Let's count!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Just take my hubby's name: AHmed or A7med . . . he raked me over the coals on the pronunciation of the "H" . . . he kept saying "it isn't ACHmed" . . . which is the way I hear a lot of people pronounce it . . . maybe Westerners only??? So I just started saying "it starts with 'AH' and is AH-med". That almost works . . . . I think that there is a lot of confusion on the H, KH, etc. and I am not so used to the numbers. Taking French helped with the rolling sounds . . . but it all takes practice and listening to someone who is a native speaker . . . but then again . . . it depends on which country . . they can be different!!!

I'm so glad my husband's name is Tamer I still managed to pronounce it wrong at first, but then again, he pronounces Jennifer wrong too

timaniya wa khamseen = 58

Edited April 26, 2006 by rahma

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Tis'a wa khamseen = 59

[UmmSqueakster 54]

sittun = 60!

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waaHid wa sittun = 61

Jennifer, Ahmed wanted to call me Cathy and I had tell him I prefer Catherine . . . seems like most of the Egyptians that met me ALWAYS wanted to shorten my name or give me some nickname. Catherine just sounds nicer than Cathy, LOL . . . my family still calls me Cathy and they seem to have real problems switching over too even after all this time .

Edited April 26, 2006 by cbarrosmostafa

[UmmSqueakster 54]

ithnan wa sittun = 62

I set out right fromt the start that I wouldn't be called Jenny. When I got to college, I asked everyone to call me either Jennifer or Jen.

But, my husband and I usually refer to each other by our nicknames, rahma (mercy in arabic) and beni (blessing in french) I have a hard time switching back to our real names when someone else is around.

Edited April 26, 2006 by rahma

[Jenn! 918]

ithnan wa sittun = 62

I set out right fromt the start that I wouldn't be called Jenny. When I got to college, I asked everyone to call me either Jennifer or Jen.

But, my husband and I usually refer to each other by our nicknames, rahma (mercy in arabic) and beni (blessing in french) I have a hard time switching back to our real names when someone else is around.

tlata wa sittun = 63

Same here. I've always hated Jenny.

At work I go by Jennifer, but at home and with friends, it's Jenn

[LaL 418]

you guys are waaay past anything i can count up to... but i will add a little something. Speaking of the EIN or AYN however u want to spell it, i noticed the root pattern very early on in learning arabic, and found lots of words that when you *miniaturize* the item you are talking about for example :

Shugra - tree

Shogeira - little tree

asked my hubby if our name HUSSEIN was like a baby HASSAN... he just looked at me and cracked up. sounds right though dosen't it?

[jordanianprincess 0]

arb3a o' siteen = 64

[kerewin21 2]

asked my hubby if our name HUSSEIN was like a baby HASSAN... he just looked at me and cracked up. sounds right though dosen't it?

LOL Majid totally cracks up when I say stuff like that...

hamsa wa s'teen = 65

[Jenn! 918]

you guys are waaay past anything i can count up to...

I just follow the pattern from the posts behind me!

sitta wa'steen = 66

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you guys are waaay past anything i can count up to...

I just follow the pattern from the posts behind me!

sitta wa'steen = 66

That's how it morphs!!

saba'a wi siteen = 67

[LebaneseMama 1]

tamana ou'siteen - 68

My baby's name is Ali ... 3li ... I think Americans will say Ahh - lee like in Aladdin. We want to name our first boy Ahmed inshallah. It's gonna be a headache I know .. but that's his dad's name. My name is easy once you hear it : Mah-sue-nah.

[dollface41601 0]

tisaa o' siteen

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saba'een = 70!!!

Edited April 27, 2006 by cbarrosmostafa

[jordanianprincess 0]

wahad o'sab3ein = 71