Miriam
How to say "English" in Arabic? It seems that there are several ways to translate "English": الإنجليزية , انجليزية and الإنكليزية . Which one is best and why? Thanks a lot!
Jul 2, 2016 7:50 PM
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Salam Miriam, We don't have a letter in Arabic to match the English "g"! Therefore, some would replace the "g" with ج or ك or غ! Personally I replace the English "g" with ج, because this is how I was taught, yet my way isn't the only way, because maybe other native Arabic speakers in Morocco let's say, were taught to replace it with ك. So I believe there's no standard way to write إنجليزي/ اللغة الإنجليزية.
July 2, 2016
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The equivalent to the "G" is the letter "ج". In classical Arabic (Fusha), it's a soft "G", rather than a hard "G" sound. So there might have been a need to replace it with another letter, in this case a "ك" (although I have no idea why this one was chosen) . However, in many dialects, the "ج" sound is actually a hard "G". so it's written with a "ج". I think you should always type " الإنجليزية " regardless.
July 2, 2016
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اللغة الإنجليزية حصة إنجليزي انكليزي تبدو غير صحيحة تبدو*
July 2, 2016
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اللغة الإنجليزية إنجليزي
July 3, 2016
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عموما على كيفك، لكني افضّل ان اكتب انجليزي
July 2, 2016
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