Re: Arabic phrase

Neil Greenough wrote:

I have come across "your surname" as

- wuhay is mila-a-ehla (to a man)
- wuh is mila-a-ehla (to a woman)

The phrase is meant to be "My surname" both for a male and female. I have only listened to it on a tape and tried to transcribe it.


Then I guess you got the word boundaries wrong :-)

From what (extremely little) Arabic I know, "ism-" would be the word for "name". The segment "-il" that follows must be the article, of whatever noun it is that follows.

Is this an audio-only course you're using? Sounds tough.

Lukas
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