tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post5180185513617045340..comments2024-02-07T06:43:07.349-05:00Comments on The Arabic Student: Confusion between the letters "P" and "B"The Arabic Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844721436789527noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-2158586666226188342012-03-06T11:12:52.364-05:002012-03-06T11:12:52.364-05:00Im convinced that B and P are the same phoneme. B...Im convinced that B and P are the same phoneme. But that "b" is the phoneme pronounced upwards, whereas "p" is the phoneme pronounced downwards. similarly, f and v i believe is the same phoneme, just different direction. "v" is upwards, and "f" is downwards.Oniyihnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-4747484258324024442011-03-22T15:25:34.127-04:002011-03-22T15:25:34.127-04:00he hee heee , me too can't distinguish the pro...he hee heee , me too can't distinguish the pronounciation of these two different letters.<br /><br />CAN YOU HELP ME?confused studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-24775866313413501052010-05-24T09:41:36.920-04:002010-05-24T09:41:36.920-04:00Yes it is so difficult for young learner to divide...Yes it is so difficult for young learner to divide this two letter B and Palhameerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879223043343090645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-84235226954768740272009-04-25T09:41:00.000-04:002009-04-25T09:41:00.000-04:00Hi, I'm a Japanese learning Arabic (having tro...Hi, I'm a Japanese learning Arabic (having trouble distinguishing L & R).<br />Once my Egyptian teacher said "What's your jop?" I wondered "jop???" cause I neither English naive speaker, so I was not sure if there's a word "jop" or just he mistook.<br />For me a poor English speaker, his Arabic is easier than his English :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168553504058476482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-63911896827993253832009-03-24T00:23:00.000-04:002009-03-24T00:23:00.000-04:00That was really funny! I love to hear about things...That was really funny! I love to hear about things like this. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-67204699228555603392009-03-22T13:16:00.000-04:002009-03-22T13:16:00.000-04:00haha.. I feel sorry for everyone named Paul in an ...haha.. I feel sorry for everyone named Paul in an Arab country, because as it is written بول it is the word for urine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-50235100734578765602009-03-21T20:35:00.000-04:002009-03-21T20:35:00.000-04:00@Belkacem lol Yeah, lots of English speakers learn...@Belkacem lol Yeah, lots of English speakers learning Arabic do that too. They also confuse حرب and هرب.The Arabic Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844721436789527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-85270281293104386282009-03-21T16:45:00.000-04:002009-03-21T16:45:00.000-04:00remember me the joje egyptians made about the last...remember me the joje egyptians made about the last egypt king (britain's puppet with P ). This king was not arab but albanian. He was known to have lot of problem with arabic language. When he spoke to his girlfriend he use to say "ya kalbi" instead of "ya qalbi" , My dog instead of my heart ;)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289889999424635909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-32584769122013767142009-03-21T10:56:00.000-04:002009-03-21T10:56:00.000-04:00lol, nice :Plol, nice :PMayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122618805213060258noreply@blogger.com