Re: Translation help please

"Alan" <in_flagrante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Caagh" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > 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

Thank you very much indeed Alan, very appreciated.
Rgds
Caagh