Ooo, fun!

[cjsmith]

I have a new book: "Beginner's Arabic Script", in the Teach Yourself language series. I can write six letters now, if you count alif and alif madda as two. I can write the words "father", "August", "furniture", "door", "firm/solid", "son", "daughter", "I", and "you". I am on page eight.

Wheeee! :-) :-)

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I get confused by the words that are very close. With only six letters to work with, that means I'm quite confused! Father, door, and August are all close.

I'm at home and the book is at work; let's see how well I do:
father = ab
August = aab
furniture = athaath
door = bab
firm ... um, it ends with a 't'
son = ibn
daughter = bint
I = ana
you = anta

I bet I screwed up father, door, and August. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hey, pretty good! Door has the long a: baab. Firm/solid is thaabit. Cool! The book was right: writing things down is a powerful aid to memory!