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Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada

Neqitan wrote:

كلُّ سنةِ وأنتَ طيّبٌ!‏MSA

kull sana w enta 6ayeb!EA

If not written the same way (كل سنة وأنت طيب) wouldn't it be more like kol saneh? Not sure how Egyptian differs.

Quote:

[fe.'lih kum.'plja.ɳos]!Salv. Sp.

Is that supposed to be a retroflex nasal? Weird.

dtp883 · **Posted:** Sat 19 Dec 2009 12:04 am

I'm going to assume he meant a palatal nasal. [ɲ]

Neqitan · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 9:59 pm Posts:397 Location: Canada

Talib wrote:

Neqitan wrote:

كلُّ سنةِ وأنتَ طيّبٌ!‏MSA

kull sana w enta 6ayeb!EA

If not written the same way (كل سنة وأنت طيب) wouldn't it be more like kol saneh? Not sure how Egyptian differs.

Yes, it should be "kol sana".

dtp883 wrote:

I'm going to assume he meant a palatal nasal. [ɲ]

You assumed well. It seems I missclicked the button from the character map.

Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada