Comments on: Media Arabic – June 19 Al Jazeera News with Transcript

By: Nandakumar

Nandakumar — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:51:27 +0000

Greetings from Chennai – India

This is Nandan from Chennai, a 46 years old man hailing from the south Indian state of Kerala, currently working with a TAMIL daily newspaper published from Chennai..

I am learning spoken Arabic these days, with a view to be an interpreter to help patients coming from the middle east … a job for me and a help for the needy !

Thanks for the video – transcript.. it helps me a lot to understand the dialect

Thank you

hope to hear from you soon

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:12:42 +0000

@Ali, thanks for stopping by. How is life down under? I agree with you, the sentence would’ve been better without الصياد.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:13 +0000

Opps sorry just saw the article. I think they are meaning “الصّياد”, trying to convey the meaning of “targeted” war or “far-reaching” war.

” الهدف من الهجوم على ما يبدو إرسال رسالة للحكومة اليمنية تُقرأ في إطار ملاحقة صنعاء وحربها الصياد ضد تنظيم القاعدة”
and the goal of the attack, it seems, is to send a message to the Yemeni government with regards to its pursuit and war against Al Qaeda.

I think it is very sloppy writing to be honest, they should have just used ” وحربها ضد تنظيم القاعدة “. I was trying to think of a better substitute word but my strong grasp of the Arabic language is slowly diminishing…

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:46:18 +0000

Hey Linda, love the new site haven’t checked it in a while

If you post the whole transcript I might be able to help! But from reading just that sentence it definitely feels out of context.

By: 3aaleeyah

3aaleeyah — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:59:45 +0000

this word ضد means :
opposite contrary contrast converse antonym against opposed to anti- counter- contra ضِدُّ الحَرِيقِ أو النَّار fireproof ضِدُّ الرَّصَاص bulletproof ضِدُّ الماء waterproof

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:03:38 +0000

Yes, الصياد means hunter or fisherman, but I’m not certain it’s the word he said. It seems to be out of context here especially with ضد after it.

By: 3aaleeyah

3aaleeyah — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:17:29 +0000

I do believe the word you seek is Fisher