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The very first lesson of ArabicPod!! We start off simple. How to say how are you and how to reply.
We are getting brand new recording equipment for the next lessons and will be having new guests so keep tuned
Tue 8th May 07@06:19 am
Rob wrote:
These are really cool.. ive been looking for a way to learn to speak arabic and this podcast is the best ive seen!
Shokran Gazillan! and keep up the great work.. hope to see more out of you two
Tue 8th May 07@08:05 pm
Shukran(thanks) for the comment. There will be many more podcasts and new features to come from ArabicPod :-)
Wed 23rd May 07@04:40 am
Heidi wrote:
Thank you very much for this! It was very useful and very well made. Repeating the expressions and vocabulary several times was particularly helpful.
Thu 24th May 07@11:26 pm
Thank you Heidi;
Nice comment, please feel free to ask if you have any questions.. Don't hesitate to pop in the forum or contact us directly and we'll be more than happy to help.
Mon 28th May 07@12:58 am
abu haroun wrote:
barakallaahu fikum, this is wonderful.
Wed 30th May 07@12:18 am
Wa beka barak Allah a7'i Abu Haroun,, la tansana min du3a2ak.
Wed 30th May 07@03:00 am
Janell wrote:
This is really awesome, I found this through the iTunes podcast directory. I just finished my first year of Arabic language study at college here in the US and looking for a way to stay fresh over summer in addition to using my textbook and DVDs. This is a resource and link I will save. Shukran!
Thu 31st May 07@12:39 pm
Murat wrote:
Salam...Thank you for all you do to podcast these lessons... i was always thinking about to learn Arabic language. i loved the explanations you make in the lessons... i hope everyone can reach this site...
Fri 1st Jun 07@12:47 am
Thanks Janell, Thanks Murat;
So kind of you to leave these nice comments, we really like to see the effort we do is useful. Please feel free to join us in the forum and get more support in the language.
Thu 7th Jun 07@05:29 pm
Roger wrote:
Great way to make us understand your language. I am quite happy to see
efforts like that. can u add just some more to the itunes store?
or how can i download directly from your page?
thax a lot
Thu 7th Jun 07@08:31 pm
Ollie wrote:
really good lessons, these refresh my arabic as i speak arabic and english. top notch xD
wow Ehab shares my surname Saleh.
Fri 15th Jun 07@06:21 pm
Nice one Ollie Saleh ;),, I would love to see your name in the forum,, we need people who speak both languages.
Ehab Saleh :)
Fri 6th Jul 07@06:19 pm
Amer Chaudhry wrote:
Mohammed, as promised I have started to learn on this site. Excellent..! all family is joining in...
Sat 7th Jul 07@11:33 pm
Tayfun wrote:
I just started listening to your podcasts and read your transcripts. They are very informing.
Thank you very much making these available online.
Since you guys are publishing these lessons weekly, you may want to check out if it is possible to share these on ITunes. I believe that would be the first Arabic lesson on ITunes.
This would allow greater number of people to benefit from these lessons.
Thank you again.
Tue 10th Jul 07@02:40 pm
Rebeca wrote:
Hi, My first class of Arabic begins next August so I've found your place very helpul because I know absolutely NOTHING about it, so I wonder if you have some extra material for people like me who doesn't even know the "abc". Greetings from Mexico
Wed 11th Jul 07@07:46 am
aaron wrote:
great lesson, i really enjoyed the discussion and explanation of the phrases/words yoy introduced. shukran :)
Wed 11th Jul 07@11:57 pm
Jesso wrote:
Thank you so much, I ve been taking arabic lessons with a person who is not a teacher and does not speak my language well and has trouble explaining because of this.... he is teaching us classic arabic and before teaching us vocabulary or sentence structure he began teaching us the arabic alphabet...so its been quite difficult but now with your lessons which are structured differently I am really getting it...so thanks again sooooo much!!!! I am now beginning to feel that I am finally learning.
Thu 12th Jul 07@01:16 pm
Thanks Amer, Tayfun, Rebeca, Aaron and Jesso;
Nice comments and nice suggestions.. Tayfun, if you go to the forum, there is a discussion about th iTune issue.
Rebeca, just keep going with the language and you'll find the difference. I'm learning Spanish,, the more I practice,, the better I become.
Thanks Aaron about your nice words and finally I agree with you Jesso, we've decided to go through new system in teaching the language and I believe this system works better and I hope you'll find the difference soon.
Amer,, thanks a lot my friend,, nice to see you passing in the site.
Good luck for all of you and keep it up.
Fri 3rd Aug 07@07:30 am
Kelly Kim wrote:
Hi! I found you guys through iTunes and you guys teach it the best.
Why don't you guys put up more on iTunes?
There really aren't any decent on iTunes.
..but you guys are great!!
Mon 19th Nov 07@03:57 pm
phil wrote:
Hi, thanks for these!
I went to the middle east recently, so I learnt the beginners' stuff on the plane on the way!
It was great - although, I had a lot problems with this being the 'classic' arabic!
A lot of confused looking people - they understood me, but told me I sounded like a newsreader or something, then taught me the more common Arabic version - which was easier!
Cheers anyway, it was a great start, well presented, and taught. I hope to learn more!
Fri 23rd Nov 07@09:02 pm
Thanks Phil for your comment. We're extremely glad that the lessons came in useful in your travels to the Middle East.
It's important to know classical Arabic, and then the local or street Arabic will come easy. I don't know if you realised but we do already use many colloquial words in our lessons, so we try to teach both.
Keep it up!
Mon 26th Nov 07@10:11 am
Meyra wrote:
Hello, just wanted to say that you guys are great making
such casual and fun lessons. I\'m still learning about the
beautiful Arabic script here... tough thing to do!
Good luck to everybody & shukhran!
Thu 29th Nov 07@03:53 pm
Ayesha wrote:
hey,i just recently started learning arabic, and i came across your website, i found it extremely helpful,esp the mp3 files.Way to go!!!
Shukran Jazeelan
Rabeena Ma ak
Fri 30th Nov 07@01:19 pm
kobi wrote:
hi i\'m from israel.
nice to hear you my neighbour.
Sun 2nd Dec 07@02:11 pm
michael wrote:
Thank you very much for your activity !
Sun 16th Dec 07@04:56 pm
sajeed wrote:
salaam brother! do you know any yemeni arabic words that are used in the city of aden in yemen?
Thu 20th Dec 07@05:07 pm
Ahlan sajeed;
If you use the classic Arabic, then the people in the city of Aden would understand you.
Good luck
Mon 24th Dec 07@12:19 pm
laejoh wrote:
Hi, great show, guys! I have a question about the transcript: you use a '7' in 7alak/7alek but a 'h' in al-hamdu. I always thought the 'h' in al-hamdu was a '7'. Shouldn't al-hamdu be written as al-7amdu?
Tue 25th Dec 07@10:00 am
Shokran laejoh;
You're 100% right, al-hamdu should be written as al-7amdu.
Shokran for that correction.
smellfood saysWed 16th Jan 08@02:29 am
Wow, thank you so much! Best regards from Venezuela. My father is from Lebanon, I want to learn arabic. And this way is very cool!
avenger saysFri 1st Feb 08@04:46 am
Hi, I just started learning Arabic, and I love the Podcast.
What's the name of the song that you guys play at the begining and the end of the podcast?
Thu 28th Feb 08@05:00 pm
salam brother. first thing i got to say is that this is got to be the best site ever made to learn arabic! ur lesson are never borring... u guys come out with some good jokes..lol... in lesson one u said kayfa for how-- tayib.. in a cd i was learning from the words used for were kayf-how jayid-good... which words are used more? ma salama
Thu 28th Feb 08@05:06 pm
and the word ta-ban! there is a work like that that means of course rite! if i have made misstake then ana asif...
Leila saysThu 28th Feb 08@08:01 pm
Ta3baan (تعبان) is the word for 'tired' and 6ab3an (طبعاً) is the word for 'of course'.
Fri 29th Feb 08@02:55 pm
thanks leila... i can see that ur arabic is very good... did u learn it all from arabicpod.net
Fri 29th Feb 08@04:02 pm
what about the word jayid-good and kayf-how in this lesson it has been used as kayfa-how tayyib-good... can someone explain this to me.. min fadlick
Iman saysFri 4th Apr 08@02:48 pm
hello.I think that the lessons r great.Im half polish and half lebanese and I want to learn arabic:)and I think that with this lessons I will speak arabic:)take care all
Jacqueline saysFri 9th May 08@05:01 pm
Shukran for this lesson.
I'm a new here.
Where can i learn the alphabet?
Fri 9th May 08@11:47 pm
saj159, the words JAYYED and 6AYYEB has similar meanings with very fine difference,, 6AYYEB could mean pure too.
About Kayf and Kayfa, as you clearly see they are the same and this (a) in the end is just the 7araka of the last letter. We always say if you stop on a place in the sentence, you don't pronounce the 7araka of the last letter of the word that you stopped on, otherwise in case of not stopping, you just pronounce this 7araka and that what happened in this lesson where we pronounced the fat7a which sounds like (a) in the end.
Hope that clarifies it.
Sat 10th May 08@12:04 am
Ahlan Jacqueline, Welcome in ArabicPod.
To learn the alphabet, just go to the Share Point (a link to it is on the top of this page), there on left of the page there is link called (Flash), just go there and see APG (Arabic Pronunciation Guide) that has all alphabet with sound and illustration of where to pronounce the letter.
Enjoy :) .
alesia saysWed 14th May 08@12:43 pm
shukran,shukran!very useful this lessons.i tried to learn arabic from many sites but this is perfect for a beginner.
one question: "shlonak" and "kaif 7aluka" mean the same thing(how are you?)?
Thu 15th May 08@01:45 pm
Ahlan wa sahlan Alesia;
We are happy you like our website. Both (Shlonak?) and (kaif 7alak?) mean (how are you?) however (shlonak)is very colloquial and used only in certain countries while (kaif 7alak?) is proper and widely used.
By the way,, (Shlonak) literary means (what is your colour :) ).. It is like saying if your face is red, then you are angry or blue then you are tired...
Keep it up with ArabicPod.
tk1991 saysThu 19th Jun 08@08:48 am
I believe there is something wrong with the download. When i attempt to save the mp3 or access the pdf (using the trial time) i am unable to obtain them.
Binte Athar saysSat 21st Jun 08@11:12 pm
Jazak Allah Brotherz for this site...
Actually im havin a bit problem in downloading some lessons..Hope u'll help..
Keep up the Good work~!
Fee-Amaan-Allah :)
jessie29 saysSun 22nd Jun 08@04:29 am
good arabic language site for beginner and advance learner
hazra saysSat 26th Jul 08@11:21 pm
I am half Arabic but mother tongue is English. My Dad is helping me learn the language but I think this is a great help! I will be using this very often. Shukran. Salam.
Tue 29th Jul 08@02:28 am
Hi Broters am from City Juarez Chihuahua Mexico
my mother labguage is spanich I hope to find someone who speaks Spanish that I do not speak English very well in shallah.
6600 saysThu 31st Jul 08@06:52 am
Hi, i found slight differences. Could you pls explain to me?
Once I was told to say " kayf 7aluk" to a man and "kayf 7aluki" to a woman. But in your lesson, they are " kayf 7alak" and " kayf 7alek".
I'm completely confused.
Hope to get your clear explanation soon!
Thu 31st Jul 08@08:05 am
Don't worry 6600, both are right.
"kayfa 7aluka and kayfa 7aluki" is classical Arabic, which is used in books ,newspaper and any official documents. On the other side "kaif 7alak and kaif 7alek" is what people use in their daily life in talking to each other. Here in ArabicPod we teach Arabic as it is used in the street as well as the classical Arabic so people chose what suit them.
Keep it up with ArabicPod and inshallah any confusion you had before will be wiped out :).
6600 saysFri 1st Aug 08@07:24 am
Shukuran katheeran!
I get it and really like your audio lessons a lot!
You all are excellent language teachers!
Fri 1st Aug 08@11:28 pm
Hola en que parte de las lecciones hablaran sobre estas frases espero si si puedan ayudarme y puedan contestarme en espanol grasias.
Sat 2nd Aug 08@08:24 am
I don't know them in Spanish but we have many listeners who speak Spanish and might be able to tell you the meaning in Spanish.
muslimah49 saysSat 2nd Aug 08@11:10 am
Shukuran I truly enjoy this site. It is so good to be able to hear the every day spoken word.
May Allah the Al-Mighty continue to bless you in this life and the next.
Tue 5th Aug 08@01:31 am
Hello my name is Efren My city of Ciudad Juarez in this U.S. border to be more specific I am near El Paso Texas but I live in Mexican side of jejejeje but I so love the Arabic but uses a translator of Spanish English - Spanish for English able to stay in touch with you and be able to participate and thanks for reply.
Janka-cz saysThu 7th Aug 08@10:33 am
Hi everybody,
I am from the Czech Republic where arabic is not really used :-) So the handbooks are limited to the travel guide on one side where they use just Czech transcription, and book for university students of arabic studies which is not recommended for learners without teacher's help (and without CD or tape :).
That is why I really find your Web very useful, particulary the Audio PDF files, so I can repeat 100 times just one phrase to fix it in my head.
Thanks for doing that.
lys saysMon 11th Aug 08@03:43 pm
You guys are doing a great job!!!
Congratulations and shukran.
colinsm saysThu 21st Aug 08@10:14 pm
You guys are brilliant! I'm a complete beginner to the Arabic language and I have to say that, for me, your site has to be by far the best, most comprehensive resource I've found.
I look forward to going through your lessons.
Tue 16th Sep 08@11:40 pm
Hello as are all greetings from juarez Chihuahua thanks for their courses I have served as much but the bad thing is that I do not practise with whom I think that would help me a lot to me aprendisaje.
suhail_786 saysFri 26th Sep 08@05:33 pm
you guys are brilliant.i am a complete beginner to the arabic language yor site has to be by thefar the fastthe best most comprehensive resource I have found
I look forward to going through your lessons
angel2 saysSat 25th Oct 08@10:11 pm
how can start whit the arabic?
because is me first time whit this lenguage.
i hope u can help me thanks. :P
Quoka saysSun 26th Oct 08@03:11 pm
Hi - this is my first lesson (having already learned the alphabet and pronounciation) - the sound track was excellent - your approach seems very peragogic.. BUT!! in the exercises, the choice of type-script makes it VERY hard for a beginner such as me to understand... In the picture at top-right (.. it's fine... but the exrecises, the letters are much thicker, and therefore hard to read... maybe you could use a thinner, and therefore easier to read script???
Wed 29th Oct 08@12:27 am
Ahlan Quoka and thanks for your nice words.
The font that we use in the exercises is the only available one at the moment, if we can get more fonts that can be added into the platform that we use to program the exercises, then we will definitely add it.
Quoka saysWed 29th Oct 08@07:54 am
OK - thanks for thinking about it! After a few days working at your programme - I'm even more enthusiastic about what a great job you guys have done! You're top class! Keep up the good work...
dansumption saysSat 15th Nov 08@12:47 pm
I've just listened to the first two lessons - great stuff! I learnt a few words of arabic many years ago, and have always been interested to learn more; your lessons make it easy, and I love the conversational style, explaining all the little variations and special usages, it makes it so much easier to learn than using a more traditional textbook-style language course.
jayrag saysSat 29th Nov 08@01:32 am
I have been looking for the best course online to study spoken Arabic. I like how you guys explain the culture and meaning of the Arab World.
mbellemax saysWed 3rd Dec 08@12:14 pm
"Allah Is Great". What you are doing is wonderful. Your lessons are very fun, simple and practical, also for those like me trying to improve their english at the same time.
May Allah blesses you and heap kindness on you, Inch'Allah. It's good to hear from you in my ears. Shukran.
akira3 saysSat 6th Dec 08@07:35 am
I think learning Arabic is difficult.
But I'm interested in this language.
I'm very glad to seeing this website.
ummaseyah saysSat 20th Dec 08@07:48 am
Jazakallah Khayran for the great lesson ive just discovered this website and already im benefitting, May allah reward you for ur efforts.
Shoaib73 saysSun 4th Jan 09@04:37 am
Assakany aleikum,
Whats the difference between طيب and جيد, as they both mean good. I mean are there specific situations where you can and should use one or another?
Sun 4th Jan 09@12:17 pm
They're both identical in meaning. However, in some situations Tayyeb طيب can mean ok. For example:
أعطيني فلوس - A36eeny fuloos – Give me some money
طيب خذ – t6ayyeb 7'ud' - Ok here you go
Also, 6ayyeb is more colloquial in this situation when used as ok.
Joannalam saysMon 26th Jan 09@05:15 pm
Hi Moshaya,
I love your website. I am just exploring now, but I have a question: Is there any difference between the PDF transcrip and the Audion transcript? I have been downloading both but I see that both are the same.
Mon 26th Jan 09@07:31 pm
In the audio transcript you can listen to the Arabic text (dialogues) by clicking on the little ArabicPod logo next to the text. This will help you learn how to read and pronounce the Arabic words.
Zakirah saysTue 3rd Feb 09@07:36 am
Shukran; this is beautiful.
I have been wanting to learn arabic
and this is the best way for me to learn,
its like Im in a classroom
momibertacchi saysThu 2nd Apr 09@08:27 am
Hi guys! Your Podcast is really great! I am an Italian doctor, living in the UAE since 3 years. I found your lessons for beginners quite useful.
Thank you!
Fri 3rd Apr 09@01:47 pm
My Family live in Tunisia, do they speak this Arabic there? because when i went this March, it seemed to sound Arabic (french).
Sat 4th Apr 09@10:12 pm
The Arabic that we teach here is understood all over the Arab countries, see our blog where we discussed this issue. So when you go to Tunisia they will understand you, however if they speak their colloquial dialect you'll find a difficulty understanding them.
I think the most challenging thing in the west part of the Arab countries in terms of language is the speed,, I noticed people there tends to speak faster than the rest of the Arab countries,, you'll remember this when you go there and find out :).
Mon 13th Apr 09@10:26 pm
I went Tunisia and they say Aslama (hello) why is this?
thank you!
Tue 14th Apr 09@10:38 pm
I had to call my Tunisian friend to confirm what I knew is right :) .. 3aslaamah literally means (On peace), is it like saying hello or peace on you. The nice thing is that in Tunisia, beslaama is used to say bye, so this (b) at the beginning change the meaning. Beslaamah literally means (with peace), so it is like saying I leave you with peace.
Sun 19th Apr 09@01:19 pm
Thank you very much,:)
ashkan saysThu 23rd Apr 09@11:51 am
great job!
Raphaella saysMon 13th Jul 09@12:29 pm
Great lessons! I can't wait to listen to them all, but I can't rush my learning process. These are really fun to listen too as well. :-)
liimra saysFri 16th Oct 09@12:04 am
mashallah! thank u! my dream to learn to read Quran, inshallah
preblek saysSun 25th Oct 09@09:33 pm
Great site! I have been trying to learn Arabic, especially how to speak it and listen to it, and I learned so much with just this one podcast. I can't wait to try it out on my friends tomorrow when I see them. :)
Thu 5th Nov 09@08:38 am
I have a question regarding the word #mut3ab# which means #tired#. Does it differ much from #ta3ban#? And do the phrases #ana ta3ban# and #ana mut3ab# imply the same? Shukran.
Thu 5th Nov 09@08:45 am
I would like to suggest something with regards to the numbers representing the letters in Arabic with no equivalence in English. It concerns their dotted pair like خ غ and so on. Instead of representing them as 3' 7' and so on, I suggest that you represent them as 31 71 and so on. In a way it must make things easier. Thanks for considering this.
Desmond saysThu 5th Nov 09@04:29 pm
Marhaba IskanderYahya,
I've been collecting information from all over the Net. Here are some of the fruits of my labours.
There are at least six Arabic words for "tired" and at least three words for "exhausted":
TIRED: ta'ib, ta'ban, mut'ab, na'is, na'saan, wasn
EXHAUSTED: murhaq, mikassah, mitdarwakh
According to one anonymous source, there is no difference between "ta'ban" and "mut'ab", but there is a trilingual glossary where "mut'ab" has been rendered as "tired" and "tiring". I suspect that this information may be unreliable since I have discovered dozens of mistakes in the glossary. According to another source, which seems to be reliable, "ta'ban" can also mean "sick" or "lousy" (very bad) in Egyptian Arabic. The adjective "na'saan", which has been briefly mentioned by Ehab in an Arabicpod lesson, can also mean "sleepy".
"Murhaq" seems to be the standard Arabic equivalent of "exhausted". I've heard it in two YouTube videos. One video is devoted to standard Arabic words from the lexical field "work". The other video is about the life of Moses. The language used in the video about Moses is very pure, almost classical Arabic.
The other words for "exhausted" ("mikassah" and "mitdarwakh") are apparently Egyptian and may have other meanings ("crippled" and "dizzy"). The website where I found this information looks very professional.
Examples of the aforementioned words for "tired" can be discovered with the aid of the Lessan dictionary (German, Spanish, English, Arabic), but only a native speaker like Ehab will be able to explain all the differences between the adjectives in question.
Sat 7th Nov 09@12:12 am
In the street, people use both words (ta3baan and mut3ab) to give the same meaning of (tired). However, the difference between them is very fine. The word (ta3baan) which is based on the root (fa3laan) like (ra7maan, 3a6shaan, jaw3aan, na3saan...) is called (صيغة مبالغة) which is (exaggeration term). This means the word (ta3baan) indicates being more tired than mut3ab.
Good question by the way, and thanks Desmond for the answer.
Mon 9th Nov 09@12:03 pm
I felt I had to thank Desmond for his research and sharing it with us. A separate thanks to Ehab!
Assidik saysTue 29th Dec 09@06:23 pm
I hear people say to women kayf 7alsh. Is this also correct?
Tue 29th Dec 09@06:49 pm
This is actually Iraqi dialect, it is indeed correct but better to make it kayf 7alech to distinguish it from the masculine term which is kayf 7alach.
Ibrahim Alcolombi saysThu 21st Jan 10@02:50 pm
Cool website
wallaah if I had money I would pay for your job right away. Instead I will make du3a2 for you guys. Jazakallah kheir
I am from Colombia, my native tongue is Spanish, and my English is not bad. I am willing to offer help to Spanish speakers who do not speak English in sha2 allaah.
jzoanne6 saysFri 22nd Jan 10@01:21 am
i like your site, this is very informative. i've tried the italianpod before and yours is just as great. you're doing a great job.
i have heard some people shorten words and sometimes it's confusing, like (how are you = kefak/kefek). can you explain modern standard arabic.
i have difficulty understanding the pdf though, with the numbers and all. i can't seem to find the APG link.
hope you can help me.
Fri 22nd Jan 10@09:30 pm
Ibrahim, shukran for your nice words, they are really encouraging.
Jzoanne6, kefak is just saying (how are you) to a male, while kefek is saying it to a female, you'll get used to these colloquial words eventually, just give it sometime.
APG is available in the Sharepoint, under Flash you can find it at the bottom of the page as Arabic Pronunciation Guide.
Another thing you can do is to search in the lessons page for the word (pronunciation) and look at the Visual Tutorial that comes with the lesson titled (Letter pronunciation).
Hope that helps
hamza saysTue 23rd Mar 10@05:20 am
as-Salaamu alaikum guys, I've just joined the site and I'm enjoying it a lot. I started off listening to the most recent podcasts but then after a few of them I thought I might be better off starting from the beginning. It was funny to hear your first one - nowhere near as slick as the latest! Nice to see how the format has evolved over the last couple of years - keep up the good work!
Zanna saysFri 26th Mar 10@12:45 pm
hello everybody,
thanks a lot for your help.
I have a question: why the final letter of the word "ta3bana" is written without the two points like in the case of "6ayeba"?
I'm a little confuse.
Fri 26th Mar 10@10:56 pm
Don't be confused, you are right, it should have had two dots at the end, i.e taa marbootah (ـة) instead of the haa (ـه) . We will fix it soon inshallah.
garyleven saysTue 30th Mar 10@02:09 pm
Excellent this is much easier than learning Arabic from a book.
nikki saysWed 14th Apr 10@11:13 pm
Aslama ehab I have downloaded the latest lessons off iTunes and there on my iPod how can I get the previous ones on my iPod also!! Thank you in advance inshallah
desperate to learn as I am soon moving out to Tunisia and would like to communicate with my Fiance's patents :) x
Sat 17th Apr 10@05:26 pm
Hi Nikki,
To put the previous lessons on your iPod you will need to download them from this website and then transfer them to your iPod via iTunes software
Ummu saysWed 28th Apr 10@05:19 pm
May Allaah Bless all of you!
Ruth4:4 saysTue 4th May 10@12:23 am
So isn't Kayf al7aal, the same as Kayf 7aluka?
Tue 4th May 10@10:39 pm
Both can be used to say: How are you. The difference between them is (Kayf al7aal?) means (how is the situation?) while (kayfa 7aaluka) is (how is your situation?).
nour saysFri 18th Jun 10@11:45 pm
I'm from France and very glad to find your lessons, my husband is lebanese and i often listen or sometimes his mother asks me "kayfik enti" is that the same meaning?
(sorry for my english)thanks
Sat 19th Jun 10@02:32 am
Ahlan (welcome) Nour,
Yes, (kayfik enti?) means (how are you?). As your husband is Lebanese, it will be an opportunity for you to listen to our Levantine dialect lessons. Levantine is a term used to describe the dialects spoken in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine.
Bettawfeeq (Good luck)
soyjuanma86 saysThu 1st Jul 10@11:05 pm
ok, hello, this is my introduction. I'm starting to learn Arabic and I've found this wonderful place; you make it seem easy and I've heard some intermediate lessons when you're speaking completelly in arabic. Of course I didn't understand anything except fil alu3'a l3arabiia and injlizia or in sha alla, but it encourages me to know that this kind of progress is possible and that some day i will be taking arabic classes completelly in arabic in sha alla. shukran jazeelan, ma3 salama.
ada_elena saysThu 9th Sep 10@04:04 pm
This is such a great and helpful site! I am thinking about studying Arabic at university, but i am afraid i won't be able to read or write using the arabic alphabet... :grrr:
And i have a question: can i use the words i'm learning here , with the help of your lessons, to talk to people from Syria? I know something about different dialects for a number of countries, but i am not very sure about Syria...
Thanks in advance and congrats for the site :)
Thu 9th Sep 10@10:56 pm
Ahlan ada_elena and welcome to the site. Yes, you can use the Arabic learnt here in Syria. You might also find the Levantine lessons useful :-)
ada_elena saysSat 11th Sep 10@05:01 am
thanks for the reply :)
and what do you think about the arabic alphabet? is it too close to the impossible? :grrr: i mean, in what talking is concerned, i am sure i will be fluent very soon, because i love learning new languages and i already know more than 5 or so... but all the languages i speak use the latin alphabet [+ or - 5 characters that are not in english language], so travelling and visiting those countries was never a problem for me... :cheese: but when i look at the arabic script, i get a little.... no, in fact, i get VEEERY confused and :bug:
mariagul saysThu 18th Nov 10@05:29 am
i am living in dubai i have never been to pakistan but my friends ask me yu are born in dubai but still yu don't no how to speak arabic but now i can with the help arabic pod i can speak and read thank yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu so much arabic pod :-)
khan366 saysSun 14th Aug 11@10:25 pm
thanks u in india
jazuli14 saysSun 4th Sep 11@05:35 pm
Going through the lessons from the start. I guess I am not really a beginner, but I cannot speak Arabic fluently, and this site is what I was looking for to help me practice my oral skills. I also don't have a lot of vocabulary at my disposal. Wish I had found this site when I moved to the Middle East in 2007. I moved back to North America earlier this year and really regret not taking advantage of the ability to practice the language while I was there. I hope to fix that now, even though I don't have a lot of Arabic speakers I can practice with (I will have to find some!)
Ehab's comment about the word شوية piqued my interest. I suspected it was related to شىء (thing) because of the similar letters - but it was just a guess. I use the Hans-Wehr Arabic dictionary - and I don't know if there has been a discussion about dictionaries on the site, but I would certainly recommend this one. You can find an online version at http://www.archive.org/stream/Dict_Wehr.pdf/Wehr
Anyways, I found شىء (shayy' - thing) under the root شيأ/شاء (sha'a - to want/wish). The Hans-Wehr is organized by Arabic root verbs, and give the meaning of the different measures or forms of the root verb. After that it often gives the meanings of derived nouns. What caught my eye was that you can say ...شىء من, which means "a little of... (something)".
Further down in the derived noun entries I found "شُيىء" - "shuyai'", which is the diminutive form of "شىء" and means quite literally "little thing", or "trifle". I guess this is most likely where "شوية" comes from, because the very next derived noun listed is exactly "شوية" - "shuwayyah", and it is identified as a colloquial term meaning "a little, a bit, somewhat".
Anyways, a bit beyond beginner stuff but I thought it was interesting.
Chzhgbd2 saysSat 26th Nov 11@01:20 am
Great,thanks very !
Surfwatcher saysSun 11th Mar 12@03:30 pm
Purchase Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur but thinking that they will stay in the library while I use your podcasts. Great job !!!.. Starting all over with your lessons.
Shukran Jazeelan
Mariasalmanhussain saysSat 5th May 12@09:24 am
Dear brothers i love this website n i just want to ask you is there any way that i pay and get all the lesson in audio n pdf tooo
Thu 16th Aug 12@12:41 am
I used Arabic keybord for the first time and it took me 10 minuites for just'Mar7aba'!omg! :roll:
But it was really fun and like Ehab said in his comment before,learning Arabic alphabets is essential.Since I began to understand Arabic alphabets,I want to try as much as possible.Thanks for the great work.
Well I have something I would like to ask.I typed'omg' above,but I know I need to be careful when I use it since I'm not a Cristian.Likewise I am not an Arab nor Muslim.I should be careful when I use words which include'Allah'?If I use them,does it sound strange to native Arabic speakers? If anyone have a comment about this,please let me know.Thanks in advance.
Fri 17th Aug 12@01:30 am
أهلا كورومي Kurumi
Great to know you are delving to learn the alphabets now, I suggest you try the Arabic Pronunciation Guide that we have in the "Activities" page, it should help you to get used to hear the letters.
As for using "Allah" in talking, really people from different faith or no faith backgrounds use it, so it would be totally fine if you use it.
chazyouwin saysFri 17th Aug 12@01:27 pm
Yes, the pronunciation guide is an absolute gem. It is buried as the first ArabicPod activity, but it is worth the search for it. I have it linked on my Firefox toolbar.
Fri 17th Aug 12@11:58 pm
شكرآ for your reply.And I saw my name written in Arabic for the first time!I Love it♥ Now I don't have to feel uncomfortable about using 'Allah'.Thank you.
Ever since I joined this website,I've listened to your podcasts as much as possible,maybe about 2hours a day,and after their sound got familiar,look at the transcripts and start copying(in handwriting)words as Mohammed replyed at my very first question. Probably my way is different from many other learners...?
Quite honestly,I've deliberately tried not to take any sort of systematic style when I learn Arabic because my main goal is to experience and understand how small kids acquire the skill of their native language.I've observed how my 4 kids got better at Japanese and amazed how different it was from English classes at school.In my opinion,many Japanese students have anti-English feelings.Adults as well.There is a big problem about forcible reading(without enough listening)and learing grammar rules first I think.
Sorry,this may not be an appropriate comment here,but my point is,learning Arabic with this website has given me much more than I had expected.This learning style isn't really stressful and and gives answers to my long life questions.It is absolutely not just learning a new language.
Now my son is 5years old and he is getting better at speaking day by day and is interested in writing as well.Everytime I discover something new about this amazing language,it helps me great deal how I should get involved with small kids.In fact,I don't feel bothered by their A LOT OF questions anymore (well,not perfectly though.lol) because regarding learning Arabic,I feel completely the same.I had never imagined that it could be this much joyful.
As an Arabic learner,maybe I am 2years old or so.My first plan was when I get ready to enroll ES,I mean about 5or 6,I would get full access and speed up the pace.Untill then,I want to copy kids' style to understand a lot of things.
But the temptation of many other activities are too strong...probably I'll try them not so long from now. ;-P
Let me thank again to my Arabic parents.You are the best!
your comment sounds very attractive and helpful.Thank you.^^
My final goal is to become a fluent Arabic speaker ofcourse.
Fri 31st Aug 12@01:56 am
مرحبا everyone
Let me make my recognition clear please.
it is about طيب\طيبٌة and تعبان\تعبنه .I understand adjectives follows nouns and change depending on whether they are feminine or masculin.In this dialogue it becomes feminine when a speaker is a woman.But if someone asked about her husband or son,would it be masuculine form in her reply? Also,what's the difference between those 2 words' ة وه؟ .
kurtubi saysThu 31st Oct 13@12:40 pm
ya ustadz sykron
I'm very happy to learn your Arabic podcast. I hope to mastering by listening your lesson gradually.
Efren saysSun 4th Oct 15@07:01 pm
inshallah I can learn a good arabic I am from Cd Juarez In Mexico greetings from my country
adewolesodiqarabic saysMon 25th Jun 18@12:07 pm
This is wonderful. I just discovered this and I think it's the best way to learn the Arabic language hands-on
Tue 26th Jun 18@10:07 am
Adewolesodiqarabic, اهلآ ومرحبآ
Hello and welcome!
habibalrusi saysThu 19th Jul 18@07:12 pm
Warm Greetings from Kazakhstan!
It is very cool and very usifull resoure for those who learning Arabic by themself as me.
However I could not dowload some audos and PDF. Why?/ Leeh?
Fri 20th Jul 18@02:14 pm
Hi Habibalrusi
I wonder if this is a subscription issue?
Arabicpod had 3 levels of access: Free, Basic and Premium.
For free, you can listen to the beginner-level MP3 podcasts, and also access the discussion pages (like this one). But for the other resources you need a paid subscription.
Basic gives access to the main resources, Premium gives access to everything.
For more information, see this page: http://www.arabicpod.net/user/membership_comparison
These aren't expensive (Arabicpod is not-for-profit, so the payments go to maintaining the website).
If you want to trial before paying, you can get a one-week free trial. Information about this is at: http://www.arabicpod.net/aboutus
I recommend doing the free trial and trying out all the different types of resources (and making sure you can access them all ok). Then decide whether you want a subscription, and which kind.
If you decide you don't want a subscription, you may still be able to learn a lot by listening to the MP3 recordings, and reading these discussion pages.
Hope this is helpful!
Fri 20th Jul 18@02:48 pm
اهلآ و سهلآ بك في أربيكبود
Greetings and welcome to Arabicpod!


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I have decided to post this "problem" on several forums on the web, I apologise for asking everywhere the same thing but I really need to get knowledge.
I would like to ask the important question of the conditions of explicit Read Transfert Rate tests. I mean the specific features that a drive must have to perform such a test with the best revelance for DVD writing quality. As it is a "stress test", I do know that reading speeds must be as fast as possible but the real question here concerns the reading capability of the drive used .
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December 6, 1987- More than 200,000 American Jews marched on Washington to demand that Soviet Jews be allowed to emigrate and practice their faith. The rally was timed to coincide with a meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Russian Jews like Natan Sharansky, Yosef Mendelovich and hundreds of others were imprisoned for the mere act of applying for an exit visa. Their plight, met with indifference by much of the Western world, spawned a massive activist effort on behalf of Soviet Jewry.
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text: An extremely talented African drummer and teacher with years of experience. Andrew has guested with Rebel Lion, Foundation Sound, Head Space, Urban Dub, Iration Steppas, YT and many more. He has worked with Youth Music, Arts Council East, Norwich City Council, Anna Mudeka, Garage Theatre, BBC Radio, WOMAD- dance class with me playing lead drum was filmed and then broadcast on SKY TVs AFRO CARRIBEAN Channel and more.


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Analysis and Practical Minimization of Registration Error in a Spherical Fish Tank Virtual Reality System
We describe the design, implementation and detailed visual error analysis of a 3D perspective-corrected spherical display that uses calibrated, multiple rear projected pico-projectors. The display system is calibrated via 3D reconstruction using a single inexpensive camera, which enables both view-independent and view-dependent applications, also known as, Fish Tank Virtual Reality (FTVR). We perform error analysis of the system in terms of display calibration error and head-tracking error using a mathematical model. We found: head tracking error causes significantly more eye angular error than display calibration error; angular error becomes more sensitive to tracking error when the viewer moves closer to the sphere; and angular error is sensitive to the distance between the virtual object and its corresponding pixel on the surface. Taken together, these results provide practical guidelines for building a spherical FTVR display and can be applied to other configurations of geometric displays.
Presented at the Asian Conference on Computer Vision in Taipei, November 2016.
Presented at the Asian Conference on Computer Vision in Taipei, November 2016.
author = {Qian Zhou and Gregor Miller and Kai Wu and Ian Stavness and Sidney Fels},
title = {Analysis and Practical Minimization of Registration Error in a Spherical Fish Tank Virtual Reality System},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Computer Vision},
series = {ACCV'16, LNCS},
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year = {2016},
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address = {Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany},
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location = {Taipei, Taiwan},
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FunctionFlip for MacBook
I love the media keys on my MacBook keyboard – just not them all. Fat-fingered that we're, I regularly skip tracks while i would like to pause or mute. Disabling every one of the keys just won't do, because I personally use the brightness and volume keys every single day.
FunctionFlip individually controls your MacBook or MacBook Pro's function keys, turning special keys here we are at regular F-keys, or vice-versa. FunctionFlip is a preference pane; you'll realize its in the "Other" category in System Preferences.


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On the eve of the Day of the Dead, Maria Santiago stood in the back of a moving pickup truck with her hair whipping through the air, heading toward the agave fields that her father had owned in this small town outside Oaxaca City.
She meandered through the plantation with her mother and brother-in-law, avoiding the prickly plants, to collect small yellow flowers for their altar.
Santiago, a 25-year-old nursing assistant in Los Angeles, had flown to her hometown to celebrate her first Day of the Dead without her father, a construction worker who died last January from COVID-19. In Santiago Matatlán, where residents will keep their doors and windows open to invite the spirits of their ancestors, Santiago's grandmother had taught her it was especially important to honor the recently deceased.
"If my dad comes, I want to give him a great welcome," said Santiago. "It's our first year without him. We want Father to enjoy the day like when he was alive."
Tourists have long flocked to Mexico for the Day of the Dead, a holiday in which families build elaborate ofrendas, or altars, laden with fruits, bread and hot chocolate, and visit the graves of loved ones in cemeteries.
Coronavirus has claimed more than 90,000 lives in Mexico, muting the country's iconic Day of the Dead
The pandemic has quieted one of the country's signature holidays — Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, when Mexicans honor deceased loved ones in often-boisterous fashion.
But in certain parts of the country with indigenous communities, the Day of the Dead, which stems from pre-Hispanic traditions, is considered so sacred that it brings those who left Mexico back home.
Immigrants from states like Oaxaca, Michoacán, Guerrero and Puebla may return if they have the means — a trip that's particularly poignant this year for those who couldn't travel in 2020 because of pandemic restrictions.
It's unclear exactly how many go back, but experts say that some tiny villages swell in size. Immigrants who cannot travel often send money to those planning the festivities, said Xóchitl Flores-Marcial, a Zapotec historian at Cal State Northridge, who compared the season to Thanksgiving travel.
People may also return to comply with their cargo, a term indigenous people use that refers to the economic, political or cultural support one must offer their community to maintain membership. Bonnie Bade, an anthropologist at Cal State San Marcos, said that Mexicans in the U.S. might be named to a committee to prepare the celebration.
"If the home is not open, if there are no altars, our ancestors feel sad — they come back and nobody cares about them," said Santiago Ventura, a northern California resident who said dozens of immigrants were returning to San Miguel Cuevas, his hometown in Oaxaca state. "We want to be there because of our love for our ancestors, and people work the whole year to save money to come back for this day."
At a bakery in Mitla, a town about 45 minutes from Oaxaca City known for its ancient ruins, Areida Mateo and her husband, Romayro Sosa, worked overnight in the days before the holiday, cracking thousands of eggs to make pan de muerto, or bread of the dead.
With an assistant, they baked about 12,000 loaves, many painted with a white sugar paste and decorated with edible skeletal figurines. Mateo, a fifth-generation baker, said she has cousins in the U.S. traveling to Mitla.
"It's not celebrated in other places the way it is here," she said. "They prefer to be in their town to experience the party."
After officials canceled festivities last year, Mexico is celebrating a more boisterous holiday.
In Xochimilco, a district in southern Mexico City where the holiday's signature marigolds are grown, trucks delivered loads of the orange flowers at markets. In Mexico City, officials said more than 1 million people lined the elegant Paseo de la Reforma and other boulevards to cheer an animated procession of dancing skeletons, bobbing skulls and other fanciful creations in a tribute to both the departed and to Hollywood. The annual parade, canceled last year, was inspired by a scene in the 2015 James Bond thriller "Spectre."
'The most terrible death of all is to be forgotten': The artist who made Day of the Dead matter
Folk artist Ofelia Esparza, L.A.'s most admired altar maker, reminds a somber city of the meaning of Día de los Muertos. Hint: It's not Mexican Halloween.
The holiday is still shadowed by the loss of the pandemic, which has taken more than 288,000 lives in Mexico. During a service on Nov. 2, a cathedral in Xochimilco will burn several dozen letters that locals dropped off throughout the year with messages to those who died.
"We're going to be incinerating them like an ofrenda," said Horacio Jimenez, who helps maintain the church.
The pandemic — in different ways — pushed some to return this year.
For 38 years, Gaudencio Vélez, who lives in Riverside, never traveled to his hometown in Guerrero state for the Day of the Dead, deciding instead to create a small altar.
But after almost two weeks on a respirator in the summer of 2020, Vélez booked a ticket to return to Jaleaca de Catalán. He planned to help prepare an altar to honor his deceased brother, grandparents and aunts. In his town, many put a bottle of Coca-Cola on the altar, a common drink with meals.
"In the time I was sick, I was close to my loved ones who have already passed," said Vélez, the president of the Guerrero Binational Federation based in Santa Ana. "To be alive now … I think that's a reason to celebrate life."
Immigrants also return to Santiago Matatlán, a Zapotec town near Oaxaca's Mitla where motorcycle-taxis abound and the air carries a smoky tinge from the many mezcal distilleries.
Preparations for the Day of the Dead begin weeks in advance, with residents bringing cocoa and chiles to a local store where they're hand-milled into chocolate and a mole paste.
Inspired by those found at Grand Park and the Hollywood Forever Cemetery around this time of the year, we've created our own communal digital altar.
Juanita Ruiz Gutierrez, her 22-year-old son, her husband and a friend all flew back from L.A. On Saturday, they drove to a family-owned distillery in a truck that rocked its way up a mountain road overlooking scenic views of agave fields.
With other relatives, the family prepared a special mezcal, where a turkey breast hung in the still cooks in vapors to add flavor. Ruiz Gutierrez signed a small cross before adding a cartload of pineapple, apples, prunes, cinnamon and bananas to boil with the mezcal and said a blessing in Zapoteco.
The family then drove to the house where she grew up, now occupied by her brother's family. The smell of fresh marigolds mixed with bread of the dead as Gutierrez's sister-in-law, a baker, rushed to fill orders.
Ruiz Gutierrez chopped marigold stems and handed them to a nephew and her son, who stuck them onto an arch made from stalks of sugar cane. Underneath, the family placed bread, bananas, nuts and other fruit on the altar, which displayed a photo of Ruiz Gutierrez's parents, who died four months apart 13 years ago.
A skeleton figure, made by her nephew to represent his grandmother, stood on the side.
"In this town everything is done very differently, the traditions are very profound," said Ruiz Gutierrez. "It's a feeling that reaches your soul."
The mood felt a bit more somber at the home of Santiago's mother a block away, where a bare bones altar awaiting decorations carried a photo of her father, Pedro Santiago, and his deceased sister.
Santiago's eyes grew teary as she said that she thought her father got infected while flying back from his hometown. He had seemed confused during his last days, telling her, "Let's go home, let's go to Mexico."
His 89-year-old mother, Epifania Hernandez, placed a hand over her face as she started to speak about her son, who left behind six daughters.
"Every day I miss my son and every day I remember him," she said in Zapoteco, when asked how she would honor him on the holiday.
Pedro Santiago is buried in L.A. County, but after picking flowers from the agave fields, Santiago and her mother, Maria Hernandez, drove to the town's cemetery to clean the graves of seven other relatives.
They poured buckets of water on each tomb and scrubbed the area with a broom before leaving behind pots with fresh flowers, as well as cups of beer and mezcal.
The next few hours would continue with ritual. Santiago's sister would slaughter a turkey bought a year earlier to eat with mole. Her mother would wake up on Monday at 4 or 5 a.m. to open the door for visitors coming by with offerings.
But the moment that had brought Santiago home will occur at noon, when the ringing of a church bell will signal the arrival of departed souls.
Among them, she believes, will be her father.
Times staff writer Patrick J. McDonnell and special correspondent Cecilia Sánchez in Mexico City contributed to this report.
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Last August, we reported on more than 150 new LEGO sets that are said to debut on 2017. Thanks to Hoth Bricks and Brickset, we now have a better idea of what some of these sets will focus on, including their set names and numbers. According to their sources, the following LEGO Star Wars sets are expected to be released sometime in summer, with Brickset updating their database to include these sets.
- 75160 U-wing Fighter (Microfighters)
- 75161 TIE Striker (Microfighters)
- 75162 Y-wing Fighter (Microfighters)
- 75163 Krennic's Imperial Shuttle (Microfighters)
- 75164 Rebel Battle Pack
- 75165 Imperial Battle Pack
- 75166 Battle Pack (Episodes IV-VII)
- 75167 Battle Pack (Episodes IV-VII)
- 75178 Quadjumper (Episode VII: The Force Awakens)
- 75179 Rebel Hangar
- 75180 The [Guavian] Death Gang (Episode VII: The Force Awakens)
- 75182 Imperial Hovertank (not Rogue One related probably)
- 75183 Darth Vader Transformation (Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) – possible rehash of set 7251 Darth Vader Transformation.
- 75184 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017
- 75185 Freemaker The Adventures
- 75186 Freemaker The Adventures
- 75523 Shore Trooper (Buildable Figure)
- 75524 Chirrut Îmwe (Buildable Figure)
- 75525 Baze Malbus (Buildable Figure)
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Similarly, just2good over at Eurobricks confirms that there are two upcoming LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sets dedicated to the next MCU film, Spider-Man Homecoming plus with Brickset posting another set number: 76082, 76083, 76084. There's also set 76088 which is unclear as of the moment on what it will be all about. Brickset also list three sets – 76079, 76080, and 76081 – dedicated to another MCU film which is the Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2. Similarly, there are two sets that refers to the LEGO Avengers Assemble video game: Captain America Jet Pursuit (76076) and Iron Man: Detroit Steel Strikes (76077).
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Birthday Wishes and Cakes for Boys/Men are usually thought carefully. Because for these objects, there are a lot of choices. But we need to choose a cake which is really suitable for him. A meaning Birthday wishes must be more important than anything else to them. They can feel all your love through this. It proves how much you know him. He will be happy because of these simple things. So, on his Birthday, Wish him with these great wishes.
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When it comes to boyfriend's birthday, every girl wants to make this day memorable and exciting to delight her beloved. And, of course, one of the main attributes of a successful celebration is an original and sincere wish, that will make his heart melt. If you are looking for this kind of birthday wishes for your boyfriend, then this page definitely suits you. Here you'll find inspiration and ideas for how to transform your lover's birthday into an unforgettable day!
On your special day I just wanted to say that I thank God because I found you, Happy birthday my heartbeat.
This wish is for your birthday. The love is for the whole year.
Happy Birthday, my love! May your day be super bright and super special!
I'm so excited to be with you for your birthday this year. Here's to making sure the upcoming year is filled with fun, love, and romance together. I can't wait for all of the wonderful times the next year will bring us.
I send the most loving wishes to my beauty of queen that makes my life so bright and delight. Wishing you a very blessed birthday sweetheart.
From beginning to end, hope this birthday is your happiest ever.
You are my joy, my treasure, my greatest gift of life! Happy birthday, baby!
I'll be thinking of you on your birthday and wishing you all your favorite things.
Happy birthday to the queen of my heart! You're a dream come true for me and I never want to be without you.
You were born, and the world became a better place.
The most loving wishes to the one that makes my life complete!
Everybody has birthdays. You just wear yours better than most!
No matter how much we fight and argue, no one else means more to me than you. Happy birthday.
Wishing you a birthday that's just as wonderful as you are!
The day you were born was a lucky day for so many people. You enrich my life so much and I love you more than you might know!
Hope your birthday is just like you…totally freaking awesome.
Happy birthday to my girlfriend who made my life go from lonely to livable to lovable. I wish to make your birthday as special and wonderful as you are.
I started loving you when I stopped looking for the best in you and started wishing the best for you.
I remembered your birthday and forgot your age. You're welcome.
May your birthday be as truly, madly and deeply special as you're to me, sweetheart. I feel so lucky having the chance of celebrating this special day of your life.
Do you know why old men wear black socks with sandals? Well, you're one year closer to finding out.
"Happy birthday! Your life is just about to pick up speed and blast off into the stratosphere. Wear a seat belt and be sure to enjoy the journey. Happy birthday!"
You're not older – you're just more distinguished.
Blow out your candles before the fire truck shows up!
It is hard to find a gift that shows how happy I am that you are my girl. Along with these birthday gifts, I give you my heart.
Give yourself a punishing manly back-slap and pretend it's from me.
Dance as though no one is watching you, Love as though you have never loved before, Sing as though no one can hear you, Live as though heaven is on earth! I Wish you a very warm and Happy Birthday!
Cheers to you on your birthday!
Nothing says "Happy Birthday" like a card that says "Happy Birthday." Deep — I know!
Happy birthday! You're my special girl. From morning to night, I will make your special day as exciting and beautiful as you
Wishing you a happy and healthy year ahead!
"May you be gifted with life's biggest joys and never-ending bliss. After all, you yourself are a gift to earth, so you deserve the best. Happy birthday."
It's your birthday, kick back and have a good one – you deserve it!
All of your days should be as special as your birthday, I promise to make your day brighter as you are to me. I love you and wish you the most exciting and unforgettable birthday.
I'm glad we're friends. I think the others were scared. Happy Birthday!
I hate you sometimes because how hard it is to force myself to stop thinking about you sometimes.
Happy Birthday to the man who has always been there for me. Whether rain or shine, I'm so happy and great full that I can call you mine.
It's always a treat to wish Happy Birthday to someone as sweet as you.
You are my soul mate, my partner, and most trusted friend. I can't imagine how my life would be without you. On your birthday, I want to remind you of all the reasons why I love you.
Happy Birthday! To my boyfriend who holds my hand firm but gentle, who listens to me day or night, and lets me know everything is going to be all right.
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It looks unbelievable that how lucky I am for having a chance to be with you on your birthday, sending you kisses and hugs on your special day my sweetie.
Even when my skies are grey, you brighten every day. You will always be the love and light in my life. Happy Birthday!
With as much love, as I can share, I wanted to let you know I care, Enough to send some love your way, On your very special day! Happy Birthday, sweetheart!
When there is a fire most call the fire department, I call you instead! Even though you are the one who started the spark! "Now put out those candles on the cake!"
I'd like to wish a lovely and very Happy Birthday to the prince in my life.
" Another adventure filled year awaits you. Welcome it by celebrating your birthday with pomp and splendor. Wishing you a very happy and fun-filled birthday!"
For your Birthday I got the balloons, the cake, the streamers. But most of all I brought you something that didn't cost me a thing. My Love! Happy Birthday!
You are everything that one man could wish for. Therefore, I will try to return all the happiness that you brought into my life back to you. Happy birthday, my love!
Wishing you a wonderful Happy Birthday! You are not just my boyfriend you are my best friend too!
"May the joy that you have spread in the past come back to you on this day. Wishing you a very happy birthday!"
On your Birthday I thought about putting just one candle on your cake, symbolizing that you are truly a one of a kind for me.
Thank you for all the good moments that you brought into my life. Happy birthday, love and I wish you all the best. Love you!
When it comes to holding an adorable puppy it reminds me of when I hold you. You give me that warm fuzzy feeling. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to my dream girl! being with you is like a wonderful dream and I wish it could last forever.
You are the hottest guy at school! Thank you for being my partner in crime as we navigate the world together. Happy Birthday!
Your birthday is a very special day, but for me, every day is special, if we are spending it together.
Sending you oceans of love and constellations of kisses on your birthday.
I celebrate you every single day, and because this day is extra-special, I celebrate you in a very special way with this special note "Thanks for coming into my life!"
You may grow old, but I'll grow old alongside you, and our love will always stay young. Happy Birthday.
Let your birthday be as lovely as you are.
This year may be full of surprises and your first one comes from me. Happy birthday, love!
The first thing that came to my mind this morning was that today is your birthday. I hope I was the first one to send you birthday greetings, because you're the most special person in the world to me. Happy Birthday!
Sweetheart, I am so lucky that I have you in my life. Enjoy your Big Day, may it bring you tons of joy!
If I could put my heart on paper and ink for you, I would have done it. Not because I'm crazy, but to show you how much I love you. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!
Every day with you is one great celebration and filled only with beautiful moments. I love you, baby. Happy Birthday!
Wishing a Happy Birthday to the most charming, funny, attractive and rocking personality in town. Have a great day.
I wish you a day as sunny as your smile, as shining as your eyes, as beautiful as you are!
Happy Birthday to the sweetest person I know! Have an awesome day and stay blessed. Happy Birthday!
I am the luckiest person on the Earth because I have the most wonderful girl by my side. Happy bday to you, sweetie!
It has only been a short time since we started seeing each other, but I cannot imagine my life without you. Here's to this birthday and the ones to come.
Have you ever thought what life would be like without me? Yeah, I could not see it either. I have been lucky in love thanks to you, my dear. Happy Birthday to the only person I can imagine building a future full of love with.
I am so excited to spend the day with you! I have the most amazing birthday surprises planned. I know you will never forget today, Happy (age) Birthday!
I hope that your Birthday is beautiful, wonderful, and full of love…just like you! Celebrate! You deserve the best.
The best thing in the world is getting to celebrate the birthday of the one you love. I am so lucky I can call you mine. Happy Birthday.
"Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. Happy birthday!"
I'm more than thankful you're in my life. I'm complete. You fill me up with love. Let's fill your birthday with love.
It's your day baby, so light up the candles and make the greatest wish! I promise and make you believe that together we will make it come true!
Just from your smile, I hoped you were the one for me. And when you opened your mouth and spoke to me, I knew. I love you. Happy birthday, darling!
"Happy birthday! I hope all your birthday wishes and dreams come true."
On your special day, you should know how much you mean to me, so I will tell you the only way I know how…with lots of love, hugs and kisses.
"This birthday, I wish you abundant happiness and love. May all your dreams turn into reality and may lady luck visit your home today. Happy birthday to one of the sweetest people I've ever known."
Happy birthday, my dearest. You're the reason I smile, the reason I laugh, the reason I jump for joy. You're the reason for everything "happy" in my life.
"Count not the candles…see the lights they give. Count not the years, but the life you live. Wishing you a wonderful time ahead. Happy birthday."
I love you more than I can ever say in words, so I will just have to show you. Yes, I'm about to make this birthday the best you've ever had. Happy birthday, my love.
"Forget the past; look forward to the future, for the best things are yet to come."
If there's anything in the world that I'm blown away by, it's your smile. On your Birthday today I pray that may this wonderful smile of yours never disappears from your face. Happy birthday handsome.
Happy Birthday to the one without whom my life is incomplete.
You will always be my blue eyed boy and I will always be your girl who makes others go green. Let's hope that this Birthday of yours paints us in many more fun colors of life. Happy Birthday.
"Your birthday is the first day of another 365-day journey. Be the shining thread in the beautiful tapestry of the world to make this year the best ever. Enjoy the ride."
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You tolerate my mood swings, my tantrums and pull me up when I'm down. You are my ultimate source of inspiration and happiness. I just want to say that I love you. Happy Birthday to the hero of my life.
Darling, you are a wonderful bloom in a beautiful garden where only true love grows! Wishing you a brilliant Birthday!
It is difficult to buy a gift for you sweetheart. Because I want to buy you the entire world for you. But until I win the lottery, I can only offer you my love and commitment that I will be there for you, no matter what.
Poets and painters express my feelings best. My poor self can only say: Happy Birthday, and I love you.
I love you and I want you to know how lucky I am to have you! Happy birthday
It is difficult to buy a gift for you, sweetheart. Because I want to buy you the entire world for you. Wish you a very happy and sweet birthday.
Close your eyes make a wish and hope for all good things to come to you. Happy Birthday
Dear love, I wish you all the best for your birthday and I promise that I will do everything to make you happy. Hugs and Kisses!
Nothing in the world can let me forget you, so how can I forget your Birthday. Lets enjoy the day on the sea side watching sunset together. Be romantic and have a romantic Birthday.
Did you hear a light tap on your shoulder this midnight? It wasn't Santa Claus, it was me wishing you a very Happy Birthday!
A kiss here, a kiss there, a thousand kisses for your birthday! Have a lovely day and may everyone see your gorgeous smile!
Falling in love should last forever. Forget all the bad and the things that made you sad. All best wishes from someone who loves you immensely. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday my dearest and sweetest, not a day goes by when I do not think of you and how empty my life would be if you were not here.
Congratulations on your birthday honey! May life bring you everything that you are dreaming about!
On your birthday sweetheart, on this special day for you, I promise to make it unforgettable and loving for you too.
You are the most wonderful thing that has ever happen to me in life. Have an awesome bday, my love!
Happy birthday to the love of my life. Before I met you, I imagined what the man of my dreams would be like. You're so much better than I ever imagined.
Happy Birthday to the sweetest girlfriend ever! You deserve all the success, happiness and love in the world. Let's celebrate this special day of your life together.
"A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday!"
For your birthday, you're entitled to one special wish for every candle on your cake. That's because I love you madly…and I know one of them will require our birthday suits!
May your Big Day be full of limitless joy and true happiness, I love you!
Two hearts together, one true love forever. Happy Birthday my super special boy!
Today is the perfect day to tell you that you're a wonderful girlfriend. Happy birthday! I wish you all the best on this day and throughout the year.
When we make love, we make it amazing. Let's make your birthday all about love.
"Birthdays are a new start, a fresh beginning and a time to pursue new endeavors with new goals. Move forward with confidence and courage. You are a very special person. May today and all of your days be amazing!"
Every time I look in your eyes, I think that the saying 'Made for each other' was made just for you and me. My life is incomplete without you. Happy Birthday!
Because today's your birthday, And because you're extra nice, One wish is not enough for you And so here's wishing twice! Hoping your Birthday's wonderful In every single way, And next year brings happiness For my love every day!
Your Birthday reminds me that you are the only person I want to spend my life with. Happy Birthday!


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Monday, November 15, 2010
Several Animals Were Harmed In The Making Of This Post
Here's Kim Kardashian yesterday, wearing 2 different furs in one 56-degree day in New York City. Because, even when it's unseasonably warm, nothing says "I'm a total douche" like wearing the skin of a defenseless, tortured animal to film your indefensible, torturous reality show.
Posted by Renée Z. at 11:14 AM
2 comments:
Rampant consumerism + vanity + ignorance + animal cruelty = cultural and personal FAILReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
After her sister's PETA ad, this is sad. Makes one wonder if her sister even cared or just wanted to have her photo taken.ReplyDelete
This is shameless.
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