"pharyngeal fricative" is not an expletive

____IPA___decimal__hex
ح__ħ_____295____0127
voiceless pharyngeal fricative

In English, try saying "hot sauce" to get the right /h/.





references:
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in Unicode (Wells)
http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/a/Arabic_language.htm move to dialects section

Practice reading

Omniglot's Arabic alphabet

In how many countries is Arabic the official language?

It depends who you ask!

Wikipedia: Arabic is the official language in 26 countries:
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman
Palestinian Territories, Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan
Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen

Georegetown University: Arabic is the official language of 20 countries ranging from northwest Africa to the Arabian gulf. Those countries include: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. [I count 19 here --mkg]

Grossmont College: Arabic is the official language of 22 countries. [Not enumerated --mkg]

questions that came up during review for final (and answers)

(1) Fez is a Moroccan city.
Is the word "Moroccan" a definite or indefinite noun? Does it take one damma at the end?

(2) your roommate
does the possessive come on the noun or the adjective or do we just use laka?

(3) zhdan (very)
where does the shadda fall? What vowel is on the dal?

Follow-up to classroom questions on culture, current events, and

Q: Five is for Hamsa; what is the story behind this symbol?
A: In a google search of images (for example http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=hamsa++%22evil+eye%22+blessing+OR+fatima) you can pick up some lovely images of jewelry for sale.
Add your favorite image searches for hamsa:

When you look around at the webpages for Hamsa, you'll find some musical groups and a human rights group for journalists that have decided to use this venerated name.

From a Sept lecture:

Q: How many wives did the late King Hussein (of blessed memory or peace be upon him) of Jordan have?
A: According to his official web-site, the King had four wives.


http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/biography.html

"King Hussein married Queen Noor on June 15, 1978. They have two sons -Hamzah and Hashem- and two daughters -Iman and Raiyah. His Majesty is also survived by three sons -Abdullah, Faisal and Ali- and five daughters -Alia, Zein, Aisha, Haya and Abeer- from three previous marriages. Toward the end of his life, King Hussein became the proud grandfather of a growing number of grandchildren."

Here's the intro to his official biography:
"King Hussein bin Talal (1935-1999)

"His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal, the father of modern Jordan, will always be remembered as a leader who guided his country through strife and turmoil to become an oasis of peace, stability and moderation in the Middle East. Among Jordanians, his memory is cherished as the inspiration for Jordan's climate of openness, tolerance and compassion. Known to his people as Al-Malik Al-Insan ("The Humane King"), King Hussein established a legacy which promises to guide Jordan for many years to come.

"At the time of his passing on February 7, 1999, His Majesty was the longest serving executive head of state in the world. Of great significance to Muslims throughout the world, the late King Hussein was also the forty-second generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

"...King Hussein’s formal accession to the throne [was] on May 2, 1953, when he assumed his constitutional powers after reaching the age of eighteen, according to the Islamic calendar.

This story of King Hussein's shiva call during the Clinton era is Michelle's favorite. It is also reported in Sept 2001 Middle East Review of International Affairs Here's a more stable link, but you have to be patient enough to load the pdf file: http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2001/issue3/scham-lucas.pdf
"The king, meanwhile, in a moment etched indelibly in virtually every Israeli memory, came to Israel to visit the homes of the dead children, during the seven-day Jewish mourning ceremony known as the shiva. According to tradition, mourners sit on the floors or on low stools to express their grief. Accompanied by television cameras, the king visited each home that would have him, sitting on the floor with the mourners. Israelis were touched by the human gesture of sharing their grief, which they had never before seen from an Arab leader." (from p. 12, "NORMALIZATION" AND "ANTI-NORMALIZATION" IN JORDAN: THE PUBLIC DEBATE By Paul L. Scham and Russell E. Lucas)





Q: What is the name of the Christian Science Monitor journalist who was formerly in Iraq?
A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Carroll

recent articles about her ordeal: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Jill+Caroll%22+iraq+2007
On assignment in N. Africa in 2007: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0412/p06s01-wome.html

Meanwhile, Scott has agreed to helm "The Invisible World" for Paramount, based on a treatment by Ignatius that was scripted by Dana Stevens. That pic covers the abduction of a female journalist in Iraq. Could this be related?

Resources from other Arabic language courses

CSUSM's LLC page

Palomar College's

Arabic internet resource page.

Georgetown University's Arabic and Islamic Studies program has a page with links.

The University of Georgia offers a major, a minor, and a study abroad program. This page has also has links to Scholarships for Arabic Study Abroad; Online Arabic Books and Downloadable Arabic Library; On-line Arabic Bookstores; Arabic Computing; Arabic Language and Culture Links; Transliteration of Arabic: Rules and Fonts; and Other Islamic Languages Resources.

bjmaclean's lesson in creating a Qasida, as found in Ancient Arabic Poetry

http://www.princeton.edu/~arabic/poetry/index.html Princeton Online Arabic Poetry Project
This project was created by the CIT Academic Technology Services ATS PLACE (http://www.princeton.edu/newmedia/) with the generous support of the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.princeton.edu/online-poetry/). An Arabic module was added in 2000.

http://larcmaterials.sdsu.edu:8080/Materials/Arabic.jsp SDSU's Summer Institute requires advanced students to take an OPI (oral proficiency interview).

Newsletters: http://larcnet.sdsu.edu/newsletter.php

"LARC at San Diego State University (SDSU), is one of fifteen Title VI funded Language Resource Centers (LRCs). The LRCs were established by Congress in 1989. Their purpose is to improve the teaching and learning of foreign and second languages in the United States."

HW for coming Tues

waajib (obligatory homework)

p. 45 Drill 3
p. 46 Drill 5
p. 48 Drill 6
p. 48 Drill 7


thaanawi (th is voiceless)
(optional homework)

practice saying 10 colors in Arabic
http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Folder.do?packID=24754 vocab table of contents
http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/List.do?packID=24758 the color package

aShaabii, assalaamu 3alaykum

"Greetings to the friends" from one of
{salaam 3ala al aShaab; aShaabii, assalaamu 3alaykum; aShaabii, salaamu Allahi ta3aala 3alaykum wa barakaatuhu}
where S is the big 's' or saad and 3 is the sheep sound or 'ayn.

Course Arabic 101 (CRN 42612)
Arabic 102 (CRN 42613)

Fall 2007 TWTh 5:30PM - 8:15PM Instructor Mohamed Jabari

Fall 2007 W 3PM - 5PM, Th 12-1 Tutor Dina H. appointments:
https://lynx.csusm.edu/langlab/

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:k9QuUiqQaicJ:www.csusm.edu/languages/+arabic+site:http://www.csusm.edu/languages/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us SPRING 2008: Arabic 201 – Schedule TBD

The first time you schedule an appointment with Dina, you should go to the bottom of the tutee agreement and sign the agreement.

Midterm: Thurs. 20 Sept 2007
Final : Weds. 17 OCT 2007
potluck(s) : TBD