very / ferry — V is not F
l V: snenak l fo2aniyye 3a shaftak l ta7taniyye
Fakh lel Lebnéniyye! There's no /v/ in Arabic either, so you'll reach for F and 'very' becomes 'ferry', 'seven' becomes 'seffen'. 3add snenak l fo2aniyye 3a shaftak l ta7taniyye w tannen (buzz it) — it's F with the voice turned on.
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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
- 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
- the, a — the mumbled schwa — sawt mahmoos khafif, "uh", mesh mfakhkham