Lesson 1: Greetings and Sayings

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ALL MY MISTAKES. HERES WHAT I THINK I KNOW. THIS IS DONE PHONETICALLY NOT IN ARABIC WRITING. I WANT TO KNOW MORE WORDS/SENTENCES SO HELP ME PLEASE. THANK YOU!


HELLO .............. SALA MAR EH CUM / SAHA
HOW ARE YOU? ....... MOO SHAR AK (M) / MOO SHAR AKI (F)
FINE OR GOOD ..... . LE BASS
THANKS BE TO GOD . . HAM DULL E LAH
WHAT IS YOUR NAME .. WUSS MIK IN TAY AH (MALE AND FEMALE?)
MY NAME IS ......... IS MIK
THANK YOU .......... SAHA
GOODBYE ............ BA LAK AIR / SLAH MA
I'M COMING ......... ANI JAY AH
DO YOU UNDERSTAND .. MAC FEH HIM
I UNDERSTAND ....... FEH HIM

FILL IN THE MISSING TRANSLATION PLEASE FOR THE FOLLOWING .........

PLEASE ......
HOW IS YOUR FAMILY...
HOW OLD ARE YOU ....
WHERE ARE YOU FROM ...
YOU LOOK LOVELY/BEAUTIFUL..
I FEEL UNWELL/NOT GOOD ...
I HAVE TO GO NOW ......

oh forgot to say ....

just incase you're wondering why i dont ask my husband to teach me well its simple he works a huge amount of hours per week in his business supporting me and the children and i think quality time with him is more important. I want to do this for me and for the kids too and feel i have achieved something for myself by myself. Thats not a bad thing is it?

Hi and Help Algerian Speakers!!!!!

Hi there, My aim of this blog is to teach myself Algerian Arabic in one year .. . . can i do it? I have no idea. I have listened to my husbands phone conversations with family and friends for the last 13 years and within the last six months i am finally getting the jist of what he is saying. I think he's afraid now. Basically, I want to learn a language that i have a fair idea whats been said but no idea how to say it back. For me there is no books or courses available where i dont have to know french first or learn proper arabic first. I am crap at French i can speak it fluently in my head same with algerian arabic (not really) but what comes out of my mouth is embarrassing and to be honest i havent a clue if its right. I am sick and tired of doing puppet hand signals and looking like a deranged monkey on speed trying to converse with family on holidays . . . enough is enough. let the english speaking petrified people like me learn something from you the natives....... are we ready ...... then lets go ....... saha! ps i can count to ten in algerian but dont ask me the time ha ha