Saturday, January 31, 2009
Bedouin Song and Translation
One of my Lebanese teachers exposed me to this song a while back. The singer's name is Fouad Hijazi (فؤاد حجازي) and he's from Jordan. My teacher called his dialect Bedouin and he pronounces the "qaf" (ق) like a "g" in several words in the song. He's singing about his cousin Radya and asking her where she is going. It took a couple listens for this song to grown on me, but I like it a lot now =). Most people I talk to say they don't see how I could like that noise, but any song with a Mijwiz (مجوز) in it I love. The Mijwiz is that flute-like thing they play that sounds kind of like a kazoo. It's in a lot of Arabic songs. A more modern song with it is واحشني ايه by Miriam Fares.
وين رايحة يا راضية يا بنت عمي الغالية - Where are you going, Radya, oh precious daughter of my uncle.
If you didn't know, marrying your cousin is A-OK in the Arab world. So yeah, this guy is singing a love song to his cousin. =\
قلبي أنا عم يتبعك و انت علي قاسية و انت علي قاسية يا بنت عمي راضية - My heart is following you and you are harsh towards me (and you are harsh towards me) oh daughter of my uncle, Radya.
He says قلبي as "galbi". The word عم is used a lot in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. It just gives the verb that it is used before an -ing ending. Also, he says قاسية here as "gaasia".
ثوبك مقصب مخملي و العين سودا مكحلة - Your dress is shiny and purple and your eyes have black mascara on them.
The word مقصب (mugasab) is shiny (Hans Wehr says "embroidered with silver or gold") and مخملي is purple. سودا مكحلة sounds like "so dumb gahali" because he runs the words together. They say ة as a ي all the time in Levantine dialect. For example, لبنانية is pronounced "lubnanii" with no "a" sound on the end.
و بمشيتك تتمايلي زينة بنات البادية - And when you walk you sway. You're the prettiest girl in the baadya.
The word بادية just means the place where the Bedouin live. Usually out in the desert with tents.
يا بنت عمي راضية - Oh, daughter of my uncle, Radya
وين رايحة و ما في حدا ع الدرب و الليل إبتد - Where are you going when there's no one on the road and night has begun?
The word حدا means "anyone". Lots of times in Levantine dialect they'll just say ع instead of saying على. The word درب is road.
خايف عليك من العدى و انت لوحدك ماضية - I'm afraid that you'll get attacked while you're walking by yourself.
In all dialects they often use the فاعل (doer)form when they would conjugate the verb in MSA. He could say أخاف here and it would mean the same thing. Here, العدى is "an attack". It comes from the same root as عدو (enemy). لوحدك is alone or by yourself and ماضية comes from the root مضى which means to "pass by". At first I thought it meant "in the past" like you usually see in the news, but that doesn't make any sense here.
عودي لحمانا وارجعي واصغي لندايا واسمعي - Return to our safety and come back. Heed my call and listen!
Ok, the root عَادَ and رَجَعَ mean the same thing, "return" or "come back". إصغي and إسمعي both are imperative female for "listen". نَدَا means "to call out".
وين ربعنا ماشي معي نحظى بعيشة هادية - Where are our people? They're walking with me. Let's enjoy a life of peace.
In Hans Wehr it says that ربع is "a large group of people or a clan". Again, here he uses the فاعل (doer) form of the verb. ماشي.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Aswaat Arabiyya
Aswaat Arabiyya
ASWAAT عRABIA اصوات عربية provides listening materials and accompanying activities for the various level of proficiency from Novice to Superior. ....... by clicking on the title above you will tour this site and explore its various components.
This is very well presented work !!!
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ASWAAT عRABIA اصوات عربية provides listening materials and accompanying activities for the various level of proficiency from Novice to Superior. ....... by clicking on the title above you will tour this site and explore its various components.
This is very well presented work !!!
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Unit 6
Learn 80 percent vocabulary of the Qur'an
Download MP3 of examples with translations for the following wordlist
| Word | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ضَلَّ | dal-la | he went astray |
| مَسَّ | mas-sa | he touched |
| وَدَّ | wad-da | he wished |
| وَضَعَ | wada‘a | he set up |
| وَقَعَ | waqa‘a | it befell |
| وَهَبَ | wahaba | he granted |
| وَجَدَ | wajada | he found |
| وَرِثَ | waritha | he inherited |
| وَعَدَ | wa‘ada | he promised |
| وَقَى | waqaa | he protected |
| وَسِعَ | wasi‘a | it extended |
| تَابَ | taaba | he repented |
Please visit http://www.80percentwords.com to practice these words.
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Arabic Simpsons: Season 3 Episode 17
00:09 على مهلك الاحسن تتخانق (ala mahlak alahsan tatkhani2): Slow down or you'll choke (على مهلك means "slowly")
00:44 عندي سلاح سري جداً (andi silaah sirri gidan): I have a very secret weapon
1:10 ما لهاش زي (ma lahaash zay): there's nothing like it
1:39 إبتديت أصنع أعظم مضرب في العالم (ibtadayt asna3 a3zam madrab fi al3aalam): I began to make the greatest bat in the world
2:01 قشطة (ishta): literally means "cream", but here it means something like "cool"
3:12 و أنا مضربي من نفس المحل برضه (wa ana madrabi min nefs almahal bardu): and my bat is from the same store too
4:48 الفريق بتاعي أنا هيقسر فريقك أنت زي عنقود العنب (alfaree2 bitaa3ee ana hayu2sur faree2ak enta zay 3an2ood al 3inab): My team will crush your team like a cluster of grapes
4:59 مليون لحلوح ما يلحلحوش الرهان (milyoon lahlooh ma ylahlahoosh al rahaan): A million guinea isn't good enough for the wager? (Ok, this one will take some explaining. لحلوح is another name for the Egyptian guinea. To لحلح something means to make it active or in effect. So, literally it says "A million guinea doesn't make the wager?".)
5:04 ما كنتش مركز معاك. أنا فاكرك هتبدأ بمبلغ اقل (ma kuntish murakkiz maayak. ana faakarak hatabda bi mablag a2a2l): I wasn't focusing with you. I thought you would start with a smaller amount.
6:42 يتفرج على 3 تلفزيونات دول سوى (yatfarrag ala thalath telivizionaat dol sawa): and watch those 3 TVs at the same time (دول means "those" and سوى means "together")
6:49 عرض مغري عشانك (ard mughree ashaanak): a tempting offer for you
7:54 بتلعب وينج يمين (bitalab wing yeemeen): do you play right wing (I'm guessing they mean right field. They don't play a whole lot of baseball in the middle east lol)
9:48 مستحيل ما حدش يقدر يبذل أكثر من مية في المية. بالمنطق أكثر من كده ما ينفعش (mustaheel ma hadish yi2dar yibzil akthar min mia fi al mia. bil muntiq akthar min kida ma yanfash): Impossible. No one can exert more than 100% effort. Logically more than that doesn't work. (بذل جهود means to exert effort. The hypnotist said "your effort will be 110%". ما ينفعش means "it's no use" or "it's no benefit")
9:56 همسكها (hamsikha): I'll catch it
10:37 إخترني (ikhtarnee): choose me
11:21 دلوقت قبل ما نعرف تشكيل الفريق احب اقول لإلي اساميهم مش في القائمة انهم خيبوا املي فيهم (dilwa2ti abl ma narif tashkeel al faree2 aheb a2ool li illi asaameehum mish fi al qayma annahum khayboo amali fihum): Now, before we know the formation of the team, I want to say to those whose names aren't on the list that they have disappointed me. (literally "they have dashed my hope in them")
11:28 في حاجة نقصاهم إسمها الحماس (fi haga na2saahum ismaha al hamaas): There's something they lack. It's called zeal.
12:23 طلع الرخصة بالراحة (tala3 al rukhsa bi al raaha): get out your license, slowly
12:49 حاول ترفع ايدك (hawil tarfa3 iydak): Try to raise your hand.
13:37 ما تخافيش خالص هانقذ قطتك (ma tkhafeesh kaalis hanqiz utatik): Don't be scared a bit! I'll save your cat.
16:18 إستنى أنت (istana enta): wait
16:19 الرجل إلي بيلعب في مكانك موجود (al ragal ili biyal3ab fi makanak mawgood): The man that plays your position is here.
16:23 دكة (dikka): bench
16:31 برا (barra): out
16:41 دول لاعيبة محترفين (dol laa3eeba muhtarifeen): those are professional players
16:43 متعودين على الكلام ده (muta3awwideen 3ala al kalaam da): they're used to that (kind of) talk
16:44 مش بيأثر فيهم أبداً (mish bi yua2thar fee hum abadan): it won't affect them at all
16:50 معايا سوداني (ma3aaya sudani): I've got peanuts (فول سوداني is the long way to say it. Literally Sudanese bean.)
17:00 دليك لي مخي (daleek lee mukhee): massage my brain for me
17:20 قولولي لمل بابا كون ترتفع معنوياته (ooloolee limma baba koon tartafa3 ma3naweeaatu): tell me when dad is in better spirits
17:26 هنقولك (han2oolik): we'll tell you
18:11 كسكتة (kaskita): cap
YouTube - Egyptian song ~ Translated to English .
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Arabic song ~ Translated to English "Arab female singer"
Learn Egyptian dialect عامية from YouTube - the song translated to English .
Arabic song ~ Translated to English "Arab female singer"
Learn Egyptian dialect عامية from YouTube - the song translated to English .
Translated Songs on YouTube
One of the best ways to learn new things is by putting them to a tune. In 2nd grade I remember learning the US presidents and the state capitals by using songs and you can apply the same principal for learning languages. There are several channels on YouTube dedicated to taking Arabic songs and subtitling them with English. Here are some of my favorites:
Edit 10 February 2009: YouTube decided to ban Ethnikation's account citing copyright infringement. Her new account is Renrooni.
By far my favorite place to find subtitled Arabic songs is Ethnikation's channel. She takes requests for songs to subtitle and is great about responding to questions you post on the videos. As of right now she has over 100 songs and she is constantly adding more. I've discovered so many Arabic songs that I like that I never would have know about otherwise, plus she's pretty hot which is always a plus! Here's a recent song she uploaded called Ma Khalas ما خلاص by Samira Said.
On this channel you'll find about 100 Haifa Wehbe songs. Some of them don't have subtitles, but most of them do. Haifa is probably the most well know pop singer right now in the Arab world. Some people like her, others says she's arrogant and don't like the fact that she's had plastic surgery (عملية التجميل), but you can still use her songs to help you learn.
This guy loves Nancy Ajram and has 15 of her songs subtitled on his channel. If you don't know who Nancy is, she is extremely popular in the Middle East and has a huge following. She's probably not as huge as Haifa, but the fact that she doesn't wear such revealing clothes might account for that. She's also had plastic surgery and you can see before and after pics here. Her style of music varies between love songs and pop. Clinton hasn't added any new songs for over a year, but the songs that are there are still very useful.
I like to find the lyrics written in Arabic so that I can look at them when there are words that I don't understand. Even if you see the meaning in English on the screen it's still nice to make sure you know what they're saying in Arabic. Here are some good sites for Arabic lyrics:
Edit 10 February 2009: YouTube decided to ban Ethnikation's account citing copyright infringement. Her new account is Renrooni.
By far my favorite place to find subtitled Arabic songs is Ethnikation's channel. She takes requests for songs to subtitle and is great about responding to questions you post on the videos. As of right now she has over 100 songs and she is constantly adding more. I've discovered so many Arabic songs that I like that I never would have know about otherwise, plus she's pretty hot which is always a plus! Here's a recent song she uploaded called Ma Khalas ما خلاص by Samira Said.
On this channel you'll find about 100 Haifa Wehbe songs. Some of them don't have subtitles, but most of them do. Haifa is probably the most well know pop singer right now in the Arab world. Some people like her, others says she's arrogant and don't like the fact that she's had plastic surgery (عملية التجميل), but you can still use her songs to help you learn.
This guy loves Nancy Ajram and has 15 of her songs subtitled on his channel. If you don't know who Nancy is, she is extremely popular in the Middle East and has a huge following. She's probably not as huge as Haifa, but the fact that she doesn't wear such revealing clothes might account for that. She's also had plastic surgery and you can see before and after pics here. Her style of music varies between love songs and pop. Clinton hasn't added any new songs for over a year, but the songs that are there are still very useful.
I like to find the lyrics written in Arabic so that I can look at them when there are words that I don't understand. Even if you see the meaning in English on the screen it's still nice to make sure you know what they're saying in Arabic. Here are some good sites for Arabic lyrics:
Saturday, January 24, 2009
You're late for work!
I found this cartoon online and the language they use isn't very difficult, but maybe reading the handwriting might be a little tough if you're only used to reading text on the computer. Here's what it says and the translation. قم و أنا أمك ... تأخرت على صلاة الفجر - (Qum wa ana umak... ta2akharta 3ala salaat al fajr) - Get up (و أنا أمك is literally "and I'm your mom"). You're late for the dawn prayer!
زين زين (zayn zayn)- ok, ok
قم و أنا أمك ... تأخرت على دوامك (Qum wa ana umak... ta2akharta 3ala dawwaamak)- Get up! You're late for work! (دوام is literally the work day or work hours)
حرام عليكم يمه... ليش تخلوني اتأخر - (Haram 3alaykum yamma... laysh takhlooni ata2akhar) - ("Haram 3alaykum" is like "curse you") Curse you, mom! Why did you let me be late?!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Oldest Papuan writing?
What are the oldest written documents in a Papuan language (ie a non-Austronesian language of the New Guinea region?) I'm not totally sure, but a strong candidate has to be the court records of Ternate. The islands of Ternate and Tidore in eastern Indonesia speak two closely related languages belonging to the non-Austronesian North Halmaheran family. They have been writing using the Jawi Arabic script since at least the 1500s; in fact, some of the earliest surviving Malay manuscripts are letters from the sultan of Ternate from about 1521.
Recently I came across an 1890 book on Ternate online: Ternate: The Residency and its Sultanate. The book includes a brief introduction to the language and a word list; it also gives reproductions of several manuscripts whose originals date back to the mid-1800s, along with translations. So if you want to try your hand at deciphering them, or just see what a Papuan language looks like in Arabic script, have a look! The page I've linked to (Arabic interpolation de-italicised) starts:
ma-dero toma hijratu-nnabiyy ṣallī `alayhi wa-sallim nyonyohi pariama calamoi si-raturomdidi si-nyagisio si-rara, tahun alif, toma-arah Sawal, i-fani futu nyagimoi si-tomodi, malam Jumaatu...
"In the year Alif of the Moslem era 1296, during the month of Sawal, on a Thursday night, the seventeenth night of the moon..."
Recently I came across an 1890 book on Ternate online: Ternate: The Residency and its Sultanate. The book includes a brief introduction to the language and a word list; it also gives reproductions of several manuscripts whose originals date back to the mid-1800s, along with translations. So if you want to try your hand at deciphering them, or just see what a Papuan language looks like in Arabic script, have a look! The page I've linked to (Arabic interpolation de-italicised) starts:
ma-dero toma hijratu-nnabiyy ṣallī `alayhi wa-sallim nyonyohi pariama calamoi si-raturomdidi si-nyagisio si-rara, tahun alif, toma-arah Sawal, i-fani futu nyagimoi si-tomodi, malam Jumaatu...
"In the year Alif of the Moslem era 1296, during the month of Sawal, on a Thursday night, the seventeenth night of the moon..."
Arabic Simpsons: Season 3 Episode 16
00:04 انت قلت عايز تعيش في عالم ما فيه زنك (enta 2ulta 3aayiz ta3eesh fi 3aalam ma fiu zinc): You said you wanted to live in a world without zinc.
00:36 إرجعلي (irga3lee): return to me
1:06 ممكن نتكلم عن النحاس (mumkin natkallim 3an al nu7aas): Maybe we can talk about copper
1:19 خربش (kharbish): scratch
1:28 برضه ما كسبناش (bardu ma kasibnaash): I still haven't won.
2:14 بالي طويل قوي (baali 6aweel 2awee): I'm very patient (literally "my mind is very long)
3:29 متطوع (muta6awi3): volunteer
3:41 ما تتحركش احسن تتعور (ma tat7arraksh a7san tat3wwar): Don't move unless you want to lose an eye. (the root عور means to lose an eye. أعور means cyclops)
5:49 لو كنت بمكاني و أنا مكانك هترجعلي اليويو (lo kunta bi makaani wa ana makaanak kataragga3li al yoyo): If you were in my place and I was in your place would you give me back the yo-yo?
6:11 بس كنت متوقعة شكلك يطلع زي الصورة (bess kuntu mutawaqqa3a sheklak ya6la3 zay al soora): I was just expecting you to look like the picture (literally يطلع زي الصورة here can mean "to turn out like the picture")
6:28 البلاعة (al ballaa3a): the drain/sink (It can mean both. The root بلع means to swallow, so literally it is "the swallower")
7:27 الكلاب بتحب بتقعد برا (al kilaab bit7eb bita23ad barra): Dogs like it outside (literally "dogs like to sit outside")
8:42 مش عايز خضار مزفت (mish 3aayiz khudaar muzaffit): I don't want any shitty vegetables (زفت literally means asphalt, but it is also used as a curse word. You can say صباح الزفت instead of صباح الخير when you're having a bad morning.)
9:15 شتيمة (shateema): curse word (also means insult)
10:42 قلبي وقف لما شفت صورتك (albi wi2if limma shufti soortik): My heart stopped when I saw your picture.
11:02 الفقراء المساكين (al fu2araa al masaakeen): the poor poor people (the first poor is like pitiful)
11:50 شنبك (shanabak): your moustache
13:33 برطمان (bar6amaan): a jar
14:48 حاسس اني مسؤول عن إلة حصل (Hasis anni mas2ool 3an illa Hasal): I feel that I'm responsible for what happened
15:14 الكلب هيدخل فيها إزاي يعني (al kelb hayidkhul fiha izzay ya3ni): How is the dog going to enter?
16:34 عصير (aseer): juice (they changed all the beer to juice when they translated it lol)
17:20 جواب وداع (gawaab widaa3): a farewell response
17:44 ما يفرقش معاها شكله خالص (ma yafri2sh m3aha sheklu khalis): It makes no difference to her at all what he looks like
17:46 حتى لو تمساح اكل وشه (Hata lo timsaaH akal wishu): even if a gator ate his face
18:20 مع حب إلة هيدوم عبر العصور (ma3 Hob ila hayadoom 3abr al 3asoor): with a love that will last throughout the ages
Thursday, January 22, 2009
شخصياتٌ من العالم العربي
شخصياتٌ من العالم العربي
For advanced level.In line with الكتاب في تعلم العربية part 2 page 116.
Note that الشخصيات من جميع انحاء العالم العربي و ليس مصر وحدها.
For advanced level.In line with الكتاب في تعلم العربية part 2 page 116.
Note that الشخصيات من جميع انحاء العالم العربي و ليس مصر وحدها.
Online Arabic Transliteration
There are several different ways to write Arabic in our Latin alphabet. What follows is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Arabic transliteration. This is by far the most widespread method in use and most all Arabs online, when not typing in Arabic characters, use this, so if you ever plan to learn from authentic sources or visit Arabic message boards it will help for you to learn this. It's also the method that I try to adhere to when I'm transliterating. You'll notice that when they add an apostrophe ( ' ) to a number that indicates a dot on top of the Arabic letter. The full article is here.
3 represents the Arabic letter ع .
5 or 7' represent the Arabic letter خ .
6 represents the Arabic letter ط .
6' represents the Arabic letter ظ .
7 represents the Arabic letter ح .
8 represents the Arabic letter ق .
9 represents the Arabic letter ص .
9' represents the Arabic letter ض .
2 is sometimes used to represent the أ when it is in the middle of a word
The numerals 2, 3 and 7 are vastly used in Arabic chatting, because they represent Arabic letters that do not sound like any letter of the roman script. The other numerals can be replaced by roman letters that have a very close pronunciation (for example ظ can be represented by d, ص by s, ق by q) or a combination of roman letters (for example, kh can represent خ).
When numerals are to be avoided, a single quote (') may be used in the place of 2, h in the place of 7 and a single quote (') or double vowels in the place of 3 (for example 3a can become aa).
3 represents the Arabic letter ع .
5 or 7' represent the Arabic letter خ .
6 represents the Arabic letter ط .
6' represents the Arabic letter ظ .
7 represents the Arabic letter ح .
8 represents the Arabic letter ق .
9 represents the Arabic letter ص .
9' represents the Arabic letter ض .
2 is sometimes used to represent the أ when it is in the middle of a word
The numerals 2, 3 and 7 are vastly used in Arabic chatting, because they represent Arabic letters that do not sound like any letter of the roman script. The other numerals can be replaced by roman letters that have a very close pronunciation (for example ظ can be represented by d, ص by s, ق by q) or a combination of roman letters (for example, kh can represent خ).
When numerals are to be avoided, a single quote (') may be used in the place of 2, h in the place of 7 and a single quote (') or double vowels in the place of 3 (for example 3a can become aa).
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Verbal adjectives in English
It may seem pretty exotic to English-speakers that in some languages adjectives behave almost exactly like verbs, but this strategy is not as un-English as it looks. Consider the following colloquial American English sentences, with more formal approximate "translations":
This rocks! - This is good. (and not *This is rocking!)
That would rock! - That would be good.
That rocked! - That was good.
That was a rockin' day. - That was a good day.
This sucks! - This is bad. (and not *This is sucking!
That would suck! - That would be bad.
That sucked! - That was bad.
That was a sucky day. - That was a bad day.
In these, a property usually expressed with an adjective ("good", "bad") is being expressed using a stative verb, but only in predicative constructions (that is, to form a sentence.) In attributive function (that is, modifying a noun) an adjective derived from this verb is used. Like other stative verbs ("know", "be") but unlike non-stative verbs, it uses the simple present form to express a current situation, not the present continuous.
Within English, this pattern may seem pretty odd. But it corresponds rather well to how adjectives are expressed in Songhay languages, eg Koyra Chiini (Heath 1999:73). There, properties are expressed in predicative contexts just like verbs, with the same mood/aspect/negation particles, and in attributive contexts usually take a suffix:
ni beer - you are big (like ni koy - you went)
hal a ma beer - until it gets big (like a ma koy - he will go)
har beer - a big man
ni futu - you are bad
har futu-nte - a bad man
In Songhay the perfect aspect is used with stative verbs to express a current situation; but, like the English simple present tense, this is the simplest indicative verb form. The chief difference is that in Songhay the predicative verbs are used for inchoative senses too, as if "That rocks!" could mean "That is becoming good" as well as "That is good".
Typologically, I find it kind of interesting that what looks like a couple of verbal adjectives should be lurking in the recesses of the English lexicon. But it also has practical applications: if I were trying to teach Songhay or a typologically similar language to Americans, I would certainly start by discussing the example of these two English words.
This rocks! - This is good. (and not *This is rocking!)
That would rock! - That would be good.
That rocked! - That was good.
That was a rockin' day. - That was a good day.
This sucks! - This is bad. (and not *This is sucking!
That would suck! - That would be bad.
That sucked! - That was bad.
That was a sucky day. - That was a bad day.
In these, a property usually expressed with an adjective ("good", "bad") is being expressed using a stative verb, but only in predicative constructions (that is, to form a sentence.) In attributive function (that is, modifying a noun) an adjective derived from this verb is used. Like other stative verbs ("know", "be") but unlike non-stative verbs, it uses the simple present form to express a current situation, not the present continuous.
Within English, this pattern may seem pretty odd. But it corresponds rather well to how adjectives are expressed in Songhay languages, eg Koyra Chiini (Heath 1999:73). There, properties are expressed in predicative contexts just like verbs, with the same mood/aspect/negation particles, and in attributive contexts usually take a suffix:
ni beer - you are big (like ni koy - you went)
hal a ma beer - until it gets big (like a ma koy - he will go)
har beer - a big man
ni futu - you are bad
har futu-nte - a bad man
In Songhay the perfect aspect is used with stative verbs to express a current situation; but, like the English simple present tense, this is the simplest indicative verb form. The chief difference is that in Songhay the predicative verbs are used for inchoative senses too, as if "That rocks!" could mean "That is becoming good" as well as "That is good".
Typologically, I find it kind of interesting that what looks like a couple of verbal adjectives should be lurking in the recesses of the English lexicon. But it also has practical applications: if I were trying to teach Songhay or a typologically similar language to Americans, I would certainly start by discussing the example of these two English words.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Arabic Simpsons: Season 3 Episode 9
00:38 شاهد قبر (shahid 2abr): tomb stone
00:50 الحل الوحيد اننا نرميها في الزبالة (al 7al al wa7eed annana narmeeha fi al zibaala): The only solution is that we throw it in the garbage
00:56 هيتهيألك انه مات إمبارح (hayatheya2lek anu maat imbaari7): It will seem to you that he died yesterday
1:09 شنيور (shinyoor): a drill
1:10 تلاقيه في الجراج (tila2ee fi al garage): find it in the garage
2:27 إنتهاء الصلاحية (intihaa2 a9alaa7eeya): expiration date
2:43 الكوافير (kawaafayr): hairdresser
2:53 إيه أسرع و أرخص و أسهل طريقة لانبسط فيها (eih asra3 wa arkha9 wa ashal 6aree2a linbasa6 fi ha): What's the fastest and cheapest and easiest way for you to be happy?
3:41 كل حاجة هتمشي زي الفل (kuli 7aaga hatimshee zay al ful): Everything is going to be great ("zay al ful" literally means "like the jasmine flower")
4:17 تحب بتأجر الشريط ده (t7eb bita2gar al sharee6 da): Do you want to rent that tape?
4:20 ليه؟ خلاص شفت احلى جز (shuft a7la guz): Why? I already saw the best part.
5:08 قفزاته رشيقة لكن قوية كالمحارب (qafazaatu rasheeqa laakin qaweeya kal mu7aarib): His jumps are elegant but he is strong like a warrior (lol)
6:48 و اصلع كمان (wa a9la3 kamaan): and bald too!
8:57 هأشترك وياك (hashtirik wayaak): I will participate with you
9:06 رف البهارات (raf al bahaaraat): spice rack
9:09 و عش البغبغان (wa 3ish al baghbaghaan): and a bird house ("3ish" means "nest" and "baghbaghaan" means parrots, but they showed a picture of a bird house so that how I translated it) Here's a Haifa Wehbe song called انا عندي بغبغان.
9:12 و المراجيح (wa al maraagee7): and the swingset
9:17 إيه صوت ده (eih 9oot da): What's the sound?
12:44 جبس (gibs): Literally "gypsum", but here it means "a cast"
13:06 زي ما انت شايف قدامك (zay ma enta shaayif 2addamak): like you see in front of you
15:11 بابا مش هتيجي (baba mish hateegee): Dad, you're not going to come?
15:18 انا سقعتلك البرنيطة في الثلاجة (ana sa2a3tilak al burnay6a fi al thallaga): I got your hat cold for you in the fridge.
18:43 أنت سواق جامد (enta sawwa2 gaamid): You are an amazing driver
I hope these episodes are helping. They are sure helping me. When I have to listen to a phrase several times to know exactly what they're saying it definitely sharpens my ear.
Arabic Simpsons: Season 3 Episode 5
1:35 ما عزمتنيش (ma 3azimtineesh): you didn't invite me
5:11 ما فيش بدلة لنائب المدير (ma feesh badla li na2ib al mudeer): there's no suit for the assistant manager
5:47 مين كان يصدق ان المفاعلات معقدة للدرجة دي (meen kaan yusadi2 an al mufa3ilaat mu3a2ada lildaraga dee): who would have thought that reactors were so complicated
6:50 إكتمي (iktimee): shut up (fem.)
8:24 هاشوفك مرة ثانية (hashoofak mara thanya): Will I see you again?
8:25 طبعاً في الكارثة الجاية (Tab3an fi al karitha al gaaya): Sure, during the next crisis
9:31 تأثيرك سيء عليَ (tatheerak sayi2 3alaya): you're a bad influence on me
9:56 أنت انقذت حياتنا (enta an2azta 7ayatna): you saved our lives
10:19 فخذة ضان (fa7'dha daan): a thigh of sheep
10:35 هنعلقك على حائط الشرف (han3alla2ak 3ala 7a2iT asharaf): we will hang you on the wall of honor
13:01 أرجوك ما تكراهنيش (argook ma tikrahneesh): please don't hate me
13:15 مش هيعرف مين عمل كده (mish haya3raf meen 3amal kida): he won't know who did that
13:38 كلهم فقدوا حماسهم للشغل (kuluhum fa2adoo 7amasahum lilshu3'al): all of them have lost their zeal for the work
14:24 كسبت الجائزة الثانية في مسابقة الجمال (kasibt al ga2iza al thania fi musaaba2at al gamaal: I won second prize in a beauty contest
15:00 بتهيألي (bithaya2lee): it seems to me
15:18 أكلي زفت (aklee zift): eat shit (imperative form when said to a female)
16:04 كنت عارفة ان المنطق هترجع لعقلها (kunt 3aarifa an al mun6i2 hatarga3 li 3a2la): I knew that she'd come to her senses (literally that the logic would return to her)
17:54 منع سطوة على البنك بغير ما يقصد (man3a sa6wa 3ala al bank bi 3'eyr ma yu2sud): He prevented a bank robbery unintentionally
Arabic Measure Chart
As we know, in Arabic 3 letter roots make up the words. Different permutations of these roots make different words (i.e. adding and alif before the root or a shadda (ّ ) (which lengthens the sound of the letter) on the middle letter of the root changes the word). For example the word رَكَبَ (rakaba) a measure 1 verb means "to ride", while رَكّبَ (rakkaba) means "to install" (literally "to make something ride"). رَكّبَ is a measure 2 verb. Adding a shadda on the middle letter makes a verb measure 2.
You can use the measure of the word to help you with the meaning of the word. If we look back at our example we see that measure 2 takes the measure 1 meaning and does that action to something else. Measure 4 also does this. Measure 4 verbs have an alif in front of the 3 letter root. An example for measure 4 would be دَخَلَ (dakhala) which means "to enter" and أدْخَلَ (adkhala) which means "to make something enter" or "to bring something in".
Here's a link to a measure chart from fatwa-online. The chart is at the bottom of the page and titled "A set of 9 important Arabic Verb Charts". Also, if you are really serious about learning Arabic it's important for you to have a good dictionary. The best Arabic-English dictionary is the Hans Wehr
. You look up a word by its 3 letter root and under that it will have a list of all the measures for that root and their meanings. I've gone through 2 copies of this dictionary in my time learning Arabic. I used the first one so much that the cover started to come off. Before long I had lost pages and couldn't look up anything that started with ي. That was when I decided it was time to buy a new dictionary.
You can use the measure of the word to help you with the meaning of the word. If we look back at our example we see that measure 2 takes the measure 1 meaning and does that action to something else. Measure 4 also does this. Measure 4 verbs have an alif in front of the 3 letter root. An example for measure 4 would be دَخَلَ (dakhala) which means "to enter" and أدْخَلَ (adkhala) which means "to make something enter" or "to bring something in".
Here's a link to a measure chart from fatwa-online. The chart is at the bottom of the page and titled "A set of 9 important Arabic Verb Charts". Also, if you are really serious about learning Arabic it's important for you to have a good dictionary. The best Arabic-English dictionary is the Hans Wehr
. You look up a word by its 3 letter root and under that it will have a list of all the measures for that root and their meanings. I've gone through 2 copies of this dictionary in my time learning Arabic. I used the first one so much that the cover started to come off. Before long I had lost pages and couldn't look up anything that started with ي. That was when I decided it was time to buy a new dictionary.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Arabic Simpsons: Season 3 Episode 1
I figured I could add a list of some of the words/phrases that are said in the episode. I don't understand every word in the episode, but I do get a lot of it.
0:05 بدر إصحى (badr iSHa): badr, wake up!
0:11 جرا ايه (garaa eih): What happened?
0:12 بابا جرا له حاجة (baba garaa loo Haga): Did something happen to dad?
0:13 كويس جداً (kwayis giddan): very good
0:20 هيبقى عندي ثمن سنين (hayib'a andee thaman sneen): I will be 8 years old
0:49 خد بالك من اختك بطة (khud baalak min ukhtak baTTa): Look after your sister baTTa
1:31 مين سرق قميسي (meen sara' 'ameesy): Who stole my shirt?
1:36 بمبي (bambi): pink
2:47 بمبي مسخسخ (bambi msakhsakh): light pink (msakhsakh also means "fainting")
3:52 إمليلي الإستمارة دي (imleelee al istimaara dee): Fill out this form for me
4:12 قطة ('uTa): cat
5:38 بص عندنا طريقة سهلة قوي (bos andana Taree'a sahla 'awee): look, we have a very easy way
6:39 زود الضغط على مشط الرجلة (zawwid aDaghT ala mishT al rigla): increase the preasure on the instep of your foot
6:49 عشان لمست (ashan lamast): because I wore
6:55 ترتر (tirtir): glitter
8:37 بجد (bi gad): for real
10:37 أرجوكم تعبرو عن مشاعركم بحرية (argookum taabaru an mashairkum bi Hurria): I want you all to express your feelings freely
18:11 يا ريت تعجبك الهدية (ya rait tagibik al hidaya): I hope you like the gift (يا ريت means "I hope" or "I wish")
19:35 كل الناس ضحكت في وشي (kul a nass DaHket fi wishi): All the people laughed in my face
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Arabic Simpsons: Season 3 Episode 24
Here's an episode of The Simpsons in Egyptian Arabic. It's pretty hard to understand even if you know MSA to a decent degree, but I still believe that authentic language exposure is good for you. It gets you used to listening to the real language at full speed. There are also people who claim that they've learned a language entirely from watching a lot of TV in that language. I don't know if they're exaggerating or not, but I figure it's worth a try and at the very least it won't make your language ability worse.
I've got 16 episodes on my computer that I'm going to try to upload. I signed up to take the Egyptian DLPT on Feb 4 so I figure these will help my brain get used to the way the Egyptian dialect is spoken and maybe I'll get that 2 that I need to get some extra money every month. Enjoy the episode.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Coptic adjectives
A little follow-up on the previous post, based mainly on Reintges' Coptic Egyptian (Sahidic Dialect): A Learner's Grammar:
In Coptic, predication of properties is handled exactly as for nouns, including the use of an determiner with the adjective:
hen-noc gar ne neu-polytia
indef.pl-great for are their-labours.
For their labours are great.
In attribution, the structure is Determiner - A - n - B, where A can be the noun and B the adjective, or vice versa:
ou-kohi n-soouhs: a-small n convent
t-parthenos n-sabê: the-virgin n prudent
To express the material of which something is made, you use the same structure, except that only B can be the material:
t-kloole n-ouein: the-cloud n light "the cloud of light"
Note that this is separate from the attributive construction:
ntof pe-iôt pahôm "He, our father Pahom"
So can adjectives be distinguished as a separate word class, when they behave so much like nouns? The answer is yes: an adjective is an item that can occupy either A or B in the attributive structure without a change in referential meaning. (See Coptic Grammatical Categories, Shisha-Halevy, p. 53.) If you reverse the constituents of a genitive or material construction, you change the referential meaning: "a vessel of wood" vs. "vessel wood (ie wood for vessels.)" If you do so for an adjective-noun attributive construction, the referential meaning stays the same: ou-noc n-polis or ou-polis n-noc both refer to the same entity, "a big city". So for this case, Dixon's hypothesis scrapes through.
In Coptic, predication of properties is handled exactly as for nouns, including the use of an determiner with the adjective:
hen-noc gar ne neu-polytia
indef.pl-great for are their-labours.
For their labours are great.
In attribution, the structure is Determiner - A - n - B, where A can be the noun and B the adjective, or vice versa:
ou-kohi n-soouhs: a-small n convent
t-parthenos n-sabê: the-virgin n prudent
To express the material of which something is made, you use the same structure, except that only B can be the material:
t-kloole n-ouein: the-cloud n light "the cloud of light"
Note that this is separate from the attributive construction:
ntof pe-iôt pahôm "He, our father Pahom"
So can adjectives be distinguished as a separate word class, when they behave so much like nouns? The answer is yes: an adjective is an item that can occupy either A or B in the attributive structure without a change in referential meaning. (See Coptic Grammatical Categories, Shisha-Halevy, p. 53.) If you reverse the constituents of a genitive or material construction, you change the referential meaning: "a vessel of wood" vs. "vessel wood (ie wood for vessels.)" If you do so for an adjective-noun attributive construction, the referential meaning stays the same: ou-noc n-polis or ou-polis n-noc both refer to the same entity, "a big city". So for this case, Dixon's hypothesis scrapes through.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Snow Modhesh
We had a load of snow in Madrid a few days ago. Imagine our surprise when we went to the park and found lots of snowmen and a snow Modhesh.
The little sod gets everywhere, and I swear I did not make this snow-worm.
The little sod gets everywhere, and I swear I did not make this snow-worm.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Arabic Alphabet
Here's a quick run through of the Arabic Alphabet. Since you can only upload 10 min or less videos to YouTube I had to kind of rush. I would have liked to explain the difficult letters more, but perhaps I'll do that in another video.
Adjectives - who needs 'em?
Most languages have a class of words that express properties and behave differently from other words. These are called adjectives. In English, for example, words like "red" or "old" or "tall" behave differently from nouns or verbs. For example, you add -s to verbs in the present tense if their subject is 3rd person singular, like "he sings" or "she eats"; but you can't add -s to an adjective, so you say "he is red" rather than *"he reds". You can put "very" before an adjective ("very red"), but not usually before a noun (you can't say *"very food".) Verbs can't be placed between "the" and the noun (unless you add an ending like -ing or -ed), but adjectives can (you can say "the red car", but not "the move car").
It turns out, according to Dixon 2004, that practically every language - perhaps every language - has at least one separate class of words, definable purely on the grounds of their (morphosyntactic) behaviour rather than their meaning, that refer to properties. This class typically includes words expressing size, age, value, and colour, and sometimes more.
But often, a concept expressed using an adjective in one language is expressed only by a verb or a noun in another. For example, in Kwarandzyəy adjectives come between the noun and the plural marker:
ạdṛạ kədda yu
mountain small PL
"little mountains" (hills)
But there is no adjective "happy" in Kwarandzyəy; instead, you use a verb, yəfṛəħ "be happy, rejoice". And to say "the happy people", you say "the people who are happy/have rejoiced":
bạ γ i-ba-yəfṛəħ
person who they-PF-happy
Moreover, though they may always be distinguishable by some test, they usually tend to behave very much like another word class. In fact, Stassen 1997:30 (link goes to 2003) postulates that in every languages adjectives handle predication (saying "X is red", for example) in the same way as either verbs, nouns, or locations. For example, in English or Arabic, adjectives handle predication like nouns (you say "He is tall", just like "He is a footballer"); in Korean or Tamasheq, they do it like verbs; and some languages, like Japanese, have both verb-like and noun-like adjectives.
So clearly people can do without some adjectives, and clearly the behaviour of adjectives tends to be very similar to the behaviour of some other word class. Why not do without them altogether? It would be easy enough to construct a language where no morphological or syntactic tests could distinguish adjectives from verbs, or from nouns. So if practically every language does take the trouble to distinguish them, there must be some pretty powerful cognitive motivation for it - and some pretty powerful historical tendencies acting to separate adjectives from verbs and/or nouns. The question isn't directly relevant to my current work, but it's worth thinking about.
It turns out, according to Dixon 2004, that practically every language - perhaps every language - has at least one separate class of words, definable purely on the grounds of their (morphosyntactic) behaviour rather than their meaning, that refer to properties. This class typically includes words expressing size, age, value, and colour, and sometimes more.
But often, a concept expressed using an adjective in one language is expressed only by a verb or a noun in another. For example, in Kwarandzyəy adjectives come between the noun and the plural marker:
ạdṛạ kədda yu
mountain small PL
"little mountains" (hills)
But there is no adjective "happy" in Kwarandzyəy; instead, you use a verb, yəfṛəħ "be happy, rejoice". And to say "the happy people", you say "the people who are happy/have rejoiced":
bạ γ i-ba-yəfṛəħ
person who they-PF-happy
Moreover, though they may always be distinguishable by some test, they usually tend to behave very much like another word class. In fact, Stassen 1997:30 (link goes to 2003) postulates that in every languages adjectives handle predication (saying "X is red", for example) in the same way as either verbs, nouns, or locations. For example, in English or Arabic, adjectives handle predication like nouns (you say "He is tall", just like "He is a footballer"); in Korean or Tamasheq, they do it like verbs; and some languages, like Japanese, have both verb-like and noun-like adjectives.
So clearly people can do without some adjectives, and clearly the behaviour of adjectives tends to be very similar to the behaviour of some other word class. Why not do without them altogether? It would be easy enough to construct a language where no morphological or syntactic tests could distinguish adjectives from verbs, or from nouns. So if practically every language does take the trouble to distinguish them, there must be some pretty powerful cognitive motivation for it - and some pretty powerful historical tendencies acting to separate adjectives from verbs and/or nouns. The question isn't directly relevant to my current work, but it's worth thinking about.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
DVD-Video Course V5: Understanding Networking 2
In this course, we cover the Internet and IP Security. |
| We'll start at the beginning of the story, understanding where the Internet came from and its fundamental principles of operation. Then we'll look at some details and improvements such as the Domain Name System, MIME, HTML and HTTP... which form "the Web". We'll review how you can connect to the Web from a residence and from an enterprise or organization. |
| In the second part, we'll make a reasonably comprehensive overview of security in the IP world. We'll begin with a discussion of risk areas, vulnerabilities and measures. Then we'll examine several areas: computer security and malicious software like viruses and Trojan Horses and the measures to protect against these risks; network security and firewalls, public key and private key encryption, authentication, IPsec and VPNs. |
| Part 1 Understanding The Internet | |
| 1.03 Internet History 1.05 Internet Basics 1.07 TCP and UDP 1.09 Internet Service Provides 1.11 Commonly Used Internet Protocols 1.13 Domain Name System 1.15 MIME and Base-64 Encoding 1.17 World Wide Web 1.19 HTML, HTTP and HTTPS 1.21 Accessing the Internet: Home Connections 1.23 Accessing the Internet: Organization Connections | |
| Part 2 IP Security | |
| 2.03 Risk, Measures and Policy 2.05 Viruses 2.07 Trojan Horses, Denial of Service Attacks, Spyware and Exploits 2.09 Network Segmentation and Perimeters 2.11 Packet Filtering 2.13 Firewall Proxies 2.15 Stateful Packet Inspection 2.17 Encryption 2.19 Authentication 2.21 IPsec 2.23 Customer-Premise-Based VPN 2.25 Carrier VPNs | |
http://rapidshare.com/files/172882996/Understanding-Networking1.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172885992/Understanding-Networking1.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172889310/Understanding-Networking1.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172893189/Understanding-Networking1.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172897533/Understanding-Networking1.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172958627/Understanding-Networking1.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172965695/Understanding-Networking1.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172986312/Understanding-Networking1.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172992952/Understanding-Networking1.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/173003777/Understanding-Networking1.part10.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/173013703/Understanding-Networking1.part11.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/173037222/Understanding-Networking1.part12.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/173049803/Understanding-Networking1.part13.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/173056948/Understanding-Networking1.part14.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/173059086/Understanding-Networking1.part15.rar
Video V3: Fundamentals of Datacom and Networking
In this course, we'll begin by establishing a model for a data communications circuit, then provide examples and context for each of the components of the model, and review different circuit configurations including LANs and WANs.
In the second chapter, we’ll look at how data is formatted for transmission, beginning with the older concepts of “synchronous” and “asynchronous”, then cover the newer ideas of frames and packets, how frames and packets are related, and the addresses on frames and packets, and the structure of IPv4 packets.
We'll complete this course with an understanding of the "Network Cloud", why people use clouds to draw networks, and what is really going on inside that cloud.
This set of topics, particularly the understanding of packets and frames, the addresses on each, and how they are related; and the idea that there are three kinds of network services - and three kinds of edge equipment - is the foundation for all further study of LANs, WANs, IP and just about any other kind of communications, including Voice over IP.
http://rapidshare.com/files/172285007/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172291210/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172297134/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172303200/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172311083/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172324687/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172337327/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172349227/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172380111/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172392172/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part10.rar
In the second chapter, we’ll look at how data is formatted for transmission, beginning with the older concepts of “synchronous” and “asynchronous”, then cover the newer ideas of frames and packets, how frames and packets are related, and the addresses on frames and packets, and the structure of IPv4 packets.
We'll complete this course with an understanding of the "Network Cloud", why people use clouds to draw networks, and what is really going on inside that cloud.
This set of topics, particularly the understanding of packets and frames, the addresses on each, and how they are related; and the idea that there are three kinds of network services - and three kinds of edge equipment - is the foundation for all further study of LANs, WANs, IP and just about any other kind of communications, including Voice over IP.
| Part 1 Introduction to Data Communications and Networking | |
| 1.03 Data Circuit Model 1.05 Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) 1.07 Analog and Digital Data Circuits 1.09 Data Circuit Terminating Equipment (DCE) 1.11 Configuration Example: Point-to-Point 1.13 Multidrop Circuits 1.15 LANs 1.17 Wide Area Networks | |
| Part 2 How Data is Formatted for Transmission | |
| 2.03 Data Communications Basics: Bits and Bytes 2.05 ASCII Code Set 2.07 “Asynchronous” 2.09 Frames 2.11 Details for Reference: Cyclic Redundancy Check 2.13 Packets 2.15 Packets vs. Frames 2.17 IP Packets | |
| Part 3 The Network "Cloud": How Data Circuits are Actually Provisioned | |
| 3.03 Anatomy of a Digital Circuit 3.05 Common Carriers’ Transmission Networks 3.07 Network Equipment: How and Where Each is Used | |
http://rapidshare.com/files/172285007/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172291210/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172297134/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172303200/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172311083/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172324687/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172337327/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172349227/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172380111/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/172392172/Fundamentals-of-Datacom___Networking.part10.rar
DVD-Video Course V2: Fundamentals of Telecommunications 2
n this video course, we drill into the technology a bit, to understand the concepts, standards and technologies for actually transmitting voice calls from one place to another. |
| We'll give you a real understanding of what "digital" actually means, and how it is implemented. We’ll explain what a "DS0" is, and take a practical tour of digital circuits, including T1, T3, SONET and ISDN. At a high level, we'll see how voice, data and video can be integrated. |
| Then, we'll take a closer look at how this is all actually done, with Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and digital carrier systems that are the technologies at the heart of telecom networks. Without getting bogged down on technical details, we'll provide you with a basic understanding of how transmission systems work, including T1 over copper wires and SONET over fiber. |
| Chapter 1 Digital Communications | |
| 1.03 Why Digital? 1.05 Analog and Digital: What Do We Really Mean? 1.07 Continuous Signals, Discrete Signals 1.09 Voice Digitization (Analog → Digital Conversion) 1.11 Voice Reconstruction (Digital → Analog Conversion) 1.13 Voice Digitization Summary 1.15 The Digital Hierarchy: Industry Standard Line Speeds 1.17 Popular Technologies: Digital Carrier Systems 1.19 ISDN BRI and PRI 1.21 Digital Circuit Voice Applications 1.23 Digital Circuit Data Applications 1.25 Digital Video 1.27 Integration: Voice, Video, Data | |
| Chapter 2 Transmission Systems | |
| 2.03 Time Division Multiplexing 2.05 T1 Carrier System 2.07 T1 Basics: Multiplexers 2.09 Framing and Channels 2.11 Pulses and Repeaters 2.13 How T1 is Provided 2.15 Fibers and Cables 2.17 SONET and DWDM: Core Networks 2.19 International Digital Hierarchies | |
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V1 Fundamentals of Telecom 1
V1 Fundamentals of Telecom 1
The topics in this video course - how the telephone system and industry work, provide the essential foundation on which everything else, including digital communications, data circuits and networking are built. 2 hours 22 minutes of career- and productivity-enhancing training! Many people tell us this is training they wish they'd had years ago.
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It all starts with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS). We’ll begin with the basics of telephony: loops, trunks, circuits, analog, the voiceband... fundamentals that are key to understanding of newer technologies and services. |
| To complete the picture, we take a practical journey through different types of equipment. We'll review switches, PBXs, Centrex, multiplexers and routers, as well as ancillary equipment like ACDs, voice mail and interactive voice response (IVR) systems. |
| With this framework in place, we'll review the telecommunications industry and understand the main players and competitors, how Local Exchange Carriers connect to Inter-Exchange Carriers and how CLECs fit into the picture. |
| Part 1 Fundamentals of Telephony | |
| 1.03 The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 1.05 Analog Circuits 1.07 What is Sound? 1.09 The Voiceband 1.11 Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS) 1.13 DTMF Address Signaling 1.15 Signaling System 7 (SS7) | |
| Part 2 Telecom Equipment | |
| 2.03 Telephone Switches 2.05 PBX vs. Centrex 2.07 Voice VPNs 2.09 Call Centers | |
| Part 3 The Telecommunications Industry | |
| 3.03 US Domestic Telcos 3.05 AT&T and Verizon 3.07 Canadian Telephone Companies 3.09 PSTN Switching Centers Before Competition 3.11 Accessing The Interexchange Carriers 3.13 Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) | |
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Unit 5
Learn 80 percent vocabulary of the Qur'an
Download MP3 of examples with translations for the following wordlist
| Word | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| شَهِدَ | shahida | he bore witness |
| عَلِمَ | ‘alima | he knew |
| عَمِلَ | ‘amila | he worked/did |
| كَرِهَ | kariha | he disliked |
| حَيَّ | hay-ya | he lived |
| رَدَّ | rad-da | he repelled |
| صَدَّ | sad-da | he turned away |
| ضَلَّ | dal-la | he wasted |
| ظَنَّ | zan-na | he thought |
| عَدَّ | ‘ad-da | he counted |
| غَرَّ | ghar-ra | he deceived |
| مَدَّ | mad-da | he spread out |
Please visit http://www.80percentwords.com to practice these words.
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
CISSP: Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security
Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security is one of 10 domains comprising the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). In this CISSP certification prep course from LearnKey, expert instructor Michael Solomon discusses LAN technologies, devices and architectures, as well as network security techniques, security protocols and common network attacks. At the conclusion of this course, you will be familiar with the issues and concepts of the Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security domain required to pass the CISSP exam.
Session 1
Section A: OSI Reference Model
· Protocols
· Standards Organization
· OSI Review
· Logical Data Flow
· Physical Data Flow
Section B: OSI Layers
· Application Layer
· Presentation Layer
· Session Layer
· Transport Layer
· Network Layer
· Data Link Layer
· Physical Layer
Section C: Physical Media & LAN Technologies
· Twisted Pair
· Coaxial
· Fiber Optics
· Star Topology
· Bus Topology
· Ring Topology
· Tree Topology
· Mesh Topology
Section D: LANs, WANs, & Remote Access
· Ethernet
· Other Access Methods
· Signaling Types
· Network Types
· Dialup
· ISDN
· DSL
· Wireless/Cable
Section E: Remote Access Security
· VPN
· PPTP
· IPSec
· Connection Security
· User Authentication
· Node Authentication
Session 2
Section A: Network Devices
· Hubs
· Bridges
· Switches
· Routers
· Gateways
· Firewalls
Section B: Firewalls
· 1st Generation
· 2nd & 3rd Generation
· 4th & 5th Generation
· Packet-Filtering Router
· Screened-host
· Dual-homed Host
· Screened-subnet
Section C: Security Protocols & Services
· TCP/IP
· Network Layer
· Transport Layer
· Application Layer
· SDLC/HDLC
· Frame Relay
· ISDN
· X.25
Section D: Security Techniques
· Tunneling
· Network Monitors
· Transparency
· Hash Totals
· Email Security
· Facsimile Security
· Voice Communication
Section E: Common Network Attacks
· Network Abuses
· ARP
· DoS/DDoS
· Flooding
· Spoofing
· Spamming
· Eavesdropping
· Sniffers
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Cisco Firewall Video Mentor (Video Learning)
Product Description
“ The Cisco Firewall Video Mentor is an outstanding aide in learning to configure and understand the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. Whether you are a newcomer to the ASA or operationally experienced, these videos clearly explain and demonstrate how to configure and manage the ASA from the commandline and from the ASDM GUI.”
—Mark Macumber, Systems Engineer, Cisco
Cisco Firewall Video Mentor is a unique video product that provides you with more than five hours of personal visual instruction from best-selling author and lead network engineer David Hucaby. In the 16 videos presented on the DVD, David walks you through common Cisco® firewall configuration and troubleshooting tasks. Designed to develop and enhance hands-on skills, each 10–30 minute video guides you through essential configuration tasks on the Cisco ASA and FWSM platforms and shows you how to verify that firewalls are working correctly.
Lab Layout:
Each video lab presents objectives, dynamic lab topology diagrams, command syntax overviews, and video captures of command-line input and GUI configuration. All of this is coupled with thorough audio instruction by an industry expert making learning easy and engaging.
Network Animation:
Animated network diagrams show you lab setup, device addressing, and how traffic flows through the network.
Command-Line Interface (CLI) Video:
Video screencasts of ASA and FWSM CLI and the ASDM GUI demonstrate command entry, configuration techniques, and device response.
This video product is part of the Cisco Press® Video Mentor Series. The video products in this series present expert training from industry-leading instructors and technologists. This dynamic learning environment combines animations, screencasts, and audio instruction to help users bridge the gap between conceptual knowledge and hands on application.
System Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, or Vista
- Apple OS 9 or later
- Linux operating systems that have a web browser with Flash 7 or later plug-in
- Speakers or headphones
- Color display with a minimum 1024×768 resolution
- 1 GHz or faster CPU recommended
- DVD drive
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Cisco Firewall Video Mentor (Video Learning)
Product Description
“ The Cisco Firewall Video Mentor is an outstanding aide in learning to configure and understand the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. Whether you are a newcomer to the ASA or operationally experienced, these videos clearly explain and demonstrate how to configure and manage the ASA from the commandline and from the ASDM GUI.”
—Mark Macumber, Systems Engineer, Cisco
Cisco Firewall Video Mentor is a unique video product that provides you with more than five hours of personal visual instruction from best-selling author and lead network engineer David Hucaby. In the 16 videos presented on the DVD, David walks you through common Cisco® firewall configuration and troubleshooting tasks. Designed to develop and enhance hands-on skills, each 10–30 minute video guides you through essential configuration tasks on the Cisco ASA and FWSM platforms and shows you how to verify that firewalls are working correctly.
Lab Layout:
Each video lab presents objectives, dynamic lab topology diagrams, command syntax overviews, and video captures of command-line input and GUI configuration. All of this is coupled with thorough audio instruction by an industry expert making learning easy and engaging.
Network Animation:
Animated network diagrams show you lab setup, device addressing, and how traffic flows through the network.
Command-Line Interface (CLI) Video:
Video screencasts of ASA and FWSM CLI and the ASDM GUI demonstrate command entry, configuration techniques, and device response.
This video product is part of the Cisco Press® Video Mentor Series. The video products in this series present expert training from industry-leading instructors and technologists. This dynamic learning environment combines animations, screencasts, and audio instruction to help users bridge the gap between conceptual knowledge and hands on application.
System Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, or Vista
- Apple OS 9 or later
- Linux operating systems that have a web browser with Flash 7 or later plug-in
- Speakers or headphones
- Color display with a minimum 1024×768 resolution
- 1 GHz or faster CPU recommended
- DVD drive
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
TCP/IP and Networking Fundamentals (Video trainning)
TrainSignal - TCP/IP and Networking Fundamentals Bonus DVD
The bonus course is full of the basic concepts you need to truly understand TCP/ IP an integral part of networking.
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