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Apr 2021
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Episode 34: 10 German words & 10 Spanish...

CAROL HAIDAR
About this episode

I met Ikhlas on Instagram. She is a German & Arabic teacher living in Germany. Ikhlas is an author to two books. In this episode she shares 10 German words that are derived from Arabic while I share 10 Spanish words. We had a wonderful time recording this episode together and I hope you enjoy it as well! 

Ikhlas Books: https://www.amazon.de/s?k=Ikhlas+schumacher&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Music by: Stay Young

by Nick Petrov

Vocabulary:

German words: 

  1. Tasse derives from طاسة and means فنجان
  2. Kabel derives from حبل and means سلك الكهرباء
  3. Kuppel derives from قبة and means قبة
  4. Safran زعفران
  5. Haschish derives from hashish and is uses for the drug حشيش 
  6. Ziffer derives from siffer صفر and means رقم
  7. Sirup derives from sharab and mean شراب دبس 
  8. Giraffe زرافة
  9. Safari derives from سفر and means رحلة سفاري
  10. Schachmatt in chess derives from الشيخ مات, and means checkmate.

Spanish words: 

11. Aceite derives from زيت and means oil

12. Aceituna derives from زيتون and means olives

13. Berenjena derives from بتنجان and means eggplant 

14. Jarra derives from جرة and means jug 

15. Hasta derives from حتى and means until 

16. Ojalá derives from انشالله and means if god wills

17. Usted derives from أستاذ and means Mr. 

18. Aldea derives from ضيعة and means Village 

19. Alquiler derives from الأجار and means rent 

20. Arroz derives from رز and means rice

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