ENGLISH. ARABIC. R e n d e re d as n e a r to E u ro p e an p ro * ' nunciation its th e E n g lish A l p h a b e t w i l l admit* ARABIC. Hatred Hassed Harvesjt Hassed Learning I Alem, or E l ) AJem J or jDlc A flag E l A lem Granulated -i j. Kuscasoe j- u ^s^£s> paste J The dish it is ) made in J Kuscas j- Heart K u l ’b t lA i Dog K i l ’b Mould K a l’b Captain Feathers Mud Rice Rish Ris Smell Shim Æ Pois_pn Sim Absent R ’gaib Butter milk Raib ¿ J \ ) \ * The, African Jews find it very difficult in speaking, to distinguish between ¡Mm and-simj for they cannot pronounce the sh, (^ i) but sound it like s the very feiy who have studied the art o f reading the language, have, however, conquered this difficulty. ENGLISH ARABIC. R e n d e re d as ne a r to E u ro p e an p ro n u n c ia tio n as th e E n g lish A l p h a b e t w i l l admit* ARABIC. O C White Bead A black El Abd I p Eggs Baid Afar-off Baid A pig He lloof A n oath He llcf (_aW\ Feed for horses A l f A thousand A l f lia i! It is difficult for any one who has not accurately studied the A rabic language, to imagine the many errors which an European commits in speaking it, when s e lf taught, o r even when taught in Europe. Soon after m y arriva l in A fr ica , when I had not attained the age o f eighteen, I happened one day to be in the house o f an European gentleman who had then been in the country twenty y e a r s ; an A rab o f the province o f T edla came in, when the former (at all times desirous o f exhibiting his knowledge o f their language) addressed him, and after making a long speech, the A ra b v e ry co o lly replied, “ I entreat thee to speak Arab ic, that I may understand thee (tkillem Eaudie b'lorbea besh en fh em ik ) ." T h is was interpreted to me by a friend, who was present, and it made such a strong impression on my mind, that I resolved to apply my se lf assiduously to discover the reason w h y a person who spoke the language tolerab ly quick, should be altogether so little understood, and I was some time afterwards, by «making various observations and
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