Thursday, July 15, 2010

Lesson 2: Numbers 1-10

ONE .... WEH HEAD
TWO .... ZOOCH
THREE .. CLEH THA
FOUR ... ARABA
FIVE ... CUM SA
SIX .... SIT CHA
SEVEN .. SIBAH
EIGHT .. TIM IN YA
NINE ... TU SAH
TEN .... ASH RAH

I KNOW 11 - 20 HAS THE WORD "DASH" BUT HOW I THINK THIS IS HOW IT GOES. FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ALL THE MISTAKES I MADE . . . HOW ELSE WILL I LEARN!

ELEVEN ...... HE DASH ?
TWELVE ...... NE DASH ?
THIRTEEN .... CLEH DASH
FOURTEEN .... ARABA DASH
FIFTEEN ..... CUMSA DASH
SIXTEEN ..... SIT DASH ?
SEVENTEEN ... SIB TAH DASH
EIGHTEEN .... ?
NINETEEN .... ?
TWENTY ...... ?

AS YOU CAN SEE I AM STRUGGLING WITH A FEW HERE SO ANY HELP IS DELIGHTFULLY RECEIVED!

2 comments:

  1. hey
    twelve.... tna ash
    Thirteen... Tel dash
    Eighteen...Tman dash
    Ninteen..... Tsa Dash
    Twenty... Ash reen

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  2. Hi, coming from half an arabic speaking background i would believe that the best way to pronounce some of these number would be to think of it as:

    Two : Zoojsh
    Three: Taleta
    Four: ArabaH (the ending H sounding a quick breath as if u were breathing on a glass to clean them)
    Five: hamsa
    Six: Sitta
    Seven: Sabah
    Eight: Timaniya (but ive also heard eight being referred to as just "maniya" depending on your region)
    Nine: Tisaa
    Ten: Ashrah

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