Fethi Mansouri Dr. - Instant Arabic: How To Express 1,000 Different Ideas With Just 100 Key Words And Phrases! (Arabic Phrasebook{Rpara}

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Arabic	Transcription	Approximate in English
Letter
	a (as in a nd)
	b	b
	t	t
	th	th (as in th ree)
	j	j (as in j elly)
	h	does not exist
	kh	doesnt exist (as in Spanish J)
	d	d
	dh	th (as in th ere)
	r	r
	z	z
	s	s
	sh	sh (as in sh ine)
	s	doesnt exist (similar to s un)
	d	doesnt exist (similar to D on)
	t	doesnt exist (similar to T okyo)
	z	doesnt exist
	`	doesnt exist
	gh	doesnt exist (similar to French R)
	f	f
	q	doesnt exist
	k	k
	l	l
	m	m
	n	n
	h	h
	w	w (as in w as)
	y	y (as in y ellow)

PART 1 Lists of Words / Expressions Hello mar h aban ( mar h aban )