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06 Aug 2025, 12:38 pm

^ So what does it mean?

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06 Aug 2025, 12:45 pm

France

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06 Aug 2025, 5:31 pm

gobierno

“government” in Spanish

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07 Aug 2025, 6:53 am

هو

"He" in Arabic

ه = h
و = e

Boom! It just took me about 5 minutes to work that one out
I'm sweating

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07 Aug 2025, 8:51 am

امرأة

Woman

ا = i
م=m
ر=r
أ=a
ة=ah

im-ra-ah

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07 Aug 2025, 8:59 am

jirafa

“giraffe” in Spanish

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07 Aug 2025, 9:41 am

خمسة

5/khamsa

خ kh = kha
م m
س s
ىة aa+h

I think

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07 Aug 2025, 1:20 pm

luciérnaga

“firefly” in Spanish

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07 Aug 2025, 2:17 pm

مساء

Masaa/Evening

م ma
س s
ا aa
ء

and that little back to front 2 is what known as "hamza"
It's like a sound that represents a "glottal stop"

I'm learning this as I go

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07 Aug 2025, 8:48 pm

niebla

“fog” or “mist” in Spanish

I think it’s time for me to get back into a routine.

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08 Aug 2025, 12:30 am

Oblast (область) - 'region' or 'province'

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08 Aug 2025, 11:25 am

Bit of a cheat here. In Arabic they loan the B for P sounds

باريس

Paris

ب = P (borrowed from B)
ا = a
ر= r
ي =ii
س = s

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08 Aug 2025, 3:26 pm

Quisiera

“I would like” in Spanish.

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08 Aug 2025, 4:50 pm

ريبيكا

Rebecca

ر r
ي i
ب b
ي y
ك k
ا a

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08 Aug 2025, 6:18 pm

sombra

“shadow” or “shade” in Spanish

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09 Aug 2025, 1:50 am

'tegenwoordig', 'nowadays'

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