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Arabic Tongue
Twisters

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#01
‫سشصم‬

ّ ‫ﴰﺲ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﻒ‬ ْ َ
َ ّ
‫اﻟﺸﺘﺎء‬ ْ
ِ ‫وﴰﺲ‬The summer’s sun and the winter’s sun

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‫صسع‬
#02

ْ
‫َﺻﻔﺤﺔ‬
ْ
‫َﺳ ْﺒﻌﺔ َﺻﻌﺒﺔ‬ Page (no.) seven is difficult!
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#03
‫ر حخل‬

‫ﺧﻴﻂ ﺣﺮﻳﺮ‬

‫ﻋﲆ ﺣﻴﻂ ﺧﺎﻟﱵ‬

َ
‫ّأم ﺧﻠﻴﻞ‬ A silk thread runs through my Aunt Umm Khalil’s Wall.
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‫رحلم‬

َ
#04

َ ْ
‫ﻟﺤﻢ اﻟﺤﻤﺎم‬
ْ َ

‫َﺣﻼل وﻟﺤﻢ‬
‫اﻟﺤﻤﺎر َﺣﺮام‬
ِ
The pigeon’s meat is allowed while the donkey’s meat is forbidden

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‫نشم‬

ْ
#05

‫ﳩﺶ‬ ‫ﳌ‬
ِْ ِ ْ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻫﺬا‬
‫ِﻣﺶ ِﻣﻦ‬
ْ
‫ﳩ ِﺸﺘﻨﺎ‬ْ
ِ ِ‫ﻣ‬
This apricot is not from our apricot farm
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‫نشكم‬

ْ ْ
#06

ُ ْ
‫ﻨﺎ‬
ْ
‫ﺸ‬ ‫ﳩ‬
ُ
ِ ْ ْ
‫ﻣ‬ِ ْ
‫ﻣﺶ ﻣﳩﺸﻜﻢ وﻣﳩﺸﻜﻢ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
‫ﳩﺶ‬ ْ ّ
َ ‫ ﻟـَﻤﺎ َﻣ‬،‫ﳩﺸﻨﺎ‬ ْ ْ
ِ ‫ِﻣﺶ ِﻣ‬ ْ
‫ﳩﺶ‬ ْ
َ ‫ ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎن َﻣ‬،‫ﳩﺸﻜﻢ‬ ُ ْ ْ
ِ ‫ِﻣ‬
ْ
‫ﳩﺸﻨﺎ‬ ْ
ِ ‫ِﻣ‬
Our apricots are not the same as
…When your apricots were ripe,
your apricots, and your apricots Listen & Repeat
our apricots were not ripe yet!
are not the same as our
apricots….

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#07 ‫قفصب‬

َ َ
‫ﻗﻔﺺ ﻗ َﺼﺐ‬َ
َ َ َ َ
‫ﰲ ﻗﻔﺺ ﺧﺸﺐ‬
A cane cage in a wooden cage

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#08 ‫نشم‬

َ
َ ‫ﺧﺸﺒﺎت‬
‫اﻟﺤ ْﺒﺲ‬ َ
َ َ

‫ﺧ ْﻤﺲ ﺧﺸﺒﺎت‬ َ
َ
‫وَﺧﺸﺒﺔ‬ َ
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#09 ‫خشسب‬

ّ
‫ﺧﻮخ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ‬
‫ﺧﻮش ﺧﻮخ‬
The old mans’ peach is good peach
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‫رشصف‬

َ
#10

‫ﻗﻤﻴﺺ‬
َ َ
‫ﴍﻳﻒ ﻧﺸﻒ‬ َ
Shareef’s shirt has dried

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#11 ‫برسش‬

ْ ‫ﴍ ْﺑﺖ‬
‫ﺑﻴﺒﴘ‬ َ
ِْ َ َ
‫َوأﻛﻠﺖ ِﺷ ْﺒﴘ‬
I drank a Pepsi and had a Chipsi!

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#12 ‫جدرن‬

‫ﺟﺎران‬
ْ ‫ﺔ‬ َ
‫ﺟﺎﺟ‬ َ
‫د‬
‫داران‬
ْ ‫ﺪار‬ ‫ﺟ‬
ِ ‫ﲆ‬ ‫ﻋ‬َ
Our neighbour’s chicken is on our house wall!

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 Arabic Tongue Twisters
Listening & Reading Practice

Mourad Diouri
m.diouri@ed.ac.uk
Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies Department
University of Edinburgh
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