the, a — the mumbled schwa
sawt mahmoos khafif, "uh", mesh mfakhkham
Fakh lel Lebnéniyye! Bil 3arabe every vowel gets full value, so you'll say a hard 'zee' and 'ay'. English is lazy here — swallow it to a soft 'thuh' and 'uh'. Ma tfakhkhma; khalliya mahmoose w khafife.
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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
- ship / sheep — short i vs long ee — i 2asira w sari3a, mesh ee tawile