Tribe.net. Local Connections Monica B. http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#d5a79ef3-b4b4-442f-9cd4-9703d24c25e5 2008-05-22T00:20:54Z 2008-05-22T00:20:54Z

Gah, dumb mistake. Silly cut and past. Original poster, sorry--this is correct!

Monica B. 2008-05-22T00:20:54Z Canela, too hot for you http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#d21497b8-8f0a-4d16-a61a-b3a9b68b3c71 2008-05-21T15:29:39Z 2008-05-21T15:29:39Z

Yeah, it is a bit much, since so far all my attempts to memorise the Arabic alphabet have failed and left me pulling my hair and stuff. ; ). To go to the album, you go to the home page of this tribe and click on the avatar or the pictures below the avatar which opens the tribe album, and then click on "upload a photo". Works the same way like the album on your profile. Thanks.

Canela, too hot for you 2008-05-21T15:29:39Z Arabian http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#90f6a625-8c14-460f-8725-d2e360073da7 2008-05-21T05:20:35Z 2008-05-21T05:20:35Z

رقس شرقي is wrong ---------------- it should be: رقص شرقي

Arabian 2008-05-21T05:20:35Z Marianna http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#4e988f57-f191-42a4-b991-38a8d901cb7b 2008-05-20T19:33:51Z 2008-05-20T19:33:51Z

This might be better. If you know how - it's not hard - add the Arabic language to your keyboard. It's actually already in your windows system, you just need to enable it. If I remember correctly you go to control panel, regional/language, then click on langauge - details, and you can add Arabic. Then all you have to do is to switch to that language and press the J key. The letter is the "ta" in Arabic. Looks like a happy face. but if that's too much... how do I add to the album? which album?

Marianna 2008-05-20T19:33:51Z Canela, too hot for you http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#2faf9f61-eb8b-416c-8a29-d0478a3d2054 2008-05-20T11:34:11Z 2008-05-20T11:34:11Z

Hmm, I like that smiley. Could you possibly enlarge that and post it as a picture in the album, so I can copy it for my emails? What does that say?? ; )

Canela, too hot for you 2008-05-20T11:34:11Z Marianna http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#09aff6ec-0ff0-49a3-9398-503b1bfaaf60 2008-05-19T16:09:31Z 2008-05-19T16:09:31Z

:) or this is a better happy face: ت

Marianna 2008-05-19T16:09:31Z Monica B. http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#aa3b12b1-907a-4085-97e9-a7ae4a4cdd72 2008-05-19T05:10:38Z 2008-05-19T05:10:38Z

What she said. :) I was commenting on the Arabic script and spelling for the original poster. Marianna, we'll just keep tag teaming this reply!

Monica B. 2008-05-19T05:10:38Z Marianna http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#f899b05c-4704-460d-84b4-a2af273378aa 2008-05-19T04:27:38Z 2008-05-19T04:27:38Z

raqs/raks - dance (in the Arabic script it's represented with rqs, of course in their equivalemt) raqasa/rakasa - female dancer - raqsa in writing raqas/rakas - male dancer -raqs in writing. whether they're written with q or k almost doesn't mather, because it's phonetic, but in my opinion q is better becase it's eqivalent looks like a q sort of anyways, and there's another k sound which can be represented by k. as far as dialects - they are pronouned slightly differently depending on the area / dialect, for example in Egyptian the q is not pronounced, and in others different syllables are accented.

Marianna 2008-05-19T04:27:38Z Canela, too hot for you http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#402b48ae-1a1e-423b-8296-cb6b4e6ef9a0 2008-05-19T03:11:44Z 2008-05-19T03:11:44Z

I thought, raqasa/rakasa means dancer? Or is this another dialect?

Canela, too hot for you 2008-05-19T03:11:44Z Marianna http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#e8ba82cc-dc72-45e6-a1ec-5313567b64db 2008-05-18T23:14:15Z 2008-05-18T23:14:15Z

you're right - I realized it after I submitted it, but the posts cannot be edited.

Marianna 2008-05-18T23:14:15Z Monica B. http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#5fe70881-c843-4904-8bca-f8e8ff86d23f 2008-05-18T19:14:51Z 2008-05-18T19:10:17Z

That is right, but no aleph between the ra and the qaf. So it is رقس شرقي The word raqs (with an aleph/long 'a') means dancer.

Monica B. 2008-05-18T19:10:17Z Marianna http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#62c11e70-bcd3-4f94-87c6-cee135f3e43b 2008-05-18T18:30:51Z 2008-05-18T18:30:51Z

راقس شرقي

Marianna 2008-05-18T18:30:51Z Canela, too hot for you http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#90961d84-1a88-4dd2-bfc6-7ff24147286d 2008-05-16T19:34:13Z 2008-05-16T19:34:13Z

raks sharki, I believe. Meaning Oriental dance.

Canela, too hot for you 2008-05-16T19:34:13Z Yasmine http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#6f0dcbe8-e73f-492e-9364-1e837decc07c 2008-05-16T19:11:15Z 2008-05-16T19:11:15Z

You mean you need a translation for it in Arabic? Try this forum: http://speakmoroccan.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=10 You can get translations for free.

Yasmine 2008-05-16T19:11:15Z Nicole http://arabe.tribe.net/thread/ce9ea4a8-b6bc-4631-8518-3ad2bd844720#1c096b9b-bb9f-4f46-82e9-fb8957b12a65 2007-12-31T23:34:24Z 2007-12-31T23:34:24Z

Hello Arabic,Arabic... This post is for a friend who would like to know where to obtain a copy of Arabic script for the word "belly dance" She is working on an art project. I thought to try here for references........know any......?

Nicole 2007-12-31T23:34:24Z