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Newbie Lesson Hello, How are you?

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Lesson Code: 018_NB1_061708

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‫ ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬:‫أﻣﻴﻨﺔ‬ ‫ ﻛﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚ؟‬،‫ ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬:‫ﻣﺮﻳﻢ‬ ‫ و أﻧﺖ؟‬،‫ ﺑﺨﻴﺮ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬:‫أﻣﻴﻨﺔ‬ .‫ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ‬،‫ ﺑﺨﻴﺮ‬:‫ﻣﺮﻳﻢ‬ Vowelled Standard Arabic

ً‫ﺣﺒﺎ‬ َ ‫ َﻣ ْﺮ‬:‫أ َ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺔ‬

‫ ﻛَ ْﻴ َﻒ ﺣﺎﻟ ُ ِﻚ؟‬،ً‫ﺣﺒﺎ‬ َ ‫ َﻣ ْﺮ‬:‫َﻣ ْﺮﻳَﻢ‬

‫ َوأَﻧْ ِﺖ؟‬،‫ﷲ‬ ّ ‫اﻟﺤ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ َ ‫ ِﺑ َﺨﻴْﺮ‬:‫أ َ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺔ‬

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.‫ﷲ‬ ّ ‫اﻟﺤ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ َ ،‫ ِﺑ َﺨ ْﻴﺮ‬:‫َﻣ ْﺮﻳَﻢ‬ Standard Romanization Amina: marHaban. Maryam: marHaban, kayfa Haaluki? Amina: bi-khayr, al-Hamdu lillaah, wa 'anti? Maryam: bi-khayr, al-Hamdu lillaah. Standard English Amina: Hello. Maryam: Hello. How are you? Amina: Fine, thanks be to God. And you ? Maryam: Fine, thanks be to God.



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Regional Arabic

‫ اﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﻜﻢ‬:‫أﻣﻴﻨﺔ‬ ‫ ﻛﻴﻒ داﻳﺮة؟‬،‫ و ﻋﻠﻴﻜﻢ اﻟﺴﻼم‬:‫ﻣﺮﻳﻢ‬ ‫ و اﻧﺖ؟‬.‫ﷲ‬ ّ ‫ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ‬،‫ ﻟﺒﺎس‬:‫أﻣﻴﻨﺔ‬ .‫ﷲ‬ ّ ‫ ﺑﺨﻴﺮ اﻟﺤﻤﺪ‬:‫ﻣﺮﻳﻢ‬ Vowelled Regional Arabic

َِ ‫اﻟﺴ َمُ َﻋ ِﻠﻴﻜ ُ ْﻢ‬ َّ :‫أﻣﻴﻨَﺔ‬

‫ﻴﻒ داﻳْ َﺮة؟‬ ْ ‫ ِﻛ‬،‫اﻟﺴ َ ْم‬ َّ ‫ َو َﻋﻠﻴﻜ ُ ْﻢ‬:‫َﻣ ْﺮﻳَﻢ‬ َِ ‫ ْو اﻧْ ِﺖ؟‬.‫ﷲ‬ ّ ‫اﻟﺤ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ َ ،‫ﺒﺎس‬ ْ َ ‫ ﻟ‬:‫أﻣﻴﻨَﺔ‬

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‫ﷲ‬ ّ ‫اﻟﺤ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ َ ،‫ﻴﺮ‬ ْ ‫ ِﺑ ِﺨ‬:‫َﻣ ْﺮﻳَﻢ‬

Regional Romanization 'amiina: s-salaamu calikum. maryam: wa calikum s-salaam, kif dayra? 'amiina: labaas, l-Hamdu llah. W nti? maryam: bi-khir l-Hamdu llah. Regional English Amina: Peace be upon you. Maryam: And peace be upon you too. How are you? Amina: No harm, thanks be to God. And you ? Maryam: Fine, thanks be to God.



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Vocabulary Arabic ‫ِﺑ َﺨﻴْﺮ‬ ‫ﻛَﻴْ َﻒ ﺣﺎﻟ ُ ِﻚ؟‬ ‫اﻟ ْ َﺤ ْﻤ ُﺪ ﷲ‬ ‫ﻚ؟‬ َ ُ ‫ﺣﺎﻟ‬ َ ‫ﻛَﻴْ َﻒ‬ ‫ﺣﺒﺎ‬ َ ‫َﻣ ْﺮ‬

Romanization

English

bikhayr

fine

kayfa Haaluki?

How are you? (fem. singular)

al-Hamdu lillaah

Praise be to God.

kaifa Haaluka?

How are you? (Masc. singular)

marHaban

Hello, hi.

4 Grammar Points In today's lesson, we will cover the usage of the question kayfa Haaluki? (How are you?) This question is made up of two words: kayfa (how) and Haaluki (you're doing). This expression changes depending on whether you're addressing a man or a woman, in a singular or plural form. What changes in the phrase is the second word Haaluki. Literally, Haalu ki can be translated as "state your", meaning "How's your state / How are you?" Its equivalent in the masculine form is Haaluka. Therefore, kayfa Haaluka? means "How are you?" when addressing a man. Note that the only difference is the sound "a" at the end of the suffix "ka" that indicates the possessive "your." Lesson Code: 018_NB1_061708


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Now, let's go back to where this appeared in the conversation. Since Maryam is talking to Amina, a woman, naturally she uses the feminine form of "how are you" which is kayfa Haaluki? To recap, "How are you?" is kayfa Haaluki? when addressing a woman and kayfa Haaluka? when addressing a man. In the next Newbie lesson, we will learn how to say "How are you?" when addressing a group of people. Cultural Insight Referring to God, Allah, in conversations and language is pretty

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common in Arabic. Since Islam is the dominant religion in Arab countries, people always use expressions such as “In the name of God” (bismi llaah) or “Thanks be to God” ('al-Hamdu lillah). In our dialog today, we used the expression bikhayr, 'al-Hamdu lillah (I'm fine, thanks be to God) as a typical response to "How are you?" In this case, the speaker is thanking God for good health and well being. People in Arabic-speaking countries also use this expression in various other contexts, like after finishing a meal. Typically, one would say 'alHamdu lillah, and in this case, it means "Thanks be to God" for the good food.



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