ship / sheep — short i vs long ee
i 2asira w sari3a, mesh ee tawile
Fakh lel Lebnéniyye! Arabic ma 3endo the short lax 'i' of 'ship', so you'll stretch it into 'ee' and say 'sheep'. Keep it 2asira w marikha (short and relaxed) — otherwise 'ship' becomes 'sheep' and a few words turn embarrassing.
T3allama bel 2esse
Hal jemle tzhar bi hal dars:
Level pre-A1 · Dars 2
The Sounds of English
Jomal 2arible
- pen / Ben — P is not B — l P ma fi bil 3arabe: sakkir shaftak w fajjir shwayyet hawa
- very / ferry — V is not F — l V: snenak l fo2aniyye 3a shaftak l ta7taniyye
- think / this — the two TH — lsenak bein snenak: sawt jdid, marra na3em marra ktir
- the, a — the mumbled schwa — sawt mahmoos khafif, "uh", mesh mfakhkham