by "Alan" <in_flagrante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sep 10, 2005 at 12:17 AM
"Caagh" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:4321c99d$0$97097$ed2619ec@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Would someone be able to give me the phonetic translation from English
to
> Arabic of the phrase "Big Ears"
> Many thanks
> Caagh
>
'a:dha:n kebi:ra = "big ears"
(Modern Standard Arabic)
Note:
' = lower glottal stop (like what happens to the "tt's" when a Cockney
says
"bottle of beer")
dh = hard "th" as in "those"
a: = "a" as in cat, but slightly lengthened
ke = like in "keg"
i: = like "ee" in "sleep"
/'a:dha:n/ (accent on 1st syllable) = ears
/kebi:ra/ (accent on 2nd syllable) = big
