Sunday, January 9, 2011

This is how - هيك

This song is in Levantine dialect, so if you've been learning standard Arabic only, here are a few differences to be aware of:
* هيك= هكذا = thus, in this way, this is the way that ...
* In the present tense, verbs have a 'b-' at the start
* ق isn't pronounced
* بكرة=  غدا = tomorrow



How do you say...?
* the birds fly
* the kids clap their hands
* early tomorrow morning
* we'll pick flowers and jasmine