletter taa' (w).

beginning with a sound/letter that belongs to acertain group of letters referred to as "moon" or"lunar" letters. Long ago, Arab grammarians...used the word "moon," qamar (~), to exemplifythis group of sounds. If the article is prefixedto a word beginning with a moon letter, thelaam is pronounced as an I-sound and is said tobe non-assimilating.

The taa' marbuuta ( l ; ) is pronounced just like aregular taa' (0) when:

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another suffix is attached to the word, e.g.,"two cars," sayyaartiin (~_)~). Again, in thiscase, the taa' marbuuta ( b ) is replaced with theletter taa' (u).

For example, if the article is prefixed to the word/"moon," qamar (~), the result, "the moon," is

~al-qamar (~I).IIIIIIiII'Ii

the word belongs with the fol1owing noun,resulting in a grammatical function similarto that of the preposition "of," as in the"city of New York" madiinat e)t nyuuyoork.~ ~ ~J..o(~~ . . ).

In contrast, there are words which start withsounds/letters called "sun" or "solar" letters. Arab.. .grammarians used the word "sun," shams (~),to exemplify this class of sounds. If the article isprefixed to a word beginning with a sun letter, thelaam changes to the sound of the sun letter and it issaid to be assimilating,he Definite Article (-11):Assimilating and Non-Assimilating Sounds

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It is pronounced al when prefixed to words6

Note that only the pronunciation of the article isaffected, not its spelling .

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Introduction (continued) Introduction (continued)Phonological Variation: Local Dialects vs.

Modern Standard ArabicThe Reading Lessons

Differences between spoken Syrian and ModernStandard Arabic (MSA) exist at the phonologicallevel. Some examples of the differences inpronunciation are listed below.

The Reading Lessons in Eastern Arabic III aredesigned to familiarize the learner with words thatappear on signs, menus, and the like, as well asphrases that the learner is likely to see or hear inArabic-speaking countries. Also there is a lessonon the pronunciation of the names of some famousSyrians, as well as some typical expressions andregional idioms. There are twenty Reading Lessonsin all. Vowel markers have been included to aid youin reading unfamiliar words. Normally, everydaywritten Arabic will not include these markers ordiacritics. You will be reading both Modern StandardArabic (MSA) and Eastern Arabic. Instruction willbe given as needed. Normally, writing is done onlyin MSA, and experienced readers look at the wordsand translate them "on the fly" into their dialect.

The recorded portion of the reading materials forEastern Arabic III will be found at the end of theprogram. You can do the Readings when it is mostconvenient for you, either with the units, or entirelyafter completing the full 30 units. Full instructionson how to proceed are in the recording.

Spelling MSA Eastern Arabic MeaningPronunciation Pronunciation/ . . . . . qalarn alam qaaf

~pen~ . ... ..L9 l ike C as III cod L 9 is a glottal stop

'_); Dhariif zariif ..~ 9 ~ J; l ike th as in thine 1; like z as in zoo nice- ' I t . .vJ naDh- Dhaara naD-Daarab_)~ eyeglassesj; like th as in thine .1 ; " l ike d as in done-

.. d h a h a b dahab gold,&J . . . . J .J ike th as in the ~ li ke . d as i11 do~jJ ladhiidh laziiz delicious1- , . . .J like th . as illthe J like z as i Z(JO. . . . .

l thuurn tuum- g ar li crY . ~ like th as illthin ~w like t as il1 tunethaanawiy .. .

~~saanawu secondary6ike til as in thin ...uike s as in ~SOlI~

These variants are not interchangeable; you maynot use s for th and still claim that your speech is inModern Standard Arabic.

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s uk It Ll11o

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ushort vowel, apove the letter

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2. customs 12. currency exchange fll.l:; .23 . b a g g a g e 13. rapid-service /

express trainvJ

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~ , ~67. departures 17. one-way ticket ~ ~jl .17c;

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Lesson Three: Driving in Syria (translations) Lesson Four: Signs on Syrian Roads and Highways1. square 1 1 ~ detour / ~ ....J.~ ~ r J ' ; ' ~ i 1 . 1 1.2. one way 12~ exit ~2

3. highway 131 school .3

4. unpaved road :l4. intersection .4

5. dead end street 15. falling rocks ~5

6~ sidewalk 16~ sidewalk

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1. South R in gRoad(.......2. Bagdad3. local road4. south5. speed limit6. slow down7. train crossing8. gas station9. Aleppo10. automobile assistance11. heavy traffic12. elnergcncy road service1 3 ~ B eirut14. double line road - no pas sing15c roadside refreshments / rest al~ea16. emergency stop17~ car service18. A highway connecting the cities Daara and

Ammaan19. Please don't speak to the driver20. Don't lean out the windows.

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Lesson Five: Arabic Loan Words Lesson Five: Arabic Loan Words (translations).1 ..1. assassin

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,.".. ,/2. fruit03 e cheese ~ ~2./4~pasta

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, . . . . . . . , - 2~key/; t L .12 3. director / manager

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6. a sing Ie roomI ~.-/ l ! l J 0 ~ .1 4 7. I "OOm with a view(jtlO _..J.J 8. bed and breakfast

9. gym10. wake up cal]II. pool12 . in seaS01113. sauna! iI

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1. Come on! or Stop it! 14. Sednaya - ancient conventJ 5. Omayyad Mosque in Damascus16 . Azem Palace in Damascus

2~ OK!3. May you be safe every year!4~ Ramadan - month when Muslims fast from

dawn to sunset5. Smaller Eid - three days of celebrations after

Ramadan6. The Haj ~the annual pilgrimage to Mecca7. Eid of Sacrifice - four days of festivities after

the annual Raj8. Greater Eid - four days of festivities after the

annual Raj9. Christmas - an official holiday in Syria and

Lebanon10. Easter - an official holiday in Syria and

Lebanon11. St. Ananias Church in Damascus12. Maaloula - only place in the world where

Aramaic is still used today as a living language13. Monastery of Saint Sergius

17. Basra alnphitheater (2 Be)IX . Ebla - ancient city (circa 2400 Be)I l), Ras Shamra (Ugarit) - ancient city where

first alphabet was developed (7Be)'.~(). Citadel of Aleppo

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Lesson Seventeen: Syrian Proverbs (translations) Lesson Seventeen: Syrian Proverbs (translations)1. Time for fun, time for prayer.2. If you want to confuse someone, give them a

choice.3. Said to someone who makes things morecomplicated than they have to be. (Literally,

carrying a ladder sideways.)4. Nothing ca n scratch y o u r skin like y C ? u r own nai1 .5. All her geese are swans. (Literally, "A monkey

in the eyes of its owner is like a gazelle.")6. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

(Literally, going from under a leaky ceiling tounder a downpou r. )

7. Things don't start at full blast. (Literally,"Dancing begins in a slow movement.")8. Beware of greedy people. (Literally, "Don't

show a beggar where you live.")9. You want what you can't have. (Literally,

"Everything prohibited is desired.")10. An absent person has his excuse. (Said whensomeone has not arrived when expected.

Literally, "Aperson on the road has an, " )xcuse.

11~ The cobbler's children have no shoes.(Literally, "The cobbler is barefoot and thew eaver is naked.")

I 2 . Too many cooks spoil the broth. (Literally,"Too many hands burn the food.")

1 3. Fam ily disagreements are from the familyitself. (Literally, "Worms in vinegar areproduced by it [vinegar] .")

14. Like a fish out of water. (Literally, "resemblesthe stake-like stopper of a fountain.")

15. A single hand cannot clap.I(). To be content with a safe escape. (Literally,

"He wants his basket empty without grapes.")17. Like a beetle in a cup. (Used when too much

effort is exerted to no avail.)I X . You reap w hat you sew.19 . "More generous than Hatim," a legendary

generous man who lived before the rise ofIslam.

.~(). Like father, like son. (Literally, "A son is thesecret of his father.")

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2. Yousef al . .Azmeh - an officer in the OttomanArmy (Following the fall of the OttomanEmpire and the independence of Syria, hebecame the first Minister of Defense. He waskilled fighting the French invasion and becamea national hero.)

3. Abdelrahman AI-Kawakby - a thinker, socialreformer, and journalist

4. Shakik Jabry - a civil servant, poet, andliterary critic

5. Nazem al-Qudsy - a prominent Syrianpolitical leader (He was president in 1931,1939, 1954, and 1960.)

6. Hashim al-Atasy - a prominent Syrianpolitical leader (He was president in 1931,1939, 1954, and 1960.)

7. Shukrii al..quwatli -was president in 1943 and1955

8. Sultan Pasha al-Atrash - a noted leader ofI'i the Druze minority, led the Syrian rebellion

against the French

9. Zaki al-Arsuzi - a thinker and philosopher)()_ Ibrahim Hanano - a leader of the resistance

against the French occupation 1920- 1945I I. Nizar Qabbani - the foremost Arab poet ofmodern times12. Hafez aI ..Asad - the late president of Syria

(Created stability in Syria for thirty years.)13. Faris aI ..Khoury - a lawyer and statesman; the

first prime minster of the Syrian Republic14. Abu-Khalil al-Qabbani - founder of the Arab

theater in modern history15. Fairuz- a Lebanese singer who enjoyed great

popularity in the Arab world, particularly inSyria and Lebanon

16 . The Rahbany Brothers (Mansour and Assi) -revolutionized Arab music and revivedtraditional, classical music and poetry

17 . Sabah Fakhry - one of the two best tenors inthe Arab world

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Iesson Nineteen: Expressions for Special Occasions18. Adonis (Ali Ahmad Saeed) - a modernAvant Garde Syrian poet with an international

reputation19. Hanna Mina - a renowned contemporarySyrian novelist20. Sati al-Husri ~a writer and stateman;considered the father of Arab nationalism

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I. Congratulations! (for a special event)2. Goodbye: Literally, "May God be with you."J . Get well soon!4. Bless you! -- Cheers! Said when one has

finished taking a bath or returned from thebarber or hair dresser.! < L l l I L .14. . . . . . . . ). Welcome back! Glad you're all right! Saidafter one returns from a trip or has recovered

from an iIlness. (Literally, "Thank God foryour safety.")(). No Way!7. May you be well every year, said on any

festive occasion, for example New Year orChristmas

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r O . Have a good day!I I. Cheer up!1 2 . What a pity!1 3 . I'll talk to you soon!

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succeed !")17. Take good care of yourself!IS. Happy Birthday! (Literally, "A hundred more

years like this one!")19. Watch out!20. I wish!

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r . kibbeh - comes in many varieties (It isbasically a dome-like pocket stuffed with 1ambfat, red peppers, onion, walnuts, and spices.)

.~~.kunafeh - a baked dessert made fromshredded wheat and sometimes stuffed withpistachios or white cheese

.,. baklava - it's origin is claimed by the Greeks,Turks, and Syrians

1 . mamoul- a soft dough stuffed withpistachios, walnuts, or dates and dusted withconfectioners'sugar

) . sheikh el-mehshirt - a Syrian dish made fromsmall cored zucchinis stuffed with mincedmeat, onion, an d pine nuts and cooked inyogurt

(1. kawaj - a stew that contains tomatoes, dicedzucchini, onions, tomato sauce

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/. mluukhiye - an herbx . mahshi ~zucchini, eggplant, and bell peppers

stuffed with rice and meatl). mjaddara - cracked wheat cooked with lentils

and served with a layer of carmelized onions()11 top

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Lesson Twenty: Famous Syrian Dishes (trans.)10. foul m'alla - green broad beans stir fried with

cilantro and garlic in olive oil11. bamya - okra cooked in a tomato-based stew

with lamb and served with rice12. riz b ..foul ~rice with green broad beans and lamb13. bazilla w ..riz - rice with peas and lamb14. fasuulia b ..zzeit - green beans stir fried in olive

oil with cilantro and garlic (Another version iscooked in tomato sauce with garlic.)15. sabanekh - spinach16. fatayer sabanekhljiben - pastries with

spinach / cheese on top17. samak mashwi - grilled fish18. baba ghannuuj - an eggplant dip19. labm meshwi - grilled lamb20. mtabbal- a dip prepared f r O I T I rnashed carrotsor zucchini mixed with tahini, lemon juice, and

olive oil

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