Monday, February 24, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Sing a Tunisian Song? yaa zin is-saHra w bahjit-ha ( O the beauty of the desert and its joys) - Singer Naama
Hello, I need your opinion: I am working on a book containing famous Tunisian songs, with transcriptionand translation. Here is a preview. Is it a good idea? listen to the beginning of the song and follow transcirption to familiarize with Tunisian Arabic pronunciation:
yaa ziin iS-SaHra w bahjit-ha
w yaa ma-ajmal rmaalaha
yaa ma-ajmal rmaalaha
bHiira tiglib fii muujit-ha
yirta3 fiiha ghzaala-ha.... ghzaala-ha... ghzaala-ha
yirta3 fiiha ghzaala-ha.
yirta3 fiiha ghzaala-ha.
yaa ziin iS-SaHra w bahjit-ha
w yaa ma-ajmal rmaalaha
yaa ma-ajmal rmaalaha
yaa ziin iS-SaHra w bahjit-ha
w yaa ma-ajmal rmaalaha
w yaa ma-ajmal rmaalaha
bHiira tiglib fii muujit-ha
yirta3 fiiha ghzaala-ha.... ghzaala-ha... ghzaala-ha
yirta3 fiiha ghzaala-ha.... ghzaala-ha... ghzaala-ha
English translation
O
the beauty of the desert and its joys
O
how beautiful are its sands
A
sea of sands with swirling waves
Its
Gazelles galop here and there
How
sublime is the sight of the oasis
When
it is near dusk
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Extract from Book. Dialogue: Meeting of Mike and Sonia
1.
Meeting people & Greetings
1.1 Dialogue: meeting of Mike and Sonia
Sonia: 3asla:ma
► hello
Mike: 3asla:ma šnuwa [shnuwa] aħwa:lik?
► how are you?
Sonia: laba:s y3ayšik
► fine thank you
Mike: a:na ismi: Mike, w-inti, a:š ismik?
► my name is Mike, and you, what ‘s your name?
Sonia: ismi: sonia
► my name is Sonia
Mike: inti: fransa:wiya?
►are you French?
Sonia: la: a:na tu:nsiya
► no, I’m Tunisian
Mike: nitšarrif. a:na amarika:ni, min New York
►nice to meet you. I am American, from New York
Sonia: nitšarrif. marħba: bi:k fi: tu:nes !
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Tunisian Arabic In 30 Lessons
This is an enjoyable, easy to read and practical handbook to learn Tunisian Arabic, the spoken language of Tunisia. Tunisian Arabic, like Egyptian or Moroccan for instance, is a vernacular of Modern Standard Arabic. However, contrarily to MSA, it is a real and natural language that is spoken in real life, by real people: unlike Standard Arabic, which in reality is not a spoken language, unless in the news and formal seminaries, or read in books and newspapers.
This book is intended to help visitors to Tunisia explore and enjoy Tunisian culture in an authentic way, by familiarizing with one facet of its identity: its spoken vernacular!
It is also helpful to people who wish to communicate in Tunsian Arabic with Tunisians worldwide, but also with speakers of related Arabic dialects in general, like Egyptian, Libyan, Syrian and Gulf dialects.
Finally, this is a funny and instructive book for readers who enjoy discovering exotic foreign languages…and who are always keen to learn new exotic foreign languages!
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
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